nice alias system

[saartuer.git] / tyshell

diff --git a/tyshell b/tyshell
index 8d7070a06a8874bef7fe4660f86f79133cf7ea83..c35ec0ebbe9da65439d6411246ceeecff076ebce 100755 (executable)
--- a/tyshell
+++ b/tyshell
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ def sendcmd(addr, cmd):
                print("Running %s..." % (cmd))
                s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
                s.connect(addr)
-               s.settimeout(10.0)
+               s.settimeout(60.0)
                s.send(cmd.encode())
-               data = s.recv(4)
+               data = s.recv(256)
                s.close()
                print(data.decode('utf-8'))
        return run
@@ -51,14 +51,21 @@ def whocmd(c):
                p = pwd.getpwnam(n)
                print (p.pw_name, " - ", p.pw_gecos)
 
-commands = {
+def alias (cmds, aliases):
+       for newname, oldname in aliases.items():
+               cmds[newname] = cmds[oldname]
+       return cmds
+
+commands = alias({
        'exit': exitcmd,
        'help': helpcmd,
        'open': sendcmd(tuerSock, 'unlock'),
-       'unlock': sendcmd(tuerSock, 'unlock'),
        'buzz': sendcmd(tuerSock, 'buzz'),
        'who': whocmd,
-}
+},{
+       # aliases
+       'unlock': 'open',
+})
 
 def complete_command(cmd):
        '''returns a list of commands (as strings) starting with cmd'''