Using Python Fabric without the command-line tool (fab)

Question

Altough Fabric documentations refers to a way of using the library for SSH access without requiring the fab command-line tool and/or tasks, I can't seem to manage a way to do it.

I want to run this file (example.py) by only executing 'python example.py':

env.hosts = [ "example.com" ]
def ps():
    run("ps")
ps()

Thanks.

user_1849767 · Answer

This is what needs to be done:

in example.py

from fabric.api import settings, run

def ps():
  with settings(host_string='example.com'):
    run("ps")
ps()

see docs for using fabric as a library: http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.8/usage/env.html#host-string

Using Python Fabric without the command-line tool (fab)

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