open remote terminal

[Fabian Braennstroem]

Fabian Braennstroem wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>> Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I would like to use python to start an terminal, e.g. xterm, and login
>>> on a remote machine using rsh or ssh. This could be done using 'xterm -e
>>> ssh machine', but after the login I would like to jump to a given
>>> directory. Does anyone have an idea how to do this with python?
>>> 
>>> Regards!
>>> Fabian
>>> 
>> pexpect would be the usual solution, I believe, if you could get it to
>> interact correctly with your virtual terminal.
>> 
>>    http://pexpect.sourceforge.net/

I actually gave it a first very simple try:

import pexpect
child=pexpect.spawn('xterm')
child.sendline('ls')

Unfortunately nothing happens expect the start of xterm!? Does anyone have
an idea, what I am doing wrong?
Fabian