sounds like you are using fabric 0.1.1. I don't know if there's a way around this. Fabric 0.9 addresses this problem very nicely - see http://docs.fabfile.org/0.9/usage.html#rationale
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Nick Welch<mackst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have some utility functions in my fabfile that get used by various > tasks. The problem is that they're also interpreted as tasks and > clutter up 'fab list'. I tried naming them with a leading underscore, > but then I get a NameError claiming that the functions don't even exist. > > So for now, I've put this ugly "do_" prefix on them. And of course, > they still show up in 'fab list'. Is there some better way? Or would I > have to make my own little utility module and pull these functions out > of the fabfile altogether? > > _______________________________________________ > Fab-user mailing list > Fab-user@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user > > _______________________________________________ Fab-user mailing list Fab-user@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user