On Jun 30, 5:50 pm, Kevin Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to use pexpect in python to copy files from a server
> using scp; the copy works however exceptions are thrown and it exits
> unsuccessfully. Below is the a sample code and the error:
>
> #Begin Code
>
> import sys
> import pexpect
>
> def GetServerData(self):
> foo = pexpect.spawn('scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/config/
> role{/file1,/files/file2,/files/file3} /tmp')
> foo.expect('.*password:*')
> foo.sendline('server_password')
> foo.interact()
>
> #End Code
>
> #Begin Output
>
> file1 100% 10KB 10.0KB/s
> 00:01
> file2 100% 946 0.9KB/s
> 00:00
> file3 100% 1655 1.6KB/s
> 00:00
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "mygui.py", line 6, in ?
> f = Form1()
> File "/home/Kevin/form1.py", line 41, in __init__
> self.GetServerData()
> File "/home/Kevin/form1.py", line 84, in GetServerData
> foo.interact()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pexpect.py", line 1062, in
> interact
> selfw.__interact_copy(escape_character)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pexpect.py", line 1086, in
> __interact_copy
> data = self.__interact_read(self.child_fd)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pexpect.py", line 1075, in
> __interact_read
> return os.read(fd, 1000)
> OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
>
> #End Output
>
> The problem seems to be with the call foo.interact(); does anyone know
> how to fix this? Any help will be much appreciated.
I have found a work around for my problem. I replace the following
line:
foo.interact()
with
foo.expect(pexpect.EOF)
That change gets rid of the errors and works great for copying the
files down from the server.
Kevin
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