Module dCacheAdmin :: Class Admin

Class Admin

Object representing the dCache Admin interface connection.

Only one thread should access this at a time. If you want to have multi- threaded access to the admin interface, the recommendation is to create one connection per thread.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, info, timeout=5)
Connects to the admin interface.

cd(self, cell)
Change to a different cell.

execute(self, cell, command, args=[])
Execute a command in the admin interface

fork_ssh(self, args)

logoff(self)
Logoff the admin interface.

make_connection(self, info)

read(self, max_read)

readlines(self, matches=[])

write(self, text)

Method Details

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init(self, info, timeout=5)
(Constructor)

Connects to the admin interface.

Parameters:

info - Dictionary containing login info. For usage in the GIP, it is advised to create an Admin interface by using gip_storage.connect_admin, not through the constructor directly.
timeout - Timeout (in seconds) before the class will give up on the connection and raise an error.

cd(self, cell)

Change to a different cell. This will be called automatically by execute when it is necessary.

execute(self, cell, command, args=`[]`)

Execute a command in the admin interface

Parameters:

cell - Cell name to send the command to.
command - Command name
args (List) - Any additional arguments to pass to dCache

Returns:

String containing command output.

Class Admin

__init__(self, info, timeout=5) (Constructor)

cd(self, cell)

execute(self, cell, command, args=[])

init(self, info, timeout=5)
(Constructor)

execute(self, cell, command, args=`[]`)