new_contents: 
  import saga
  import os
  
  local_dir = saga.filesystem.Directory ("file://localhost/etc/")
  local_dir.copy ('host*', "ssh://localhost/tmp/stage_test/")
  
  check = os.popen ("ls -la /tmp/stage_test/")
  for line in check.readlines() :
      print line[:-1]
  
  
subject: fix #261