open remote terminal

[Fabian Braennstroem]

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/

Thanks for the advice!
Fabian