# HG changeset patch
# User Joseph Turian <turian@iro.umontreal.ca>
# Date 1214960964 14400
# Node ID faece52be094ae462249ea896a0730585c20121c
# Parent  2291a244a887369785983b082b100604d5023f66
Added common.misc.runcmd

diff -r 2291a244a887 -r faece52be094 common/misc.py
--- a/common/misc.py	Thu Jun 19 16:27:02 2008 -0400
+++ b/common/misc.py	Tue Jul 01 21:09:24 2008 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+def runcmd(cmd):
+    """
+    Run a command and return its output
+    """
+    import popen2
+    (pin, pout) = popen2.popen2(cmd)
+    return pin.read()
+
 def sign(i, assertions=True):
     """
     + or - 1