# Mail logging handler
def sendeMail(subject, text, receivers, sender='sphinx@hacksaar.de', replyTo=None):
- if not isinstance(type(receivers), list): receivers = [receivers]
+ assert isinstance(receivers, list)
+ if not len(receivers): return # nothing to do
# construct content
msg = email.mime.text.MIMEText(text.encode('UTF-8'), 'plain', 'UTF-8')
msg['Subject'] = subject
logger = Logger()
+# run a Python command asynchronously
+def fire_and_forget(f):
+ def _fire_and_forget():
+ try:
+ f()
+ except Exception as e:
+ logger.critical("fire_and_forget: Got exception out of callback: %s" % str(e))
+ logger.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+ t = threading.Thread(target=_fire_and_forget)
+ t.start()
+
# run a command asynchronously and log the return value if not 0
# prefix must be a string identifying the code position where the call came from
-def fire_and_forget (cmd, log, prefix):
- def _fire_and_forget ():
+def fire_and_forget_cmd (cmd, log, prefix):
+ def _fire_and_forget_cmd ():
with open("/dev/null", "w") as fnull:
retcode = subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=fnull, stderr=fnull)
if retcode is not 0:
logger.error("%sReturn code %d at command: %s" % (prefix,retcode,str(cmd)))
- t = threading.Thread(target=_fire_and_forget)
- t.start()
+ fire_and_forget(_fire_and_forget_cmd)
# Threaded callback class
class ThreadFunction():