diff --git a/planetstack/tools/copy-opencloud.py b/planetstack/tools/copy-opencloud.py
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+++ b/planetstack/tools/copy-opencloud.py
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+#! /usr/bin/python
+
+import base64
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import StringIO
+
+if len(sys.argv)<3:
+    print >> sys.stderr, "syntax: copy-opencloud <srcfn> <desthost:destfn>"
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+srcfn = sys.argv[1]
+dest = sys.argv[2]
+
+if not ":" in dest:
+    print >> sys.stderr, "malformed desthost:destfn"
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+(hostname,destfn) = dest.split(":",1)
+
+if destfn.endswith("/"):
+    destfn = destfn + os.path.basename(srcfn)
+
+enctext = base64.b64encode(open(srcfn).read())
+script = "base64 -d -i > %s <<EOF\n%s\nEOF\n" % (destfn, enctext)
+
+file("/tmp/script","w").write(script)
+
+p = subprocess.Popen(["ssh", "-A", hostname], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+print p.communicate(input=script)[0]
+
+
+"""
+SRCPATHNAME=$1
+DESTHOSTNAME=$2
+DESTPATHNAME=$3
+echo "base64 -d -i > $DESTPATHNAME <<EOF" > /tmp/ssh-up            
+base64 $SRCPATHNAME >> /tmp/ssh-up   
+echo "EOF" >> /tmp/ssh-up
+ssh -A $DESTHOSTNAME < /tmp/ssh-up  
+"""