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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# command.py
+# Copyright (C) 2015 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+"""
+Utility to sanitize and run shell commands.
+"""
+
+
+import subprocess
+
+
+def exec_validated_cmd(cmd, args, validator=None):
+ """
+ Executes cmd, validating args with validator.
+
+ :param cmd: command.
+ :type dbname: str
+ :param args: arguments.
+ :type args: str
+ :param validator: optional function to validate args
+ :type validator: function
+
+ :return: exit code and stdout or stderr (if code != 0)
+ :rtype: (int, str)
+ """
+ if validator and not validator(args):
+ return 1, "invalid argument"
+ command = cmd.split(' ')
+ command.append(args)
+ try:
+ process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+ except OSError, e:
+ return 1, e
+ (out, err) = process.communicate()
+ code = process.wait()
+ if code is not 0:
+ return code, err
+ else:
+ return code, out