From 5bdf860647c5d5825791d50a94b34fbd9a7a71a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Gerard DeRose Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:57:21 -0700 Subject: Added Plugin.call() method that calls an external executable via subprocess.call() --- ipalib/plugable.py | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'ipalib/plugable.py') diff --git a/ipalib/plugable.py b/ipalib/plugable.py index 08a978ed1..5e0611f91 100644 --- a/ipalib/plugable.py +++ b/ipalib/plugable.py @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import threading import logging import os from os import path +import subprocess import errors from errors import check_type, check_isinstance from config import Environment, Env @@ -366,6 +367,16 @@ class Plugin(ReadOnly): assert not hasattr(self, name) setattr(self, name, getattr(api, name)) + def call(self, *args): + """ + Call an external command via ``subprocess.call``. + + Returns the exit status of the call. + """ + if hasattr(self, 'log'): + self.log.debug('Calling %r', args) + return subprocess.call(args) + def __repr__(self): """ Return 'module_name.class_name()' representation. -- cgit