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Emacs server file path

I'm using Aquamacs and started the emacs server with M-x server-start. My emacsclient connects just fine. However, when I start another ssh session (on the same pc) it cannot locate my socket-name / server file. It's not in ~/.emacs.d/server/server where I would expect it.

How can I find out which server-file / socket-name the emacs server is currently using?

This is my working configuration:

.emacs

(setq server-socket-dir "~/.emacs.d/server")
(server-start)

em.sh

location="/`whoami`@`hostname`:$(readlink -f $1)"
ssh <YOU@LOCAL-WORKSTATION> emacsclient -n -s '~/.emacs.d/server/server' $location
Solution

  • The variable server-socket-dir (atleast on GNU Emacs) is what holds the location of the socket. The socket file in my case is simply called server.