Package paramiko :: Class ProxyCommand
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Class ProxyCommand

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        ProxyCommand

Wraps a subprocess running ProxyCommand-driven programs.

This class implements a the socket-like interface needed by the Transport and Packetizer classes. Using this class instead of a regular socket makes it possible to talk with a Popen'd command that will proxy traffic between the client and a server hosted in another machine.

Instance Methods
 
__init__(self, command_line)
Create a new CommandProxy instance.
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close(self) source code
int
recv(self, size)
Read from the standard output of the forked program.
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send(self, content)
Write the content received from the SSH client to the standard input of the forked command.
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settimeout(self, timeout) source code

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

__init__(self, command_line)
(Constructor)

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Create a new CommandProxy instance. The instance created by this class can be passed as an argument to the Transport class.

Parameters:
  • command_line (str) - the command that should be executed and used as the proxy.
Overrides: object.__init__

recv(self, size)

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Read from the standard output of the forked program.

Parameters:
  • size (int) - how many chars should be read
Returns: int
the length of the read content

send(self, content)

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Write the content received from the SSH client to the standard input of the forked command.

Parameters:
  • content (str) - string to be sent to the forked command