Re: dired copy marked files in xterm

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Fabian Braennstroem <f.braennstroem@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
>     I would like to use the system 'cp' function in an xterm
>     to copy marked files in dired.
>     Right now, this small function works with the current
>     file:
>
> (defun tacopybackground(var1)
>     "Copy"
>   (interactive)
>        (call-process-shell-command (concat "xterm -e 'cp -R 
> "(dired-get-filename)" " (dired-dwim-target-directory) " &'"))
>        )
>
>     but obviously it needs some kind of loop or different
>     approach for marked files!?:
>
>        (call-process-shell-command (concat "xterm -e 'cp -R 
> "(dired-get-marked-files)" " (dired-dwim-target-directory) " &'"))
>
>     Does anyone have an idea or any suggestion? At the end I
>     would actually use a similar command to transfer several
>     large (up to 2-3GB) files to an remote machine using
>     scp. Tramp is unfortunately to slow...
>
> Greetings!
>  Fabian
>

You have to format "(dired-get-marked-files)" and
"(dired-dwim-target-directory)"??==> is it a function ?

But what wrong with "C" in dired ?
Mark your files and hit C ==> the path_where_you_want_to_copy_your_file RET

For copying big files to remote from emacs use sshfs
It's as fast as on your local system.

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