tmp_known_hosts = None
args = ['scp', '-q', '-p', '-C',
+ # 2015-06-01 Thierry: I am commenting off blowfish
+ # as this is not available on a plain ubuntu 15.04 install
+ # this IMHO is too fragile, shoud be something the user
+ # decides explicitly (so he is at least aware of that dependency)
# Speed up transfer using blowfish cypher specification which is
# faster than the default one (3des)
- '-c', 'blowfish',
+ # '-c', 'blowfish',
# Don't bother with localhost. Makes test easier
'-o', 'NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost=yes',
'-o', 'ConnectTimeout=60',
blocking = True):
for x in xrange(retry):
+ # display command actually invoked when debug is turned on
+ message = " ".join( [ "'{}'".format(arg) for arg in args ] )
+ log("sshfuncs: invoking {}".format(message), logging.DEBUG)
# connects to the remote host and starts a remote connection
proc = subprocess.Popen(args,
env = env,