From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:49:11 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: replaced /home/user with ~ and gave master socket
X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=obsolete%2Fnotmuch-wiki;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b2ec15324d8476ea40baf8263a91695f4a45713

replaced /home/user with ~ and gave master socket
a name that looked best in the examples found in the net

added note about execute permissions
---

diff --git a/remoteusage.mdwn b/remoteusage.mdwn
index 8eb99e4..7f0d9b7 100644
--- a/remoteusage.mdwn
+++ b/remoteusage.mdwn
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ Add this to your `~/.ssh/config`:
         HostName example.com
         User remoteuser
         ControlMaster auto
-        ControlPath /home/user/.ssh/%h_%p_%r
+        ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-%h@%p:%r
         ControlPersist 15m
-        IdentityFile /home/user/.ssh/example.com.id_rsa
+        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/example.com.id_rsa
 
 Replace `example.com` with your server. Replace `remoteuser` with the
-username on the server. Replace `/home/user` with your home directory.
+username on the server.
 
 The `Control*` options keep the connection open in the background to not
 require authentication every time. The `ControlPersist` option defines
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ Save this to a file, for example `remote-notmuch.sh`, in your `PATH`:
     printf -v ARGS "%q " "$@"
     exec ssh notmuch notmuch ${ARGS}
 
+and give it execute permissons: `chmod +x remote-notmuch.sh`
+
 Now you can run `remote-notmuch.sh new`, or other notmuch commands. You
 can call the script anything you like. (You could also call it `notmuch`
 or symlink `~/bin/notmuch` to it for transparent usage.)