Hi John, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> Hi, I opened an org file using tramp on a remote server. It opened fine, > and I had no trouble writing text and saving it. For fun I tried running > a src block (a shell block that just returned the hostname), and got > this error: > >>%s'...failed > tramp-file-name-handler: Couldn't write region to > `/scp:jkitc...@gilgamesh.cheme.cmu.edu:/var/folders/5q/lllv2yf95hg_n6h6kjttbmdw0000gn/T/ob-input-30024dza', > decode using `base64 -d -i >%s' failed > > Should this have worked? It looks like it tried to write a local path > from my Mac to the server, and that path doesn't exist there. > > Some details (not sure they are relevant): > I am running Emacs on a Mac, and opened a file on a remote Centos5 > server. Howard Abrams has written an extensive answer to this problem in his blog [1]. The problem is that the Mac uses a different folder for temporary files. Howard also proposes a fix and refers to a mailing list message regarding the bug [2]. Hope this helps, Martin [1] http://www.howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/literate-devops.html#fn.2 [2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-09/msg00992.html
