things are now almost automatic

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/unix.go b/unix.go
index e34aef6..cc49efc 100644
--- a/unix.go
+++ b/unix.go
@@ -102,3 +102,38 @@ func splitVersion(version string) (a, b, c string) {
 		return parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]
 	}
 }
+
+func runCmd(path string, parts []string) (bool, string) {
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		log.Warn("command line was empty")
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	if parts[0] == "" {
+		log.Warn("command line was empty")
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	thing := parts[0]
+	parts = parts[1:]
+
+	log.Warn("path =", path, "thing =", thing, "cmdline =", parts)
+	// Create the command
+	cmd := exec.Command(thing, parts...)
+
+	// Set the working directory
+	cmd.Dir = fullpath(path)
+
+	// Execute the command
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		log.Warn("output was", output)
+		log.Warn("cmd exited with error", err)
+		return false, string(output)
+	}
+
+	tmp := string(output)
+	tmp = strings.TrimSpace(tmp)
+
+	// Print the output
+	return true, tmp
+}