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| author | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> | 2013-03-01 22:14:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> | 2013-03-01 22:14:59 +0100 |
| commit | c9400cdf0e70cc9d14fd7296e3e77d985db56fb9 (patch) | |
| tree | 57028cfe628bf36965997deab5c3f7d0cb66935e | |
| parent | 7d11fc276327b0d2bd5045a03a1ca7f7f437e393 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-c9400cdf0e70cc9d14fd7296e3e77d985db56fb9.tar.gz | |
* tramp.texi (External methods): Explain user name and host name
specification for "adb".
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/tramp.texi | 12 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index ef8a401bc11..b256bac417f 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ * tramp.texi (Inline methods): Remove "ssh1", "ssh2", "plink1" and "plink2" entries. "plink2" is obsolete for a long time. - (External methods): Remove "scp1" and "scp2" entries. + (External methods): Remove "scp1" and "scp2" entries. Explain + user name and host name specification for "adb". 2013-02-28 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi index 6ddd88a8ce8..84eee0c4319 100644 --- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi +++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi @@ -1005,6 +1005,18 @@ can be installed as part of the Android SDK. If @command{adb} is not found via the @code{$PATH} environment variable, the variable @var{tramp-adb-program} must point to its absolute path. +Usually, the @command{adb} method does not need any user name. It +runs under the permissions of the @command{adbd} process on the +Android device. If a user name is specified, @value{tramp} applies an +@command{su} on the device. This does not work with all Android +devices, especially with nonrooted ones. In that case, an error +message is displayed. + +If there is exactly one Android device connected to the local machine, +a host name is not needed. The shortest @value{tramp} name to be used +is @file{@trampfn{adb, , ,}} therefore. Otherwise, one could find +potential host names with the shell command @command{adb devices}. + @end table |