trouble with sys.exec and sockets/ssh

[Geoff Gerrietts]

Quoting Richard Cook (rcook at llnl.gov):
> At 7:52 PM +0000 2/21/03, Donn Cave wrote:
> 
> I knew this question would cause confusion.  Here is my example program:
> 
> import os
> os.execv('ensight7.sos', 'ensight7.sos', '-c', 'somehost.somewhere.gov')


I believe your problem is a consequence of ssh expecting to read and
write to a terminal (tty). I believe if you use the pty module,
pty.spawn() will do what you need. If you need more direct
programmatic control over the spawned creature, I think the pexpect
module (http://pexpect.sourceforge.net) might give you some quality
results.

I could be mistaken, but this is a problem I have had in the past, and
that's how I resolved it, so if it doesn't work for you, I can only
apologize for your wasted time.

Thanks,
--G.

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Geoff Gerrietts                                 <geoff at gerrietts net> 
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