Question

I’m using Python to transfer (via scp) and database a large number of files. One of the servers I transfer files to has odd ssh config rules to stop too many ssh requests from a single location. The upshot of this is that my python script, currently looping through files and copying via os.system, hangs after a few files have been transferred.

Is there a way in which Python could open up an ssh or other connection to the server, so that each file being transferred does not require an instance of ssh login?

Thanks,

Answer 1

You probably want to look into the paramiko module.

There’s a Copy files over SSH using paramiko recipe using it that might be helpful.