ansible/library/command

#!/usr/bin/python

# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>, and others
#
# This file is part of Ansible
#
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#
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#

try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json

import subprocess
import sys
import datetime
import traceback

if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    print json.dumps({
        "failed" : True,
        "msg"    : "the command module requires arguments (-a)"
    })
    sys.exit(1)

args = sys.argv[1:]
startd = datetime.datetime.now()

try:
    cmd = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=False, 
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    out, err = cmd.communicate()
except (OSError, IOError), e:
    print json.dumps({
        "failed": 1,
        "msg": str(e),
        })
    sys.exit(1)
except:
    print json.dumps({
        "failed" : 1,
        "msg" : traceback.format_exc()
    })   
    sys.exit(1)

endd = datetime.datetime.now()
delta = endd - startd

if out is None:
   out = ''
if err is None:
   err = ''

result = {
   "stdout" : out,
   "stderr" : err,
   "rc"     : cmd.returncode,
   "start"  : str(startd),
   "end"    : str(endd),
   "delta"  : str(delta),
}

print json.dumps(result)