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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
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   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://remoteuser@server.tld//absolute/path/to/document

   Similarly, you can open the file from within Vim in a new buffer by
   running:
:e scp://remoteuser@server.tld//absolute/path/to/document

   or in a new tab using:
:tabe scp://remoteuser@server.tld//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://remoteuser@server.tld/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.
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   How can we store the password? It prompts for password each time we
   save!
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   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
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   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://m@mymachine.com: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.
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   Using relative paths is quite normal and well supported. Try
:r scp://m@machine/t1
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   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.
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   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"
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   ftp remote edit is OK.

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

   Then enter user name and password.
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   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
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   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://user@server.xxx.cz/file.txt
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   Get the latest version to fix any problems you are having.
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   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://root@example.com/~user/public_html/.htaccess

   That was a lot nicer than having to bother with:
vim scp://root@example.com//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://root@example.com//home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/.htaccess (yawn)
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   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
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   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/
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   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
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   Use "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe" --remote-tab-silent !..! in
   WinSCP as External Editor works just fine.
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   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
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   [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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