Sindbad~EG File Manager

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright © Cloud Linux GmbH & Cloud Linux Software, Inc 2010-2019 All Rights Reserved
#
# Licensed under CLOUD LINUX LICENSE AGREEMENT
# http://cloudlinux.com/docs/LICENSE.TXT

from __future__ import absolute_import
import subprocess


def exec_utility(util_path, params, stderr=False):
    """
    Executes supplied utility with supplied parameters
    :param util_path: string with path to callable utility
    :param params: utility parameters
    :param stderr: trigger to return stderr or not
    :return: Cortege (ret_code, cagefsctl_stdout) if stderr is False
             Cortege (ret_code, cagefsctl_stdout, cagefsctl_stderr) otherwise
    """
    args = list()
    args.append(util_path)
    args.extend(params)
    process = subprocess.Popen(
        args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
    out, err = process.communicate()
    retcode = process.returncode
    if stderr:
        return (retcode, out.strip(), err.strip())
    return retcode, out.strip()