SFTPCopy

sftpcopy allows to copy files to or from a remote server -- integrates with gocept.filestore. sftpcopy will take files from the new directory, copy them to the remote server and put them into cur on success. Likewise it will download files from the remote server and put them into the new directory for another application to pick it up.

Usage

You can either give the name of a configuration file on the commandline, or pass the configuration values as a dict directly to the entrypoint (useful for buildout integration). The configuration file has the following format:

[general]
mode = upload # or download
logfile = /path/to/logfile # defaults to stdout if not given
buffer_size = 65536
skip_files =
    name_of_file_to_skip_1
    name_of_file_to_skip_2

[local]
path = /path/on/local/machine

[remote]
path = /path/on/remote/machine
hostname = remote.host
port = 22
username = user
password = secret

The configdict uses the following keys instead:

• logfile
• buffer_size (default: 65536, i.e. 64 KiB)
• keepalive_interval (default: 5 seconds)
• local_path
• remote_path
• hostname
• port
• username
• password
• key_filename
• skip_files

key_filename takes precedence over password. If key_filename ends with dsa, it's assumed to be a DSA key, else an RSA key. Note that the key file must not be password protected.

skip_files is a list of filenames (local or remote), which are skipped during upload or download.

Files are copied in chunks of buffer_size to avoid loading big files into memory at once.

You can also use sftpcopy as a python object like this:

import gocept.sftpcopy
sftp = gocept.sftpcopy.SFTPCopy(
    '/path/on/local/machine',
    'remote.host', 22, 'user', 'secret', '/path/on/remote/machine',
    skip_files=['my_file_to_ignore'])
sftp.connect()
sftp.uploadNewFiles()  # or sftp.downloadNewFiles()