45 lines
1.4 KiB
Python
45 lines
1.4 KiB
Python
# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE Linux GmbH. All rights reserved.
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#
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# This file is part of kiwi.
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#
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# kiwi is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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#
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# kiwi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with kiwi. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
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#
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import subprocess
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# project
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from .exceptions import KiwiHelpNoCommandGiven
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class Help:
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"""
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**Implements man page help for kiwi commands**
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Each kiwi command implements their own manual page, which is
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shown if the positional argument 'help' is passed to the
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command.
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"""
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def show(self, command=None):
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"""
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Call man to show the command specific manual page
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All kiwi commands store their manual page in the section '8'
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of the man system. The calling process is replaced by the
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man process
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:param string command: man page name
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"""
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if not command:
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raise KiwiHelpNoCommandGiven("No help context specified")
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subprocess.call('man 8 ' + command, shell=True)
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