vim netrw-mc on remote filesystem

Question

I'd like transfer file within vim netrw plugin from a remote host to my machine.

I tried to do the following:

within netrw I set a local destination directory with netrw-mt,
I connect to remote host with :e sftp://remoteuser@remotehost/path/ and with netrw-mf choose files to copy. When I hit netrw-mc for starting copy nothing happens.

Is my procedure bugged or it only works between local directories?

Answer 1

I was able make it working by using :e scp://remoteuser@remotehost/path/.

The reason because this one worked and the :e sftp://remoteuser@remotehost/path/ did not it's a mystery on my Linux CrunchBang "Waldorf" #11 both on netrw 142 and 149.

Answer 2

Your steps are fine. Following your instructions, I just successfully copied a file from a remote scp:// link to the local system (local is GVIM 7.3.823 with netrw v150h, remote a Ubuntu 13.04 server).

Be sure to try out the latest development version; Dr Chip continually improves his plugins.

For further troubleshooting (and to potentially contact the author with the problem), see :help netrw-debug.