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 this local mounted directory internally.

The communication with GVFS is implemented via D-Bus messages. Therefore, your 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. For the time being, tramp only supports OBEX over Bluetooth.

synce

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