Package: screenutils
CAUTION: this project is not maintained anymore as it’s maintainer don’t use it anymore
(and switched to tmux). If you contribute a bit, you may reclaim this project.screenutilsscreenutils is a set of classes that should help handling gnu-screen windows.It requires gnu-screen binary installed (named screen and in your path) to work.Feel free to report any modification you made, the whole code source is
available under the terms of the GPLv2 but I think about using a more permissave license (WTFPL).Example usageExample in a python console:>>> from screenutils import list_screens, Screen
>>> list_screens()
[]
>>> s = Screen("session1",True)
>>> # funky prompts could reduce log visibility. Use sh or bash for best results
>>> s.send_commands('bash')
>>> s.enable_logs()
>>> s.send_commands("df")
>>> print next(s.logs)
df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6             20161172   8084052  11052980  43% /
none                   1505916       304   1505612   1% /dev
none                   1512676       936   1511740   1% /dev/shm
none                   1512676       380   1512296   1% /var/run
none                   1512676         0   1512676   0% /var/lock
none                   1512676         0   1512676   0% /lib/init/rw
none                  20161172   8084052  11052980  43% /var/lib/ureadahead/debugfs
/dev/sda7            403567768 196284216 186783420  52% /home
popi@popi-laptop:~/Dev/github/screenutils$
>>> s.disable_logs()
>>> s = None
>>> s = Screen("session1")
>>> s.exists
True
>>> s2 = Screen("session2")
>>> s2.exists
False
>>> s2.initialize()
>>> s2.exists
True
>>> list_screens()
[<Screen 'session2'>, <Screen 'session1'>]
>>>InstallationYou could install screenutils from github, by doing the following:$ pip install git+http://github.com/Christophe31/screenutils.gitOr by just using the packages published on Pypi, for instance with pip:$ pip install screenutilsFeaturesscreens listingscreen session creationscreen session closingscreen code insertionscreen monitoring/loggingscreen session sharing with unix users (see below)Core DocumentationScreen class:Screen(name, initialize=False)Create a new screen.name(required): The name associated with the screen.initialize: If True, creates a screen session if it does not exists.screen.id(property) the id of the screen as a string.screen.status(property) the status of the screen as a string.screen.exists(property) True if the screen exists (has been initialized)NOTE:.id,.status,.existsare all based off of the output ofscreen-lsscreen.initializeInitialize a screen if does not exists yet. Equivalent to runningscreen-URscreen_namescreen.enable_logs()turns Screen’s logging on. The Logfile’s name is automatically set to that of theScreenobject.screen.logsA generator that acts liketailFon the logfile.screen.disable_logs()turns logging off.screen.kill()Quit the screen. Equivalent to runningscreen-xscreen_name-Xquitscreen.detach()Detach from the screen.screen.send_commands(*commands)send bash commands to the screen.*commandsthe command(s) to run (as a string).screen.add_user_access(unix_user_name)Allow another user to access the screen.unix_user_name(required): the unix name of the user to add.*NOTE: to allow this feature, you willneedto change some unix rights:sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/screensudo chmod 755 /var/run/screenFunctions:list_screens()list screens. Returns a list ofScreeninstances.Exceptions:ScreenNotFoundError: Raised when a screen wasn’t found.Known issuesThis may not work properly with bpython.Roadmapmulti windows screen support