diff --git a/example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py b/example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py
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+++ b/example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python 
+
+import py
+import sys, os
+
+def usage():
+    arg0 = sys.argv[0]
+    print """%s [user@]remote-host:/repo/location localrepo [identity keyfile]""" % (arg0,)
+
+
+def main(args):
+    remote = args[0]
+    localrepo = py.path.local(args[1])
+    if not localrepo.check(dir=1):
+        raise SystemExit("localrepo %s does not exist" %(localrepo,))
+    if len(args) == 3:
+        keyfile = py.path.local(args[2])
+    else:
+        keyfile = None
+    remote_host, path = remote.split(':', 1)
+    print "ssh-connecting to", remote_host 
+    gw = getgateway(remote_host, keyfile)
+
+    local_rev = get_svn_youngest(localrepo)
+
+    # local protocol 
+    # 1. client sends rev/repo -> server 
+    # 2. server checks for newer revisions and sends dumps 
+    # 3. client receives dumps, updates local repo 
+    # 4. client goes back to step 1
+    c = gw.remote_exec("""
+        import py
+        import os
+        remote_rev, repopath = channel.receive()
+        while 1: 
+            rev = py.process.cmdexec('svnlook youngest "%s"' % repopath) 
+            rev = int(rev)
+            if rev > remote_rev:
+                revrange = (remote_rev+1, rev)
+                dumpchannel = channel.gateway.newchannel()
+                channel.send(revrange)
+                channel.send(dumpchannel)
+
+                f = os.popen(
+                        "svnadmin dump -q --incremental -r %s:%s %s" 
+                         % (revrange[0], revrange[1], repopath), 'r')
+                try:
+                    while 1:
+                        s = f.read(8192)
+                        if not s:
+                            raise EOFError
+                        dumpchannel.send(s)
+                except EOFError:
+                    dumpchannel.close()
+                remote_rev = rev 
+            else:
+                # using svn-hook instead would be nice here
+                py.std.time.sleep(30)
+    """)
+
+    c.send((local_rev, path))
+    print "checking revisions from %d in %s" %(local_rev, remote)
+    while 1: 
+        revstart, revend = c.receive()
+        dumpchannel = c.receive() 
+
+        print "receiving revisions", revstart, "-", revend, "replaying..."
+        svn_load(localrepo, dumpchannel)
+        print "current revision", revend 
+
+def svn_load(repo, dumpchannel):
+    f = os.popen("svnadmin load -q %s" %(repo, ), "w")
+    for x in dumpchannel:
+        sys.stdout.write(".")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        f.write(x)
+    print >>sys.stdout
+    f.close() 
+
+def get_svn_youngest(repo):
+    rev = py.process.cmdexec('svnlook youngest "%s"' % repo) 
+    return int(rev)
+
+def getgateway(host, keyfile=None):
+    return py.execnet.SshGateway(host, identity=keyfile)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+        usage()
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+    main(sys.argv[1:])
+
diff --git a/example/execnet/sysinfo.py b/example/execnet/sysinfo.py
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+++ b/example/execnet/sysinfo.py
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+"""
+sysinfo.py [host1] [host2] [options]
+
+obtain system info from remote machine. 
+"""
+
+import py
+import sys
+
+optparse = py.compat.optparse
+
+parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=__doc__)
+parser.add_option("-f", "--sshconfig", action="store", dest="ssh_config", default=None,
+                  help="use given ssh config file, and add info all contained hosts for getting info")
+parser.add_option("-i", "--ignore", action="store", dest="ignores", default=None,
+                  help="ignore hosts (useful if the list of hostnames come from a file list)")
+
+def parsehosts(path):
+    path = py.path.local(path)
+    l = []
+    rex = py.std.re.compile(r'Host\s*(\S+)')
+    for line in path.readlines():
+        m = rex.match(line)
+        if m is not None:
+            sshname, = m.groups()
+            l.append(sshname)
+    return l
+
+class RemoteInfo:
+    def __init__(self, gateway):
+        self.gw = gateway
+        self._cache = {}
+
+    def exreceive(self, execstring):
+        if execstring not in self._cache:
+            channel = self.gw.remote_exec(execstring)
+            self._cache[execstring] = channel.receive()
+        return self._cache[execstring]
+
+    def getmodattr(self, modpath):
+        module = modpath.split(".")[0]
+        return self.exreceive("""
+            import %s
+            channel.send(%s)
+        """ %(module, modpath))
+
+    def islinux(self):
+        return self.getmodattr('sys.platform').find("linux") != -1
+
+    def getfqdn(self):
+        return self.exreceive("""
+            import socket
+            channel.send(socket.getfqdn())
+        """)
+
+    def getmemswap(self):
+        if self.islinux():
+            return self.exreceive(""" 
+            import commands, re
+            out = commands.getoutput("free")
+            mem = re.search(r"Mem:\s+(\S*)", out).group(1)
+            swap = re.search(r"Swap:\s+(\S*)", out).group(1)
+            channel.send((mem, swap))
+            """)
+
+    def getcpuinfo(self):
+        if self.islinux():
+            return self.exreceive("""
+                # a hyperthreaded cpu core only counts as 1, although it
+                # is present as 2 in /proc/cpuinfo.  Counting it as 2 is
+                # misleading because it is *by far* not as efficient as
+                # two independent cores.
+                cpus = {}
+                cpuinfo = {}
+                f = open("/proc/cpuinfo")
+                lines = f.readlines()
+                f.close()
+                for line in lines + ['']:
+                    if line.strip():
+                        key, value = line.split(":", 1)
+                        cpuinfo[key.strip()] = value.strip()
+                    else:
+                        corekey = (cpuinfo.get("physical id"),
+                                   cpuinfo.get("core id"))
+                        cpus[corekey] = 1
+                numcpus = len(cpus)
+                model = cpuinfo.get("model name")
+                channel.send((numcpus, model))
+            """)
+
+def debug(*args):
+    print >>sys.stderr, " ".join(map(str, args))
+def error(*args):
+    debug("ERROR", args[0] + ":", *args[1:])
+
+def getinfo(sshname, ssh_config=None, loginfo=sys.stdout):
+    debug("connecting to", sshname)
+    try:
+        gw = py.execnet.SshGateway(sshname, ssh_config=ssh_config)
+    except IOError:
+        error("could not get sshagteway", sshname)
+    else:
+        ri = RemoteInfo(gw)
+        #print "%s info:" % sshname
+        prefix = sshname.upper() + " "
+        print >>loginfo, prefix, "fqdn:", ri.getfqdn()
+        for attr in (
+            "sys.platform", 
+            "sys.version_info", 
+        ):
+            loginfo.write("%s %s: " %(prefix, attr,))
+            loginfo.flush()
+            value = ri.getmodattr(attr)
+            loginfo.write(str(value))
+            loginfo.write("\n")
+            loginfo.flush()
+        memswap = ri.getmemswap()
+        if memswap:
+            mem,swap = memswap
+            print >>loginfo, prefix, "Memory:", mem, "Swap:", swap 
+        cpuinfo = ri.getcpuinfo()
+        if cpuinfo:
+            numcpu, model = cpuinfo
+            print >>loginfo, prefix, "number of cpus:",  numcpu
+            print >>loginfo, prefix, "cpu model", model 
+        return ri
+            
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    options, args = parser.parse_args()
+    hosts = list(args)
+    ssh_config = options.ssh_config
+    if ssh_config:
+        hosts.extend(parsehosts(ssh_config))
+    ignores = options.ignores or ()
+    if ignores:
+        ignores = ignores.split(",")
+    for host in hosts:
+        if host not in ignores:
+            getinfo(host, ssh_config=ssh_config)
+