python/qpid_dispatch_internal/compat/subproc.py

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"""
Implementations of some handy subprocess functions missing in python 2.6
"""

from subprocess import *

try:
    from subprocess import check_output
except ImportError:
    def check_output(args, stdin=None, stderr=None, shell=False, universal_newlines=False, **kwargs):
        """
        Run command args and return its output as a byte string.
        kwargs are passed through to L{subprocess.Popen}
        @return: stdout of command (mixed with stderr if stderr=STDOUT)
        @raise L{CalledProcessError}: If command returns non-0 exit status.
        """
        if "stdout" in kwargs:
            raise ValueError("Must not specify stdout in check_output")
        p = Popen(args, stdout=PIPE, stdin=stdin, stderr=stderr, shell=shell, universal_newlines=universal_newlines, **kwargs)
        out, err = p.communicate()
        if p.returncode:
            e = CalledProcessError(p.returncode, args)
            e.output = err or out
            raise e
        return out