Package duplicity :: Package backends :: Module sshbackend :: Class SSHBackend

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Class SSHBackend

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This backend copies files using scp. List not supported

Instance Methods

__init__(self, parsed_url)
scpBackend initializer

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run_scp_command(self, commandline)
Run an scp command, responding to password prompts

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run_sftp_command(self, commandline, commands)
Run an sftp command, responding to password prompts, passing commands from list

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put(self, source_path, remote_filename=None)
Use sftp to copy source_dir/filename to remote computer

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get(self, remote_filename, local_path)
Use sftp to get a remote file

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list(self)
List files available for scp

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delete(self, filename_list)
Runs sftp rm to delete files.

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Inherited from backend.Backend: close, get_data, get_fileobj_read, get_fileobj_write, get_password, munge_password, popen, popen_persist, put_data, run_command, run_command_persist

Method Details

init(self, parsed_url)
(Constructor)

scpBackend initializer

Overrides: backend.Backend.__init__

put(self, source_path, remote_filename=None)

Use sftp to copy source_dir/filename to remote computer

Overrides: backend.Backend.put

get(self, remote_filename, local_path)

Use sftp to get a remote file

Overrides: backend.Backend.get

list(self)

List files available for scp

Note that this command can get confused when dealing with files with newlines in them, as the embedded newlines cannot be distinguished from the file boundaries.

Overrides: backend.Backend.list

delete(self, filename_list)

Runs sftp rm to delete files. Files must not require quoting.

Overrides: backend.Backend.delete