Class: Mixlib::ShellOut

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Unix, Windows
Defined in:
lib/mixlib/shellout.rb,
lib/mixlib/shellout/unix.rb,
lib/mixlib/shellout/version.rb,
lib/mixlib/shellout/windows.rb,
lib/mixlib/shellout/exceptions.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Unix, Windows Classes: CommandTimeout, InvalidCommandOption, ShellCommandFailed

Constant Summary

READ_WAIT_TIME =
0.01
READ_SIZE =
4096
DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT =
600
DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT =
{'LC_ALL' => 'C'}
VERSION =
"1.0.0"

Constants included from Windows

Windows::IS_BATCH_FILE, Windows::TIME_SLICE

Instance Attribute Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Constructor Details

- (ShellOut) initialize(*command_args)

Arguments:

Takes a single command, or a list of command fragments. These are used as arguments to Kernel.exec. See the Kernel.exec documentation for more explanation of how arguments are evaluated. The last argument can be an options Hash.

Options:

If the last argument is a Hash, it is removed from the list of args passed to exec and used as an options hash. The following options are available:

  • user: the user the commmand should run as. if an integer is given, it is used as a uid. A string is treated as a username and resolved to a uid with Etc.getpwnam

  • group: the group the command should run as. works similarly to user

  • cwd: the directory to chdir to before running the command

  • umask: a umask to set before running the command. If given as an Integer, be sure to use two leading zeros so it's parsed as Octal. A string will be treated as an octal integer

  • returns: one or more Integer values to use as valid exit codes for the subprocess. This only has an effect if you call error! after run_command.

  • environment: a Hash of environment variables to set before the command is run. By default, the environment will always be set to 'LC_ALL' => 'C' to prevent issues with multibyte characters in Ruby 1.8. To avoid this, use :environment => nil for no extra environment settings, or :environment => ??? to set other environment settings without changing the locale.

  • timeout: a Numeric value for the number of seconds to wait on the child process before raising an Exception. This is calculated as the total amount of time that ShellOut waited on the child process without receiving any output (i.e., IO.select returned nil). Default is 60 seconds. Note: the stdlib Timeout library is not used.

Examples:

Invoke find(1) to search for .rb files:

find = Mixlib::ShellOut.new("find . -name '*.rb'")
find.run_command
# If all went well, the results are on +stdout+
puts find.stdout
# find(1) prints diagnostic info to STDERR:
puts "error messages" + find.stderr
# Raise an exception if it didn't exit with 0
find.error!

Run a command as the www user with no extra ENV settings from /tmp

cmd = Mixlib::ShellOut.new("apachectl", "start", :user => 'www', :env => nil, :cwd => '/tmp')
cmd.run_command # etc.


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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 140

def initialize(*command_args)
  @stdout, @stderr = '', ''
  @live_stream = nil
  @log_level = :debug
  @log_tag = nil
  @environment = DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT
  @cwd = nil
  @valid_exit_codes = [0]

  if command_args.last.is_a?(Hash)
    parse_options(command_args.pop)
  end

  @command = command_args.size == 1 ? command_args.first : command_args
end

Instance Attribute Details

- (Object) command (readonly)

The command to be executed.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 69

def command
  @command
end

- (Object) cwd

Working directory for the subprocess. Normally set via options to new



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 47

def cwd
  @cwd
end

- (Object) environment (readonly)

Environment variables that will be set for the subcommand. Refer to the documentation of new to understand how ShellOut interprets this.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 76

def environment
  @environment
end

- (Object) execution_time (readonly)

The amount of time the subcommand took to execute



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 83

def execution_time
  @execution_time
end

- (Object) group

Group the command will run as. Normally set via options passed to new



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 44

def group
  @group
end

- (Object) live_stream

When live_stream is set, stdout of the subprocess will be copied to it as the subprocess is running. For example, if live_stream is set to STDOUT, the command's output will be echoed to STDOUT.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 56

def live_stream
  @live_stream
end

- (Object) log_level

The log level at which ShellOut should log.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 63

def log_level
  @log_level
end

- (Object) log_tag

A string which will be prepended to the log message.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 66

def log_tag
  @log_tag
end

- (Object) logger

If a logger is set, ShellOut will log a message before it executes the command.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 60

def logger
  @logger
end

- (Object) process_status_pipe (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute process_status_pipe



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 95

def process_status_pipe
  @process_status_pipe
end

- (Object) status (readonly)

A Process::Status (or ducktype) object collected when the subprocess is reaped.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 93

def status
  @status
end

- (Object) stderr (readonly)

Data written to stderr by the subprocess



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 89

def stderr
  @stderr
end

- (Object) stderr_pipe (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute stderr_pipe



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 95

def stderr_pipe
  @stderr_pipe
end

- (Object) stdin_pipe (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute stdin_pipe



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 95

def stdin_pipe
  @stdin_pipe
end

- (Object) stdout (readonly)

Data written to stdout by the subprocess



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 86

def stdout
  @stdout
end

- (Object) stdout_pipe (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute stdout_pipe



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 95

def stdout_pipe
  @stdout_pipe
end

- (Object) timeout



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 176

def timeout
  @timeout || DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT
end

- (Object) umask

The umask that will be set for the subcommand.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 72

def umask
  @umask
end

- (Object) user

User the command will run as. Normally set via options passed to new



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 41

def user
  @user
end

- (Object) valid_exit_codes

An Array of acceptable exit codes. #error! uses this list to determine if the command was successful. Normally set via options to new



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 51

def valid_exit_codes
  @valid_exit_codes
end

Instance Method Details

- (Object) error!

Checks the exitstatus against the set of valid_exit_codes. If exitstatus is not in the list of valid_exit_codes, calls invalid!, which raises an Exception.

Returns

nil:

always returns nil when it does not raise

Raises

::ShellCommandFailed:

via invalid!



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 226

def error!
  unless Array(valid_exit_codes).include?(exitstatus)
    invalid!("Expected process to exit with #{valid_exit_codes.inspect}, but received '#{exitstatus}'")
  end
end

- (Object) exitstatus

The exit status of the subprocess. Will be nil if the command is still running or died without setting an exit status (e.g., terminated by `kill -9`).



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 196

def exitstatus
  @status && @status.exitstatus
end

- (Object) format_for_exception

Creates a String showing the output of the command, including a banner showing the exact command executed. Used by invalid! to show command results when the command exited with an unexpected status.



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 183

def format_for_exception
  msg = ""
  msg << "---- Begin output of #{command} ----\n"
  msg << "STDOUT: #{stdout.strip}\n"
  msg << "STDERR: #{stderr.strip}\n"
  msg << "---- End output of #{command} ----\n"
  msg << "Ran #{command} returned #{status.exitstatus}" if status
  msg
end

- (Object) gid

The gid that the subprocess will switch to. If the group attribute is given as a group name, it is converted to a gid by Etc.getgrnam



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 171

def gid
  return nil unless group
  group.kind_of?(Integer) ? group : Etc.getgrnam(group.to_s).gid
end

- (Object) inspect



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 245

def inspect
  "<#{self.class.name}##{object_id}: command: '#@command' process_status: #{@status.inspect} " +
  "stdout: '#{stdout.strip}' stderr: '#{stderr.strip}' child_pid: #{@child_pid.inspect} " +
  "environment: #{@environment.inspect} timeout: #{timeout} user: #@user group: #@group working_dir: #@cwd >"
end

- (Object) invalid!(msg = nil)

Raises a ShellCommandFailed exception, appending the command's stdout, stderr, and exitstatus to the exception message.

Arguments

msg: A String to use as the basis of the exception message. The default explanation is very generic, providing a more informative message is highly encouraged.

Raises

ShellCommandFailed always

Raises:



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 240

def invalid!(msg=nil)
  msg ||= "Command produced unexpected results"
  raise ShellCommandFailed, msg + "\n" + format_for_exception
end

- (Object) run_command

Run the command, writing the command's standard out and standard error to stdout and stderr, and saving its exit status object to status

Returns

returns self; stdout, stderr, status, and exitstatus will be populated with results of the command

Raises

  • Errno::EACCES when you are not privileged to execute the command

  • Errno::ENOENT when the command is not available on the system (or not in the current $PATH)

  • CommandTimeout when the command does not complete within timeout seconds (default: 60s)



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 211

def run_command
  if logger
    log_message = (log_tag.nil? ? "" : "#@log_tag ") << "sh(#@command)"
    logger.send(log_level, log_message)
  end
  super
end

- (Object) uid

The uid that the subprocess will switch to. If the user attribute was given as a username, it is converted to a uid by Etc.getpwnam



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# File 'lib/mixlib/shellout.rb', line 164

def uid
  return nil unless user
  user.kind_of?(Integer) ? user : Etc.getpwnam(user.to_s).uid
end