Added KDE3 version of KDE Guidance utilities

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/applications/kde-guidance@1102646 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/displayconfig/execwithcapture.py b/displayconfig/execwithcapture.py
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+++ b/displayconfig/execwithcapture.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import select
+
+############################################################################
+def ExecWithCapture(command, argv, searchPath = 0, root = '/', stdin = 0,
+        catchfd = 1, closefd = -1):
+
+    if not os.access(root + command, os.X_OK) and not searchPath:
+        raise RuntimeError, command + " can not be run"
+
+    (read, write) = os.pipe()
+    childpid = os.fork()
+    if (not childpid):
+        if (root and root != '/'): os.chroot(root)
+        os.dup2(write, catchfd)
+        os.close(write)
+        os.close(read)
+
+        if closefd != -1:
+            os.close(closefd)
+        if stdin:
+            os.dup2(stdin, 0)
+            os.close(stdin)
+        if searchPath:
+            os.execvp(command, argv)
+        else:
+            os.execv(command, argv)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    os.close(write)
+
+    rc = ""
+    s = "1"
+    while s:
+        select.select([read], [], [])
+        s = os.read(read, 1000)
+        rc = rc + s
+
+    os.close(read)
+
+    try:
+        os.waitpid(childpid, 0)
+    except OSError, (errno, msg):
+        print __name__, "waitpid:", msg
+
+    return rc