Module CommonUtil

Common utilities.

N.B. This code is under development and should not generally be used or relied upon.

Functions

env(key)
Return the environment variable value corresponding to key.

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hostname()
Try to get the hostname in the most possible reliable way as described in the Python LibRef.

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stdout(command)
Execute the command in a subprocess and return stdout.

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strip_to_none(value)
Returns the stripped string representation of value, or None if this is None or an empty string.

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utcnow()
Return a UTC datetime with no timezone specified.

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Variables

__package__ = None
hash(x)

Function Details

Return the environment variable value corresponding to key.

If the variable is undefined or empty then None is returned.

Execute the command in a subprocess and return stdout.

If the exit code is non-zero then None is returned.