In article <14be21de-2ceb-464a-a638-dce0368ab...@googlegroups.com>, Victor Hooi <victorh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have a Python script where I want to run fork and run an external command > (or set of commands). > > For example, after doing <xyz>, I then want to run ssh to a host, handover > control back to the user, and have my script terminate. > > Or I might want to run ssh to a host, less a certain textfile, then exit. > > What's the idiomatic way of doing this within Python? Is it possible to do > with Subprocess? I suspect you are trying to reinvent fabric. It is designed to do exactly these things (in particular, handling all the really complicated stuff about ssh). See http://docs.fabfile.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
