Re: [PATCH] Add shell-quasiquote.

[Michael Albinus]

address@hidden (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> There is no special check on a remote shell being csh. But most of the
>> shell commands Tramp emits require a bournish shell. Otherwise, there
>> would be syntax errors soon, and Tramp would cease to continue on that
>> host.
>
> I thought Tramp does "exec /bin/sh" soon after connecting to the remote
> host.

Yes. But sometimes, this points to zsh. Sometimes, it points to rbash
(restricted bash). Sometimes, it points to busybox. And so on.

All of this infinite fun for the maintainer. Well, not because of shell
argument quoting, at least.

> Kai

Best regards, Michael.