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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Luke Faraone
  • Date: 2010-04-05 08:38:03 UTC
  • mfrom: (8.1.6 sid)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20100405083803-213ntib1b3208oq0
Tags: 0.61.7-2
Fix dependency substitution for Ubuntu.

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src/lib/scripting.py
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    Simplified access to some system commands.
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    """    
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    def exec_command(self, command):
 
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    def exec_command(self, command, getOutput=True):
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        """
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        Execute a shell command
 
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        Set getOutput to False if the command does not exit and return immediately. Otherwise
 
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        AutoKey will not respond to any hotkeys/abbreviations etc until the process started
 
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        by the command exits.
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        Usage: C{system.exec_command(command)}
 
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        Usage: C{system.exec_command(command, getOutput=True)}
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        @param command: command to be executed (including any arguments) - e.g. "ls -l"
 
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        @param getOutput: whether to capture the (stdout) output of the command
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        @raises subprocess.CalledProcessError: if the command returns a non-zero exit code
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        """
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        p = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, bufsize=-1, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
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        retCode = p.wait()
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        output = p.stdout.read()[:-1]
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        if retCode != 0:
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            raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(retCode, output)
 
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        if getOutput:
 
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            p = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, bufsize=-1, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 
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            retCode = p.wait()
 
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            output = p.stdout.read()[:-1]
 
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            if retCode != 0:
 
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                raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(retCode, output)
 
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            else:
 
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                return output
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        else:
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            return output
 
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            subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, bufsize=-1)
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    def create_file(self, fileName, contents=""):
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        """