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+package shell
+
+// old code and probably junk
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// TODO: look at https://github.com/go-cmd/cmd/issues/20
+// use go-cmd instead here?
+
+var callback func(interface{}, int)
+
+// var shellStdout *os.File
+// var shellStderr *os.File
+
+// var spewOn bool = false
+// var quiet bool = false
+
+// var msecDelay   int  = 20	// number of milliseconds to delay between reads with no data
+
+// var bytesBuffer bytes.Buffer
+// var bytesSplice []byte
+
+func handleError(c interface{}, ret int) {
+	log.Log(INFO, "shell.Run() Returned", ret)
+	if callback != nil {
+		callback(c, ret)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	callback = nil
+}
+
+func InitCallback(f func(interface{}, int)) {
+	callback = f
+}
+
+func Unlink(filename string) bool {
+	if err := os.Remove(filename); err != nil {
+		return Exists(filename)
+	} else {
+		return Exists(filename)
+	}
+}
+
+// run interactively. output from the cmd is in real time
+// shows all the output. For example, 'ping -n localhost'
+// shows the output like you would expect to see
+func RunSimple(cmd []string) error {
+	log.Log(INFO, "NewRun() ", cmd)
+
+	return PathRunSimple("", cmd)
+}
+
+func PathRunSimple(workingpath string, cmd []string) error {
+	log.Log(INFO, "NewRun() ", cmd)
+
+	process := exec.Command(cmd[0], cmd[1:len(cmd)]...)
+	// Set the working directory
+	process.Dir = workingpath
+	process.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	process.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	process.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	process.Start()
+	err := process.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Log(INFO, "shell.Exec() err =", err)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// return true if the filename exists (cross-platform)
+
+// return true if the filename exists (cross-platform)
+func Exists(filename string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(Path(filename))
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// return true if the filename exists (cross-platform)
+func IsDir(dirname string) bool {
+	info, err := os.Stat(Path(dirname))
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return info.IsDir()
+}