import time
from subprocess import call, check_call, Popen, PIPE
+# Make sure to use up fd 0 to avoid a bug in subprocess in Python <= 2.5.1
+# NB we need to do this on every Python remctl script.
+# See r53624 in Python svn.
+sys.stdin = open('/dev/null')
+
def losetup(source, offset=0):
p = Popen(['sipb-xen-losetup', source, str(offset)], stdout=PIPE)
return p.communicate()[0].strip()
call(['losetup', '-d', fs])
def duplicate_by_vm(source, target, rootpw, nodd=False, nofrob=False):
+ if source != "ice3":
+ print "Error: can't clone that VM"
+ sys.exit(1)
# source, target should be machine names
prefix = 'd_'
# 1. copy (by dd) source to target