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February 17, 2012 21:11
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Rewrite of Fabric contrib.files.exists to allow sudo'ing as specific user, not just root.
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def exists(path, as_user=None, use_sudo=False, verbose=False): | |
""" | |
Return True if given path exists on the current remote host. | |
If ``as_user`` is set, will use `sudo` as that user instead of `run`. If | |
''as_user'' or ''use_sudo'' is True, will use 'sudo' as root. | |
`exists` will, by default, hide all output (including the run line, stdout, | |
stderr and any warning resulting from the file not existing) in order to | |
avoid cluttering output. You may specify ``verbose=True`` to change this | |
behavior. | |
""" | |
if as_user is True or use_sudo: | |
func = sudo | |
elif as_user: | |
func = lambda x: sudo(x, user=as_user) | |
else: | |
func = run | |
cmd = 'test -e "$(echo %s)"' % path | |
# If verbose, run normally | |
if verbose: | |
with settings(warn_only=True): | |
return not func(cmd).failed | |
# Otherwise, be quiet | |
with settings(hide('everything'), warn_only=True): | |
return not func(cmd).failed |
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