TEST=`which test` equivalent in python?

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jay Jesus Amorin <jay.amorin at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Kindly help.
>
> import sys, os, string
>
> *SVNLOOK_PATH=os.system('which svnlook')*


Read the docs on os.system. It returns the program's return code, not the
child processes stdout. Use the subprocess module.

>
>
> def main(repos, txn):
>     svnlook_cmd = '%s log -t "%s" "%s"' % (*SVNLOOK_PATH*, txn, repos)
>     check_msg = os.popen(svnlook_cmd, 'r').readline().rstrip('\n')


os.popen does what you want here, but it is deprecated in favor of the more
powerful subprocess module.

>
>
>     if len(check_msg) < 10:
>         sys.stderr.write ("Blahh Blahh....\n")
>         sys.exit(1)
>     else:
>         sys.exit(0)
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     if len(sys.argv) < 3:
>         sys.stderr.write("Usage: %s REPOS TXN\n" % (sys.argv[0]))
>     else:
>         main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
>
>
> The SVNLOOK_PATH is not working and python says its null when run as SVN
> hook-script. Do I need to load the os environment variable? How do i pass
> the value of 'which svnlook' to SVNLOOK_PATH variable.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
> Jay
>
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