# install the Python library
easy_install fabric
 
# create a file called "fabfile"
# it will be used from the "fab" command
# add the following tasks in "fabfile":

from fabric.api import *
 
env.hosts = ["main"]
env.user  = "root"
 
 
def archive_home():
  with cd("/tmp"):
   run("zip -rq home_`date +%Y:%m:%d-%H:%M`.zip /home")
 
def archive_download():
  import os
  os.system("scp %s:/tmp/home_*.zip /home/su/archive" % env.hosts[0])
 
def archive_remove():
  run("rm /tmp/home_*.zip")

fab --help
Usage: fab [options] (command) [:arg1,arg2=val2,host=foo,hosts='h1;h2',...] ...
 
Options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -V, --version  show program's version number and exit
  -l, --list           print list of possible commands and exit
  -d COMMAND, --display=COMMAND
                        print detailed info about a given command and exit
  -r, --reject-unknown-hosts
                        reject unknown hosts
  -D, --disable-known-hosts
                        do not load user known_hosts file
  -u USER, --user=USER  username to use when connecting to remote hosts
  -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
                        password for use with authentication and/or sudo
  -H HOSTS, --hosts=HOSTS
                        comma-separated list of hosts to operate on
  -R ROLES, --roles=ROLES
                        comma-separated list of roles to operate on
  -i KEY_FILENAME       path to SSH private key file. May be repeated.
  -f FABFILE, --fabfile=FABFILE
                        name of fabfile to load, e.g. 'fabfile.py' or
                        '../other.py'
  -w, --warn-only       warn, instead of abort, when commands fail
  -s SHELL, --shell=SHELL
                        specify a new shell, defaults to '/bin/bash -l -c'
  -c RCFILE, --config=RCFILE
                        specify location of config file to use
  --hide=LEVELS           comma-separated list of output levels to hide
  --show=LEVELS         comma-separated list of output levels to show

ls -ld ~/.ssh | awk '{print $1}'
# should return drwx------
# otherwise: chmod 0700 ~/.ssh

_mkcd () {
       mkdir -p $1
       cd $1
}
# usage: _mkcd /tmp/dir_1/dir_2
# pwd will show: /tmp/dir_1/dir_2