return args
# Load a section-less config file: maps parameter names to space-separated lists of strings (with shell quotation)
-def loadConfigFile(file):
+def loadConfigFile(filename):
import shlex
result = {}
- if not os.path.exists(file):
+ if not os.path.exists(filename):
return result # no config file
# read config file
linenr = 0
- with open(file) as file:
- for line in file:
+ with open(filename) as f:
+ for line in f:
linenr += 1
line = line.strip()
if not len(line) or line.startswith("#"): continue # skip empty and comment lines
# helper function: execute a process, return output as iterator, throw exception if there was an error
# you *must* iterate to the end if you use this!
def processOutputGen(*args):
- p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
- for line in p.stdout:
- yield line
- p.wait() # wait for process to exit (it closed stdout, so it can't block anymore)
+ with subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) as p:
+ for line in p.stdout:
+ yield line.decode("utf-8")
if p.returncode != 0:
raise Exception("Error executing "+str(args))
def processOutputIt(*args):