From 48154be1527fa40c719b1e25016fac2cf416ac3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1991 13:23:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Now uses pipes.

---
 Lib/commands.py | 41 +++++++++--------------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/commands.py b/Lib/commands.py
index dc467408310..4d16eefaa4b 100644
--- a/Lib/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/commands.py
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 #
 # Various tools for executing commands and looking at their output and status.
 
-import rand
-import posix
-import stat
-import path
-
 
 # Get 'ls -l' status for an object into a string
 #
@@ -16,8 +11,7 @@ def getstatus(file):
 
 # Get the output from a shell command into a string.
 # The exit status is ignored; a trailing newline is stripped.
-# Assume the command will work with ' >tempfile 2>&1' appended.
-# XXX This should use posix.popen() instead, should it exist.
+# Assume the command will work with '{ ... ; } 2>&1' around it..
 #
 def getoutput(cmd):
 	return getstatusoutput(cmd)[1]
@@ -27,42 +21,25 @@ def getoutput(cmd):
 # Returns a pair (sts, output)
 #
 def getstatusoutput(cmd):
-	tmp = '/usr/tmp/wdiff' + `rand.rand()`
-	sts = -1
-	try:
-		sts = posix.system(cmd + ' >' + tmp + ' 2>&1')
-		text = readfile(tmp)
-	finally:
-		altsts = posix.system('rm -f ' + tmp)
+	import posix
+	pipe = posix.popen('{ ' + cmd + '; } 2>&1', 'r')
+	text = pipe.read()
+	sts = pipe.close()
+	if sts = None: sts = 0
 	if text[-1:] = '\n': text = text[:-1]
 	return sts, text
 
 
-# Return a string containing a file's contents.
-#
-def readfile(fn):
-	st = posix.stat(fn)
-	size = st[stat.ST_SIZE]
-	if not size: return ''
-	try:
-		fp = open(fn, 'r')
-	except:
-		raise posix.error, 'readfile(' + fn + '): open failed'
-	try:
-		return fp.read(size)
-	except:
-		raise posix.error, 'readfile(' + fn + '): read failed'
-
-
 # Make command argument from directory and pathname (prefix space, add quotes).
 #
 def mk2arg(head, x):
-	return mkarg(path.cat(head, x))
+	import path
+	return mkarg(path.join(head, x))
 
 
 # Make a shell command argument from a string.
 # Two strategies: enclose in single quotes if it contains none;
-# otherwis, enclose in double quotes and prefix quotable characters
+# otherwise, enclose in double quotes and prefix quotable characters
 # with backslash.
 #
 def mkarg(x):