source: trunk/packages/xen-common/xen-common/tools/python/xen/util/auxbin.py @ 34

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# Copyright (C) 2005-2006 XenSource Inc.
#============================================================================


LIB_32 = "/usr/lib"
LIB_64 = "/usr/lib64"
LIB_BIN_SUFFIX = "xen/bin"

## The architectures on which the LIB_64 directory is used.  This
# deliberately excludes ia64 and ppc64, and Solaris.
LIB_64_ARCHS = [ 'x86_64', 's390x', 'sparc64']


import os
import os.path


def execute(exe, args = None):
    exepath = pathTo(exe)
    a = [ exepath ]
    if args:
        a.extend(args)
    os.execv(exepath, a)


def pathTo(exe):
    return os.path.join(path(), exe)


def path():
    return os.path.join(libpath(), LIB_BIN_SUFFIX)


def libpath():
    machine = os.uname()[4]
    if machine in LIB_64_ARCHS and os.path.exists(LIB_64):
        return LIB_64
    else:
        return LIB_32