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+"""
+SSH publisher
+=============
+Contains classes and utilities that help publishing a hyde website
+via ssh/rsync.
+
+Usage
+-----
+In site.yaml, add the following lines
+
+    publisher:
+        ssh:
+            type: hyde.ext.publishers.ssh.SSH
+            username: username
+            server: ssh.server.com
+            target: /www/username/mysite/
+            command: rsync
+            opts: -r -e ssh
+
+Note that the final two settings (command and opts) are optional, and the
+values shown are the default. With this set, generate and publish the site
+as follows:
+
+    >$ hyde gen
+    >$ hyde publish -p ssh
+
+For the above options, this will lead to execution of the following command,
+assuming the specified deploy directory is ``deploy/``:
+
+    rsync -r -e ssh [deploy/] username@ssh.server.com:/www/username/mysite/
+
+"""
+from hyde.publisher import Publisher
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
+class SSH(Publisher):
+    def initialize(self, settings):
+        self.settings = settings
+        self.username = settings.username
+        self.server = settings.server
+        self.target = settings.target
+        self.command = getattr(settings, 'command', 'rsync')
+        self.opts = getattr(settings, 'opts', '-r -e ssh')
+
+    def publish(self):
+        command = "{command} {opts} ./ {username}@{server}:{target}".format(
+            command=self.command,
+            opts=self.opts,
+            username=self.username,
+            server=self.server,
+            target=self.target)
+        deploy_path = self.site.config.deploy_root_path.path
+
+        cmd = Popen(command, cwd=unicode(deploy_path), stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
+        cmdresult = cmd.communicate()[0]
+        if cmd.returncode:
+            raise Exception(cmdresult)