Class Netrc

Class to parse & provide access to 'netrc' format files.

See the netrc(4) man page for information on the file format.

WARNING: This class is obsolete -- use module netrc instead.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, filename=None)

get_hosts(self)
Return a list of hosts mentioned in the .netrc file.

get_account(self, host)
Returns login information for the named host.

get_macros(self)
Return a list of all defined macro names.

get_macro(self, macro)
Return a sequence of lines which define a named macro.

Class Variables

__defuser = None

__defpasswd = None

__defacct = None

Method Details

Returns login information for the named host.

The return value is a triple containing userid, password, and the accounting field.