Add libexec support and migrate cdist-dump

cdist/argparse.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import collections
 import functools
 import cdist.configuration
 import cdist.preos
+import cdist.libexec as libexec
 
 
 # set of beta sub-commands
@@ -436,6 +437,9 @@ def get_parsers():
                   ' should be POSIX compatible shell.'))
     parser['shell'].set_defaults(func=cdist.shell.Shell.commandline)
 
+    # Libexec
+    libexec.create_parsers(parser, parser['sub'])
+
     for p in parser:
         parser[p].epilog = EPILOG
 

cdist/libexec.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import os
+import os.path
+import cdist.argparse
+import subprocess
+
+
+libexec_delimiter = '-'
+libexec_prefix = 'cdist' + libexec_delimiter
+libexec_path = os.path.abspath(
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(cdist.__file__), 'conf', 'libexec'))
+
+
+def scan():
+    if os.path.isdir(libexec_path):
+        with os.scandir(libexec_path) as it:
+            for entry in it:
+                if (entry.name.startswith(libexec_prefix) and
+                        entry.is_file() and
+                        os.access(entry.path, os.X_OK)):
+                    start = entry.name.find(libexec_delimiter) + 1
+                    yield entry.name[start:]
+
+
+def is_libexec_command(name):
+    for x in scan():
+        if name == x:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def create_parsers(parser, parent_parser):
+    for name in scan():
+        parser[name] = parent_parser.add_parser(name, add_help=False)
+
+
+def run(name, argv):
+    lib_name = libexec_prefix + name
+    lib_path = os.path.join(libexec_path, lib_name)
+    args = [lib_path, ]
+    args.extend(argv)
+    subprocess.check_call(args)

docs/src/cdist-troubleshooting.rst

@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@ Using debug dump helper script
 ------------------------------
 Since cdist stores data to local cache that can be used for debugging there
 is a helper script that dumps data from local cache,
-`cdist-dump <man1/cdist-dump.html>`_.
+`cdist dump <man1/cdist-dump.html>`_.
 
 For more info see:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    cdist-dump -h
+    cdist_dump -h
 
 Or from cdist git cloned directory:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    ./scripts/cdist-dump -h
+    ./bin/cdist dump -h
 

docs/src/man1/cdist-dump.rst

@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 ::
 
-    cdist-dump [options] [host...]
+    cdist dump [options] [host...]
 
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-cdist-dump is a helper script that dumps data from local cdist cache for
+cdist dump is a helper script that dumps data from local cdist cache for
 specified hosts. If host is not specified then all data from cache directory
 is dumped. Default cache directory is '~/.cdist/cache'.
 
-cdist-dump can be used for debugging existing types, host configuration and
+cdist dump can be used for debugging existing types, host configuration and
 new types. 
 
 
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ EXAMPLES
 .. code-block:: sh
 
     # Dump all
-    % cdist-dump -a
+    % cdist dump -a
 
     # Dump only code-* output
-    % cdist-dump -c
+    % cdist dump -c
 
 
 SEE ALSO

scripts/cdist

@@ -30,14 +30,20 @@ import cdist.config
 import cdist.install
 import cdist.shell
 import cdist.inventory
+import cdist.libexec as libexec
 
 
 def commandline():
     """Parse command line"""
 
-    # preos subcommand hack
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'preos':
+        # preos subcommand hack
-        return cdist.preos.PreOS.commandline(sys.argv[1:])
+        if sys.argv[1] == 'preos':
+            return cdist.preos.PreOS.commandline(sys.argv[1:])
+        # libexec subcommands hack
+        if libexec.is_libexec_command(sys.argv[1]):
+            return libexec.run(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2:])
+
     parser, cfg = cdist.argparse.parse_and_configure(sys.argv[1:])
     args = cfg.get_args()
 

setup.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ setup(
     name="cdist",
     packages=["cdist", "cdist.core", "cdist.exec", "cdist.util", ],
     package_data={'cdist': package_data},
-    scripts=["scripts/cdist", "scripts/cdist-dump", "scripts/cdist-new-type"],
+    scripts=["scripts/cdist", "scripts/cdist-new-type"],
     version=cdist.version.VERSION,
     description="A Usable Configuration Management System",
     author="Nico Schottelius",