[Fab-user] Writing file with multiple lines to host?

[Nick Sergeant]

I'm trying to create a new file on the remote file system with some dynamically generated content, like so:

run(""" echo "

        <?php

        \$db_url = 'mysqli://$(new_mysql_user):$(new_mysql_pass)@$(new_mysql_host)/$(new_mysql_db)';

        \$db_prefix = '';

        \$update_free_access = FALSE;

        ini_set('arg_separator.output',     '&amp;');

        ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime',     0);

        ini_set('magic_quotes_sybase',      0);

        ini_set('session.cache_expire',     200000);

        ini_set('session.cache_limiter',    'none');

        ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',  2000000);

        ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime',   200000);

        ini_set('session.save_handler',     'user');

        ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);

        ini_set('session.use_trans_sid',    0);

        ini_set('url_rewriter.tags',        '');

        \$cookie_domain = '$(new_domain)';

        " | cat > $(prod_dir)/sites/$(new_domain)/settings.php

    """)

However, when the file is written, all of the PHP variable names are removed.  Output:

<?php

\ = 'mysqli://blogsuser:address@hidden/blogsdomain';

\ = '';

\ = FALSE;

ini_set('arg_separator.output',     '&amp;');

ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime',     0);

ini_set('magic_quotes_sybase',      0);

ini_set('session.cache_expire',     200000);

ini_set('session.cache_limiter',    'none');

ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',  2000000);

ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime',   200000);

ini_set('session.save_handler',     'user');

ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);

ini_set('session.use_trans_sid',    0);

ini_set('url_rewriter.tags',        '');

\ = 'blogs.domain.com';

I'm assuming Fabric is thinking those are variables.

What would be the best approach to tackle this?  I've tried a bunch of alternative methods (using cat, touch, etc), with no luck.

Thanks!

Nick Sergeant

www.nicksergeant.com

address@hidden

(315) 719-2047