Paramiko and exec_command - killing remote process?

Question

I\'m using Paramiko to tail -f a file on a remote server.

Previously, we were running this via ssh -t, but that proved flaky, and the

Answer 1

Specifically for 'tail' you could use the --pid=PID argument and let tail take care of it:

  --pid=PID  with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies