Upstreaming android build tools

build/android/cmd_helper.py

 # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 
 import logging
 import subprocess
 
 
 def RunCmd(args, cwd=None):
   """Opens a subprocess to execute a program and returns its return value.
 
   Args:
     args: A string or a sequence of program arguments. The program to execute is
       the string or the first item in the args sequence.
     cwd: If not None, the subprocess's current directory will be changed to
       |cwd| before it's executed.
   """
   logging.info(str(args) + ' ' + (cwd or ''))
   p = subprocess.Popen(args=args, cwd=cwd)
   return p.wait()
 
 
-def GetCmdOutput(args, cwd=None):
+def GetCmdOutput(args, cwd=None, shell=False):
   """Open a subprocess to execute a program and returns its output.
 
   Args:
     args: A string or a sequence of program arguments. The program to execute is
       the string or the first item in the args sequence.
     cwd: If not None, the subprocess's current directory will be changed to

[Yaron, 2012/06/20 17:31:03]

Add description for |shell|

       |cwd| before it's executed.
   """
   logging.info(str(args) + ' ' + (cwd or ''))
   p = subprocess.Popen(args=args, cwd=cwd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                       stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                       stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=shell)
   stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
   if stderr:
     logging.critical(stderr)
   logging.info(stdout[:4096])  # Truncate output longer than 4k.
   return stdout