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I am using emacs-w32.exe, invoked from Cygwin, on a Windows 7 machine. I'm trying to connect to a shared drive that I can otherwise access and write to (e.g., by using the Windows explorer), but I am unable to deduce the proper TRAMP (?) setup and invocation for the drive.
I've tried C-x C-f and then some variation of one of the following:
\\REMOTE-HOST\<path>
/plink:\\REMOTE-HOST:<path>
/plink:USER@REMOTE-HOST:<path>
/ssh:USER@REMOTE-HOST:<path>
... along with some other variations, mostly involving forward vs. back slashes.
I haven't yet installed a samba client, because I am on a Windows machine which natively connects to such a drive and it doesn't seem like it should be necessary, but if that's the answer, I don't know how to either (a) install a samba client from Cygwin, or (b) direct emacs-w32.exe to the proper path. But I'd hope that, between plink/PuTTY and the Windows native capacity, I shouldn't need to take such steps.
Any advice?
(EDIT: Steven's advice worked when I invoke emacs, but not emacs-w32, so I'll set that as the answer, but the mystery remains why the one works and not the other. But, pragmatically speaking, avoiding emacs-w32 will work for me.)
amp108
Posted 2015-05-14T17:31:54.097
Reputation: 133
Tried that, and it thinks I'm trying to create //path/to/file on the local machine because I get the message: "Use M-x make-directory RET RET to create the directory and its parents." – amp108 – 2015-05-14T17:41:34.947
C-f C-x //serverName/shareName/fileworks for me to open a remote file. Tab completion even works. This works in both emacs and emacs-w32. – Steven – 2015-05-14T17:50:22.850Strange. Works for me with
emacs, but notemacs-w32. Don't know why, but I'll avoid running the latter. – amp108 – 2015-05-14T18:14:36.710