MC doesn't edit files on remote file systems (e.g. ssh) if external editor is used

[Keith Roberts]

Hi Pavel,

I've known of a similar issue for some time.

My workaround to edit a file with ftpfs is:

In mc I have the left pane for my local machine, and the right pane for 
the remote ftpfs file system.

download the file to edit it on your local machine.

make an original copy on the local machine.

edit the file on your local machine.

If there are a lot of changes, diff your edited copy with the original, 
to make sure you've got all the edits right.

use ftpfs to copy the edited file back to the server and overwrite the 
remote file you are trying to edit.

I cannot SSH into my remote hosting so I have to use ftp.

Another good choice is to do the same but with Filezilla ftp client.

Using Filezilla you can do a diff of what's on your local machine with 
what's on the remote machine.

Kind regards,

Keith Roberts
mob: 0794 88 503 41

On 2017-07-06 14:04, Pavel Moukhataev via mc wrote:
> mc doesn't edit files on remote file systems - e.g. ssh vfs.
> It allows browsing, allows editing, allows saving file after editing.
> But it doesn't actually save file. After refreshing (Control+R) I see
> previous file version.
> 
> I use mcedit as mc editor
> 
> mc --version
> GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.18
> Built with GLib 2.50.1
> Using the S-Lang library with terminfo database
> With builtin Editor
> With subshell support as default
> With support for background operations
> With mouse support on xterm and Linux console
> With support for X11 events
> With internationalization support
> With multiple codepages support
> Virtual File Systems: cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ext2undelfs, ftpfs,
> sftpfs, fish
> Data types: char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t:
> 64;
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux pm-asus-note 4.10.0-26-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 27
> 09:30:12 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> --
> 
> С уважением, Павел
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