Add tools module with execProcess()

settingsd/tools.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+import subprocess
+
+import logger
+
+
+##### Exceptions #####
+class SubprocessFailure(Exception) :
+	pass
+
+
+##### Public methods #####
+def execProcess(proc_args) :
+	logger.debug("{submod}: Executing child process \"%s\"" % (proc_args))
+	proc = subprocess.Popen(proc_args, shell=True, bufsize=1024, close_fds=True,
+		stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+		env={ "LC_ALL" : "C" })
+	(proc_stdout, proc_stderr) = proc.communicate()
+	logger.debug("{submod}: Child process \"%s\" finished, return_code=%d" % (proc_args, proc.returncode))
+
+	return (proc_stdout, proc_stderr, proc.returncode)
+