from __future__ import absolute_import from subprocess import * # Provide Python 2.7's check_output() function. try: check_output except NameError: def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs): r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string. If the exit code was non-zero it raises a CalledProcessError. The CalledProcessError object will have the return code in the returncode attribute and output in the output attribute. The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example: >>> check_output(["ls", "-l", "/dev/null"]) 'crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 18 2007 /dev/null\n' The stdout argument is not allowed as it is used internally. To capture standard error in the result, use stderr=STDOUT. >>> check_output(["/bin/sh", "-c", ... "ls -l non_existent_file ; exit 0"], ... stderr=STDOUT) 'ls: non_existent_file: No such file or directory\n' """ if 'stdout' in kwargs: raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.') process = Popen(stdout=PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs) output, unused_err = process.communicate() retcode = process.poll() if retcode: cmd = kwargs.get("args") if cmd is None: cmd = popenargs[0] error = CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd) # Add the output attribute to CalledProcessError, which # doesn't exist until Python 2.7. error.output = output raise error return output