Re: executable-find in files.el

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Just for the record, we have to distinguish the idea of running a command
>> remotely and running locally a remote command.

> You lost me there ...  Can you give examples to show the difference?

Running a command remotely is something like

        ssh <remotehost> <command>

whereas running a remote command locally is something like

        scp <remotecommand> /tmp/foo; /tmp/foo

This latter one is rarely used via SSH, but very commonly via NFS.


        Stefan