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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/spawn.py b/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
index e5654ff009..5c014c4be2 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
@@ -6,21 +6,18 @@ Also provides the 'find_executable()' to search the path for a given
executable name.
"""
-# This module should be kept compatible with Python 2.1.
-
__revision__ = "$Id$"
-import sys, os, string
-from distutils.errors import *
+import sys
+import os
+
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError, DistutilsExecError
from distutils import log
-def spawn (cmd,
- search_path=1,
- verbose=0,
- dry_run=0):
+def spawn(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
+ """Run another program, specified as a command list 'cmd', in a new process.
- """Run another program, specified as a command list 'cmd', in a new
- process. 'cmd' is just the argument list for the new process, ie.
+ 'cmd' is just the argument list for the new process, ie.
cmd[0] is the program to run and cmd[1:] are the rest of its arguments.
There is no way to run a program with a name different from that of its
executable.
@@ -43,37 +40,29 @@ def spawn (cmd,
raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
"don't know how to spawn programs on platform '%s'" % os.name
-# spawn ()
-
+def _nt_quote_args(args):
+ """Quote command-line arguments for DOS/Windows conventions.
-def _nt_quote_args (args):
- """Quote command-line arguments for DOS/Windows conventions: just
- wraps every argument which contains blanks in double quotes, and
+ Just wraps every argument which contains blanks in double quotes, and
returns a new argument list.
"""
-
# XXX this doesn't seem very robust to me -- but if the Windows guys
# say it'll work, I guess I'll have to accept it. (What if an arg
# contains quotes? What other magic characters, other than spaces,
# have to be escaped? Is there an escaping mechanism other than
# quoting?)
-
- for i in range(len(args)):
- if string.find(args[i], ' ') != -1:
- args[i] = '"%s"' % args[i]
+ for i, arg in enumerate(args):
+ if ' ' in arg:
+ args[i] = '"%s"' % arg
return args
-def _spawn_nt (cmd,
- search_path=1,
- verbose=0,
- dry_run=0):
-
+def _spawn_nt(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
executable = cmd[0]
cmd = _nt_quote_args(cmd)
if search_path:
# either we find one or it stays the same
executable = find_executable(executable) or executable
- log.info(string.join([executable] + cmd[1:], ' '))
+ log.info(' '.join([executable] + cmd[1:]))
if not dry_run:
# spawn for NT requires a full path to the .exe
try:
@@ -87,18 +76,12 @@ def _spawn_nt (cmd,
raise DistutilsExecError, \
"command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % (cmd[0], rc)
-
-def _spawn_os2 (cmd,
- search_path=1,
- verbose=0,
- dry_run=0):
-
+def _spawn_os2(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
executable = cmd[0]
- #cmd = _nt_quote_args(cmd)
if search_path:
# either we find one or it stays the same
executable = find_executable(executable) or executable
- log.info(string.join([executable] + cmd[1:], ' '))
+ log.info(' '.join([executable] + cmd[1:]))
if not dry_run:
# spawnv for OS/2 EMX requires a full path to the .exe
try:
@@ -109,27 +92,20 @@ def _spawn_os2 (cmd,
"command '%s' failed: %s" % (cmd[0], exc[-1])
if rc != 0:
# and this reflects the command running but failing
- print "command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % (cmd[0], rc)
+ log.debug("command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % (cmd[0], rc))
raise DistutilsExecError, \
"command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % (cmd[0], rc)
-def _spawn_posix (cmd,
- search_path=1,
- verbose=0,
- dry_run=0):
-
- log.info(string.join(cmd, ' '))
+def _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path=1, verbose=0, dry_run=0):
+ log.info(' '.join(cmd))
if dry_run:
return
exec_fn = search_path and os.execvp or os.execv
-
pid = os.fork()
- if pid == 0: # in the child
+ if pid == 0: # in the child
try:
- #print "cmd[0] =", cmd[0]
- #print "cmd =", cmd
exec_fn(cmd[0], cmd)
except OSError, e:
sys.stderr.write("unable to execute %s: %s\n" %
@@ -138,14 +114,12 @@ def _spawn_posix (cmd,
sys.stderr.write("unable to execute %s for unknown reasons" % cmd[0])
os._exit(1)
-
-
- else: # in the parent
+ else: # in the parent
# Loop until the child either exits or is terminated by a signal
# (ie. keep waiting if it's merely stopped)
while 1:
try:
- (pid, status) = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+ pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
except OSError, exc:
import errno
if exc.errno == errno.EINTR:
@@ -160,7 +134,7 @@ def _spawn_posix (cmd,
elif os.WIFEXITED(status):
exit_status = os.WEXITSTATUS(status)
if exit_status == 0:
- return # hey, it succeeded!
+ return # hey, it succeeded!
else:
raise DistutilsExecError, \
"command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % \
@@ -173,21 +147,21 @@ def _spawn_posix (cmd,
raise DistutilsExecError, \
"unknown error executing '%s': termination status %d" % \
(cmd[0], status)
-# _spawn_posix ()
-
def find_executable(executable, path=None):
- """Try to find 'executable' in the directories listed in 'path' (a
- string listing directories separated by 'os.pathsep'; defaults to
- os.environ['PATH']). Returns the complete filename or None if not
- found.
+ """Tries to find 'executable' in the directories listed in 'path'.
+
+ A string listing directories separated by 'os.pathsep'; defaults to
+ os.environ['PATH']. Returns the complete filename or None if not found.
"""
if path is None:
path = os.environ['PATH']
- paths = string.split(path, os.pathsep)
- (base, ext) = os.path.splitext(executable)
+ paths = path.split(os.pathsep)
+ base, ext = os.path.splitext(executable)
+
if (sys.platform == 'win32' or os.name == 'os2') and (ext != '.exe'):
executable = executable + '.exe'
+
if not os.path.isfile(executable):
for p in paths:
f = os.path.join(p, executable)
@@ -197,5 +171,3 @@ def find_executable(executable, path=None):
return None
else:
return executable
-
-# find_executable()