4.4 GVFS based external methods

The connection methods described in this section are based on GVFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS. Via GVFS, the remote filesystem is mounted locally through FUSE. tramp uses internally this local mounted directory.

The communication with GVFS is implemented via D-Bus messages. Therefore, your GNU Emacs must have D-Bus integration, see D-Bus.

dav

This method provides access to WebDAV files and directories. There exists also the external method davs, which uses SSL encryption for the access.

Both methods support the port number specification as discussed above.

obex

OBEX is an FTP-like access protocol for simple devices, like cell phones. Until now tramp supports only OBEX over Bluetooth.

synce

The synce method allows communication with Windows Mobile devices. Beside GVFS for mounting remote files and directories via FUSE, it needs also the SYNCE-GVFS plugin.