Editing remote files

WinGDB also offers a convenient feature which allows you to open a remote file inside Visual Studio text editor and edit it. After each save, the file will be automatically sent back to the remote machine. To perform this, use the "Edit remote file" option from the WinGDB menu. First, the "Open session" dialog will appear. You can either specify a login string in standard format (user[:password]@hostname[:port]) or choose an already existing connection from the list:

Then, the remote file system browser will appear, allowing you to specify the file path:

After you select the file, it will be downloaded to local machine (assuming you have a read permission) and its cached copy will open. You can perform all editing operations. After you choose "Save", the file will be sent back to the remote machine.

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