>>> j = win32pipe.popen('c:\\disk\\plink jnitin@10.94.101.178 -pw mat123 df -g','r')
>>> for i in j:
print i
>>>
As you can see the file object 'j' does not have anything in it...
But if I type 'c:\disk\plink jnitin@10.94.101.178 -pw ibm123 df -g' in the DOS prompt, it works fine and gives me the required result...
So I gave a simple command via python like this...
>>> j = win32pipe.popen('dir','r')
>>> for i in j:
print i
Volume in drive C is DRIVE-C
Volume Serial Number is 5C8D-1DAC
win32pipes are broken by definition, unfortunately. They won't work in all cases. I'd post a question to comp.lang.python (http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python) where someone else should have experience working with/around plink specifically.
Maybe using the famous Microsoft kludge for handling spaces in filenames will do the trick. This wraps a pair of single quotes and double quote around the string. Try:
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