Variable: tramp-default-method

tramp-default-method is a customizable variable defined in tramp.el.gz.

Value

"scp"

Documentation

Default method to use for transferring files.

See tramp-methods for possibilities. Also see tramp-default-method-alist.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/net/tramp.el.gz
(defcustom tramp-default-method
  ;; An external copy method seems to be preferred, because it performs
  ;; much better for large files, and it hasn't too serious delays
  ;; for small files.  But it must be ensured that there aren't
  ;; permanent password queries.  Either a password agent like
  ;; "ssh-agent" or "Pageant" shall run, or the optional
  ;; password-cache.el or auth-sources.el packages shall be active for
  ;; password caching.  If we detect that the user is running OpenSSH
  ;; 4.0 or newer, we could reuse the connection, which calls also for
  ;; an external method.
  (cond
   ;; PuTTY is installed.  We don't take it, if it is installed on a
   ;; non-Windows system, or pscp from the pssh (parallel ssh) package
   ;; is found.
   ((and (eq system-type 'windows-nt) (executable-find "pscp")) "pscp")
   ;; There is an ssh installation.
   ((executable-find "scp") "scp")
   ;; Fallback.
   (t "ftp"))
  "Default method to use for transferring files.
See `tramp-methods' for possibilities.
Also see `tramp-default-method-alist'."
  :type 'string
  :link '(info-link :tag "Tramp manual" "(tramp) Default Method"))