# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be # found in the LICENSE file. """A wrapper for subprocess to make calling shell commands easier.""" import logging import subprocess def RunCmd(args, cwd=None): """Opens a subprocess to execute a program and returns its return value. Args: args: A string or a sequence of program arguments. The program to execute is the string or the first item in the args sequence. cwd: If not None, the subprocess's current directory will be changed to |cwd| before it's executed. Returns: Return code from the command execution. """ logging.info(str(args) + ' ' + (cwd or '')) p = subprocess.Popen(args=args, cwd=cwd) return p.wait() def GetCmdOutput(args, cwd=None, shell=False): """Open a subprocess to execute a program and returns its output. Args: args: A string or a sequence of program arguments. The program to execute is the string or the first item in the args sequence. cwd: If not None, the subprocess's current directory will be changed to |cwd| before it's executed. shell: Whether to execute args as a shell command. Returns: Captures and returns the command's stdout. Prints the command's stderr to logger (which defaults to stdout). """ logging.info(str(args) + ' ' + (cwd or '')) p = subprocess.Popen(args=args, cwd=cwd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=shell) stdout, stderr = p.communicate() if stderr: logging.critical(stderr) logging.info(stdout[:4096]) # Truncate output longer than 4k. return stdout