1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/base/util.py b/base/util.py
index 5193bcd..acea171 100644
--- a/base/util.py
+++ b/base/util.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def rm(tgt):
         rmtree(tgt)
     else:
         remove(tgt)
-        
+
 def copy(src, dst):
     # we're using copyfileobj so we can do this from a URL
     if isfile(src):
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def symlink(src, dst):
         rm(dst)
     sym(abspath(src), abspath(dst))
     return dst
-    
+
 def move(src, dst):
     if lexists(dst):
         rm(dst)
@@ -112,5 +112,24 @@ def base_dir(tarball):
     ti = tarball.next()
     return ti.name.split('/')[0]
 
+_to_close = list()
+_all_closed = False
+
+def close_later(directory):
+    global _to_close
+    if directory not in _to_close:
+        self._to_close.append(directory)
+    return directory
+
+def close_all():
+    global _all_closed
+    global _to_close
+    if _all_closed:
+        return
+    for directory in _to_close:
+        directory.close()
+    
+
 __all__ = ['pwd', 'copy', 'with_sudo', 'with_su', 'symlink', 'move',
-           'log_file', 'one', 'remove_all', 'flatten', 'base_dir']
+           'log_file', 'one', 'remove_all', 'flatten', 'base_dir',
+           'close_later', 'close_all']