Editing remote files in Mac
June 16, 2008Most of the time you have to use the “not-too-much-friendly” vi editor when you are editing files connected to remote servers, but if your vi knowledge is like mine, you will love to use other edit tools like TextMate to work with your files.
This one is easy, If you have SSH access to that server , then, you can use sshfs which can let mount and amount remote folders as local drives.
You will only need to install MacFuse and sshFS (there are more file systems available as procfs, SpotlightFS, AccessibilityFS, YouTubeFS and gmailFS ).
Then you can mount your remote server using:
sshfs user@servername:/ ~/mnt/servername -o’ping_diskarb,volname=servername’
and unmount it with:
umount ~/mnt/servername
Now if you prefer a graphical alternative, you can use MacFusion, a free (donations allowed) tool that let you add an icon in you Mac tool bar and have fun with your remote volumes.
Hope that this tools can save you some time and ease your work, Grammar and technical corrections are always welcome.
UPDATE…
macfusion goes version 2 , you can get it from macfusionapp.org
