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Editing remote files via scp in vim

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  [42]Tip 337 [43]Printable [44]Monobook [45]Previous [46]Next

  created 2002 · complexity intermediate · author Matthew Weier O'Phinney
  · version 6.0
    __________________________________________________________________

  Vim 6.x has the netrw plugin installed as a standard plugin. It allows
  you to edit files via ftp, rcp, scp, or http. If your username differs
  on the remote host, however, and you're trying to use scp, things can
  get a little weird, particularly if you're not editing a document under
  your user tree.

  To get around this, try opening the file as follows:
vim scp://[email protected]//absolute/path/to/document

  Similarly, you can open the file from within Vim in a new buffer by
  running:
:e scp://[email protected]//absolute/path/to/document

  or in a new tab using:
:tabe scp://[email protected]//absolute/path/to/document

  Notice two things:
   1. remoteuser@: This is used to specify the user name on the remote
      server. Without this, it will use the user's name on the local
      computer. Often that will come from the $USERNAME environment
      variable. If the user has the same name on the local computer and
      the remote server, this part is unnecessary. If you're unsure
      whether it's needed, use it just to be safe.
   2. Double slashes ("//") between the hostname and file path: At least
      one slash is needed to separate the remote server's hostname from
      the file path. That slash is not included in the path used to
      reference the file on the remote server. If the path to the file is
      absolute, then it must begin with a slash, giving two slashes
      between the hostname and file path as shown above.
      However, if the file to be edited is contained within the home
      directory of the remote user, a relative path may be used, which
      should not use a second slash. For example, if the absolute path to
      the file to be edited is
      /users/remoteuser/relative/path/to/document and the home directory
      for remoteuser is /users/remoteuser, then the following command
      will open that file:
vim scp://[email protected]/relative/path/to/document

Comments[47] [yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D] Edit

  The [48]latest netrw.vim has several improvements. Later Windows ftp is
  handled, new protocols (rsync, cadaver, fetch), user fixup functions,
  etc.
    __________________________________________________________________

  How can we store the password? It prompts for password each time we
  save!
    __________________________________________________________________

  I just got this working on Win2k w/ PuTTY's command line scp program
  [49]http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
    * copy pscp.exe into your path somewhere as scp.exe
    * put "let g:netrw_cygwin= 0" in your $VIM/_vimrc
    __________________________________________________________________

  A possible gotcha:

  If you don't put the path as specified (and noted) in the tip, you may
  get a non-intuitive error: not putting "//" between the hostname and
  the *absolute* path of the file you edit may cause vim to try to
  retrieve the file via rcp, as in
:!rcp scp://[email protected]:t1

  and result in an error. Also be careful that you put the absolute path
  of the file on the remote machine, not the path relative to the remote
  user's home directory.
    __________________________________________________________________

  Using relative paths is quite normal and well supported. Try
:r scp://m@machine/t1
    __________________________________________________________________

  Someone was asking if you could define the port for ftp
vim ftp://[user@]machine[[:#]portnumber]/path

  try that...just like any other url.
vim [50]ftp://stankonia@domainname.com:6090/public_html/index.html

  I guess that would work.
    __________________________________________________________________

  There is a nice way to save your passwords: Create .netrc under you
  home directory and put lines in, one per ftp machine, like this one:
machine yourftp.somewhere.org login yourlogin password "yoursecret"
    __________________________________________________________________

  ftp remote edit is OK.

  Run command:
gvim [51]<host>//<path_2_file> ftp://<host>//<path_2_file>;

  Then enter user name and password.
    __________________________________________________________________

  If everything seems to be setup correctly but you're still unable to
  access a file with ftp. Check the permissions on your .netrc file. If
  .netrc is readable by anyone else besides the owner then ftp auto
  fails.
chmod 600 .netrc
    __________________________________________________________________

  Solved for me on windows with putty, in vimrc:
let g:netrw_cygwin = 0
let g:netrw_scp_cmd = "\"C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\pscp.exe\" -pw mypasswd "

  and now run from wincommander:
gvim scp://[email protected]/file.txt
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  Get the latest version to fix any problems you are having.
    __________________________________________________________________

  Was getting a bit annoyed with having to type the full path a remote
  user's file when I'm using scp and connecting as root on the remote end
  to edit a local user's file on the remote site and found out that I
  could do this and vim did "The Right Thing"
vim scp://[email protected]/~user/public_html/.htaccess

  That was a lot nicer than having to bother with:
vim scp://[email protected]//home/user/public_html/.htaccess

  Maybe not such a pain in that example, but if you're working with an
  Ensim for Linux system, you've got everything chrooted which makes you
  have to type a ridiculously long path such as:
vim scp://[email protected]//home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/.htaccess (yawn)
    __________________________________________________________________

  To change the scp port, there's several options. A quick one would be
  while you've opened vim to type this:
:let g:netrw_scp_cmd="scp -q -P <desired_new_port>"

  and then just type:
:e scp://my_user@remote_hostname//path/to/remote/file

  --> I think a better solution is to use ssh-mechanisms, i.e. the
  ~/.ssh/config file:
Host lala
HostName test.machine.example.net
User remoteuser
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_for_test.machine
Port 57
    __________________________________________________________________

  I have discovered how to make passive mode ftp work. See
  [52]http://alecthegeek.github.io/blog/2007/02/06/handy-hack-how-to-use-
  vim-netrw-in-ftp-passive-mode/
    __________________________________________________________________

  Try "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe" --remote-tab !.! in WinSCP to
  open each file in a separate tab in the same gVim instance. I also
  clicked the "External Editor Opens Multiple Files in one window"
  checkbox. There is another option --remote-silent that will suppress
  the first warning that there is no gVim already running, but you cannot
  use it with the --remote-tab option. I prefer to ack. the one warning
  rather than making sure I'm in a new tab before opening anything.----

  --Preceding [53]unsigned comment added by 161.88.255.139 (talk •
  [54]contribs) 20:49, 18 April 2008
    __________________________________________________________________

  Use "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe" --remote-tab-silent !..! in
  WinSCP as External Editor works just fine.
    __________________________________________________________________

  For windows I would suggest adding PuTTY to the system path (or not)
  and simply set the g:netrw_cygwin=0, and g:netrw_scp_cmd=<PATH TO PSCP>
  and use Pageant to manage your private keys; that way you don't have to
  keep your password in your vimrc file. Pageant provides the key to PSCP
  when it tries to connect.

  --Preceding [55]unsigned comment added by 216.145.54.7 (talk •
  [56]contribs) 11:56 UTC, 20 May 2009
    __________________________________________________________________

  [57]bcvi is a utility that works with SSH/SCP and the Vim NetRW plugin
  described above. When you log into a remote server with SSH+bcvi, you
  can cd into any directory then type vi filename and the gvim command
  will get launched back on your workstation, with the correct SCP URL to
  point to the file on the server. If that sounds confusing, the [58]bcvi
  article clarifies things with examples and pictures.
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