runsigil_and_gz.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

# /*
#    This file is part of Sigil, a tool for call graph profiling programs.
 
#    Copyright (C) 2012, Siddharth Nilakantan, Drexel University
  
#    This tool is derived from and contains code from Callgrind
#    Copyright (C) 2002-2011, Josef Weidendorfer (Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de)
 
#    This tool is also derived from and contains code from Cachegrind
#    Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Nicholas Nethercote (njn@valgrind.org)
 
#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
#    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
#    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
#    License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
#    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
#    General Public License for more details.
 
#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
#    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
#    02111-1307, USA.
 
#    The GNU General Public License is contained in the file COPYING.
# */

import sys
import re
import commands
import subprocess
import pipes
import os
import gzip

def main() :
	vg_in_place = ""
	if len(sys.argv) > 1:
		#print [vg_in_place,sys.argv]
		vg_in_place_args = sys.argv
		#Remove the arg which has the name of this script itself
		vg_in_place_args.pop(0)
		#Prepend the vg_in_place executable itself
		vg_in_place_args.insert(0,vg_in_place)
	else:
		print "Please enter arguments for Sigil."
		sys.exit(0)
	tar_cmd = "gzip sigil.events.out-*"
	#rm_cmd = "rm sigil.events.out-*"

	vg_in_place_cmd = ' '.join(vg_in_place_args)
	
# 	#If using shell=False (default) need arguments and executable to be a list
# 	sigil_run = subprocess.call(vg_in_place_args) #subprocess.call automatically waits for this to finish

#         #Create a gzip output file
# 	f = gzip.open('err.gz','wb')
#         sigil_run = subprocess.Popen(vg_in_place_cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
# 	while True:
# 	  line = sigil_run.stderr.readline()
# 	  if not line :
# 	     break
#           f.write(line)
#           #sys.stdout.flush()
#         f.close()
# 	sigil_run.wait()

        os.system(vg_in_place_cmd+" 2>&1 | gzip > err.gz")
	
	#If using shell=True (default) need arguments to be a single string and need to wait for it to finish explicitly
	tar_run = subprocess.Popen(tar_cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
	tar_run.wait()
	#rm_run = subprocess.Popen(rm_cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
	#rm_run.wait()
main()