pass
-def cmdOutput(cmd, async = False):
+def cmdOutput(cmd, asynchronous = False):
'''utility function: run a command and get its output as a string
cmd: command to run
- async: if False, return whole output as a string, otherwise
+ asynchronous: if False, return whole output as a string, otherwise
return the stdout handle from which the output can be
read (the caller is then responsible for closing it)
'''
pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=b, close_fds=b, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
pipe.stdin.close()
- if async:
+ if asynchronous:
return pipe.stdout
output = pipe.stdout.read()
pipe.stdout.close()