#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import time import threading import subprocess # This script executes a long-running command while outputing "still running ..." periodically # to notify Travis build system that the program has not hanged PING_INTERVAL=15 def monitor(stop): wait_time = 0 while True: time.sleep(PING_INTERVAL) wait_time += PING_INTERVAL print(" + still running (" + str(wait_time) + "s) ...") sys.stdout.flush() if stop(): break def execute(command): process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) while True: output = process.stdout.readline() if output == '' and process.poll() is not None: break if output: print output.strip() sys.stdout.flush() return process.returncode def main(argv): # start monitoring thread stop_monitor = False t = threading.Thread(target = monitor, args =(lambda : stop_monitor, )) t.start() # execute command exitcode = execute(argv) print(" + exitcode="+str(exitcode)) sys.stdout.flush() # terminate monitoring thread stop_monitor = True t.join() sys.exit(exitcode) if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:])