# -*- 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 . """ Utility to sanitize and run shell commands. """ import subprocess def exec_validated_cmd(cmd, argument, validator=None): """ Executes cmd, validating argument with a validator function. :param cmd: command. :type dbname: str :param argument: argument. :type argument: str :param validator: optional function to validate argument :type validator: function :return: exit code and stdout or stderr (if code != 0) :rtype: (int, str) """ if validator and not validator(argument): return 1, "invalid argument" command = cmd.split(' ') command.append(argument) try: process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) except OSError as e: return 1, e (out, err) = process.communicate() code = process.wait() if code is not 0: return code, err else: return code, out