Long-running ssh commands in python paramiko module (and how to end them)

Question

I want to run a tail -f logfile command on a remote machine using python\'s paramiko module. I\'ve been attempting it so far in the following fashion:

Answer 1

Just a small update to the solution by Andrew Aylett. The following code actually breaks the loop and quits when the external process finishes:

import paramiko
import select

client = paramiko.SSHClient()
client.load_system_host_keys()
client.connect('host.example.com')
channel = client.get_transport().open_session()
channel.exec_command("tail -f /var/log/everything/current")
while True:
    if channel.exit_status_ready():
        break
    rl, wl, xl = select.select([channel], [], [], 0.0)
    if len(rl) > 0:
        print channel.recv(1024)