Installation

• sudo pip install fabric (verified on Mint 14, 2013-9-4)

• sudo apt-get install fabric (verified on Ubuntu Server 12.04 with goagent, 2013-9-7)

Test "With" Statement of Fabric

When running fabric command on remote host, if the current directory after "with cd(...)" will return to original one? Let's test it.

fabfile.py

from __future__ import with_statement 
from fabric.api import local, settings, abort, run, cd 
def testcd(path): 
    run("pwd") 
    run("ls -l") 
    with cd(path): 
        run("pwd") 
        run("ls -l") 
    run("pwd") 
    run("ls -l")

Now run fab -H 10.0.7.142 -u gcp -p gcp@123 testcd:path="zdjk". The "pwd" and "ls" before and after "with" statement give the same result, which means "cd" in "with" statement only take effect in "with" block. It's cool.