MakeLauncher Class¶
The MakeLauncher class acts as a wrapper around subprocess to launch the make executable.
To give an example of extracting the make database in the current directory.
from py_makefile_dbparse.launcher import MakeLauncher
mklaunch = MakeLauncher(workdir='./')
dbtxt = mklaunch.run('-pn')
Class Description¶
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class
MakeLauncher¶ A wrapper class for launching make.
Public Functions
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__init__(cmd = 'make', opts = '', makefile = 'Makefile', workdir = '')¶ Class initialiser.
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cmd: path to the make executable (default = make).opts: Additional options to pass to make (default = ‘’).makefile: Name of the Makefile to use (default = Makefile).workdir: Working directory to use when running make (default = ‘’ current directory).
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run(localopts, stdin_txt = None)¶ Launches make.
- Return
The stdout from make.
- Parameters
localopts: additional command line options to pass to make.stdin_txt: text to pass to the standard input of the make process.
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read_makefile()¶ Reads the content of a Makefile referenced by the class.
- Return
The text of the Makefile.
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write_makefile(contents)¶ Writes the given content to the Makefile referenced by the class.
- Parameters
contents: the contents to write to the makefile.
Public Members
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cmd¶ Path to the make executable.
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opts¶ Additional command line options to pass to make.
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makefile¶ Can be used to specify an alternative Makefile file name.
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workdir¶ Can be used to specify an alternative working directory.
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stdout¶ The returned standard output from make.
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stderr¶ The returned error output from make.
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