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#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, sys, argparse, subprocess

from fabric.api import *

def get_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run bash commands on a remote host. Get notified when its done.')
    parser.add_argument('hoststring', type=str, nargs=1,
        help='ssh user@host string')
    parser.add_argument('commandstring', type=str, nargs=1,
        help='string of commands to run')
    return parser.parse_args()

done_sound = os.environ.get('NOTIFY_SOUND', None)
error_sound = os.environ.get('NOTIFY_ERROR_SOUND', done_sound)

if "__main__" == __name__:
    args = get_args()
    env.host_string = args.hoststring[0]
    with settings(warn_only=True):
        retval = run(args.commandstring[0])
    if retval.succeeded:
        notify = subprocess.Popen(("notify-send", args.hoststring[0], args.commandstring[0]))
	if done_sound:
	    retval = subprocess.Popen(("playsound", done_sound))
    else:
        notify = subprocess.Popen(("notify-send", "FAILED: %s" % args.hoststring[0], args.commandstring[0]))
	if error_sound:
	    retval = subprocess.Popen(("playsound", error_sound))