Re: [babel] using tramp when tangling

[Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>]

Maurizio Vitale
<mav@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> writes:

> I'd find useful to use tramp syntax in the :tangle specification.
> In my case it would be to specify sudo when tangling config files that
> are supposed to go to areas not writable by the user running Emacs. 
> Something like:
>
> #+begin_src sh :tangle /sudo::/etc/my_config_file
> ...
> #+end_src
>
> other people might be interested in remote access to tangle targets.
>
> Is there a way to achieve the above?
>
> If I try to tangle the above, I get something along the lines that
> "tramp cannot append to file". Would it be possible to have org-babel to
> (optionally) tangle to a buffer and then save to file in one go?

I would like this to be possible. As you suggest, the change would
involve not using append-to-file; it shouldn't be that hard. I've added
it to the org-babel TODO list, but if you or anyone else would like to
have a go that would be great.

Dan


>
> Thanks a lot for the excellent addition to org-mode.
>
>        Maurizio 
>
>
>
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