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import os, popen2, fcntl, FCNTL, select

def makeNonBlocking(fd):
    fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_GETFL)
    try:
	fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_SETFL, fl | FCNTL.O_NDELAY)
    except AttributeError:
	fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_SETFL, fl | FCNTL.FNDELAY)
    

def getCommandOutput(command):
    child = popen2.Popen3(command, 1) # capture stdout and stderr from command
    child.tochild.close()             # don't need to talk to child
    outfile = child.fromchild 
    outfd = outfile.fileno()
    errfile = child.childerr
    errfd = errfile.fileno()
    makeNonBlocking(outfd)            # don't deadlock!
    makeNonBlocking(errfd)
    outdata = errdata = ''
    outeof = erreof = 0
    while 1:
	ready = select.select([outfd,errfd],[],[]) # wait for input
	if outfd in ready[0]:
	    outchunk = outfile.read()
	    if outchunk == '': outeof = 1
	    outdata = outdata + outchunk
	if errfd in ready[0]:
	    errchunk = errfile.read()
	    if errchunk == '': erreof = 1
	    errdata = errdata + errchunk
	if outeof and erreof: break
	select.select([],[],[],.1) # give a little time for buffers to fill
    err = child.wait()
    if err != 0: 
	raise RuntimeError, '%s failed w/ exit code %d\n%s' % (command, err, errdata)
    return outdata

def getCommandOutput2(command):
    child = os.popen(command)
    data = child.read()
    err = child.close()
    if err:
	raise RuntimeError, '%s failed w/ exit code %d' % (command, err)
    return data

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