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More pre-release cleanup.
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bitprophet committed Oct 26, 2009
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37 changes: 19 additions & 18 deletions AUTHORS
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Ordered by date of first contribution:
Christian Vest Hansen
Rob Cowie
Jeff Forcier
Travis Cline
Niklas Lindström
Kevin Horn
Max Battcher
Alexander Artemenko
Dennis Schoen
Erick Dennis
Sverre Johansen
Michael Stephens
Armin Ronacher
Curt Micol
Patrick McNerthney
Steve Steiner
Ali Saifee
Jorge Vargas

Christian Vest Hansen
Rob Cowie
Jeff Forcier
Travis Cline
Niklas Lindström
Kevin Horn
Max Battcher
Alexander Artemenko
Dennis Schoen
Erick Dennis
Sverre Johansen
Michael Stephens
Armin Ronacher
Curt Micol
Patrick McNerthney
Steve Steiner
Ali Saifee
Jorge Vargas
Peter Ellis
Brian Rosner
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Fabric Frequently Asked Questions
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This is a dev-oriented list of FAQs from users. Once we get to maybe 10 or
more, turn this into an actual document. (Would rather not have a user facing
FAQ doc with only one or two entries, and too lazy to brainstorm a bunch of
anticipated FAQs right now...)

1. Why do I sometimes see ``err: stdin: is not a tty``?
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This message is typically generated by programs such as ``biff`` or ``mesg``
lurking within your remote user's ``.profile`` or ``.bashrc`` files (or any
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2. Why can't I run programs in the background with ``&``? It makes Fabric hang.
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Because Fabric executes a shell on the remote end for each invocation of
``run`` or ``sudo``, techniques like backgrounding (or using ``cd``, but see
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3. My remote system doesn't have ``bash`` installed by default, do I need to install ``bash``?
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While Fabric is written with ``bash`` in mind, it's not an absolute
requirement. Simply change ``env.shell`` to call your desired shell, and
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For installation help, please see docs/installation.rst.
For installation help, please see http://fabfile.org/ or (if using a source
checkout) docs/installation.rst.
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INSTALL
LICENSE
README
TODO
docs
fabfile.py
fabric
paramiko
requirements.txt
setup.py
tests
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into other Python code, providing a Pythonic interface to the SSH protocol
suite at a higher level than that provided by e.g. Paramiko (which
Fabric itself leverages.)

For detailed information about Fabric's installation and use, please visit its
website, http://fabfile.org .

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