call scp from python

[Peter Hansen]

Josef Meile wrote:

> Coder Coder wrote:
>  > How can scp a file from one computer to another using python?
> You can either use os.system or some of the popen functions of the os 
> module.

But only if you can set it up to run in batch mode, without asking
for passwords *or* a passphrase.  Otherwise you need a pty to get it to
work.  Past threads in the newsgroup have covered this topic as well.

Search Google Groups for "group:comp.lang.python scp popen" for more.

-Peter