Copy files over scp without saving on HDD

Hello everybody,

I have to write a small app which should to upload files via ssh tunnel from one to another server. I wanna use python for now I'm stopped on this simple solution:


import os
import subprocess, shlex
cmd = "/usr/bin/scp -q /var/log/test.log logger@10.10.10.1:/tmp"
args = shlex.split(cmd)
p = subprocess.Popen(args)
out, err = p.communicate()

that's works.
next step is a solution, where I can create and copy files in the same way, but without writing files on HDD before copy it over scp


any ideas?

thanks in advance

Is this actually a *nix question?

Suppose you use /dev/stdin for the source file and setup the Popen arguments to give you stdin, then write to stdin.

might work.

hi,
thanks for the answer. the OS is Debian, currently I'm solved the problem using sockets, but your point will be tested.

thanks once agian

T.