Add method get_bin_path to module_common.py

This is meant to assist all the modules that look for the full path of
an executable.  If it is found and is X_OK, returns the full path.
Otherwise, it returns None.
pull/968/head
Stephen Fromm 12 years ago
parent 2834ced1f0
commit 4c62e495eb

@ -202,6 +202,25 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
log_args = re.sub(r'login_password=.+ (.*)', r"login_password=NOT_LOGGING_PASSWORD \1", log_args)
syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, 'Invoked with %s' % log_args)
def get_bin_path(self, arg):
'''
find system executable in PATH.
if found return full path; otherwise return None
'''
sbin_paths = ['/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/local/sbin']
paths = os.environ.get('PATH').split(':')
bin_path = None
# mangle PATH to include /sbin dirs
for p in sbin_paths:
if p not in paths and os.path.exists(p):
paths.append(p)
for d in paths:
path = '%s/%s' % (d, arg)
if os.path.exists(path) and os.access(path, os.X_OK):
bin_path = path
break
return bin_path
def boolean(self, arg):
''' return a bool for the arg '''
if arg is None or type(arg) == bool:

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