Wait until task is completed on Remote Machine through Python [duplicate]

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This is indeed a duplicate of paramiko SSH exec_command(shell script) returns before completion, but the answer there is not terribly detailed. So…

As you noticed, exec_command is a non-blocking call. So you have to wait for completion of the remote command by using either:

  • Channel.exit_status_ready if you want a non-blocking check of the command completion (i.e.: pooling)
  • Channel.recv_exit_status if you want to block until the command completion (and get back the exit status — an exit status of 0 means normal completion).

In your particular case, you need the later:

stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(filedelete)  # Non-blocking call
exit_status = stdout.channel.recv_exit_status()          # Blocking call
if exit_status == 0:
    print ("File Deleted")
else:
    print("Error", exit_status)
client.close()

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