# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-import commands
+
import os
import sys
def uuid():
- return commands.getoutput('uuidgen')
+ # this code borrowed from standard commands module
+ # but adapted to win32
+ pipe = os.popen('uuidgen', 'r')
+ text = pipe.read()
+ sts = pipe.close()
+ if sts not in (0, None):
+ raise "Failed to run uuidgen"
+ if text[-1:] == '\n': text = text[:-1]
+ return text
def creator():
if sys.platform != "win32":