mintmenu/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/execute.py

import os
import subprocess

def RemoveArgs(Execline):
	NewExecline = []
	Specials=["\"%c\"", "%f","%F","%u","%U","%d","%D","%n","%N","%i","%c","%k","%v","%m","%M", "-caption", "/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", "STARTED_FROM_MENU=yes"]
	for elem in Execline:
		elem = elem.replace("'","")
		elem = elem.replace("\"", "")
		if elem not in Specials:
			print elem
			NewExecline.append(elem)
	return NewExecline

# Actually execute the command
def Execute( cmd , commandCwd=None):
	if not commandCwd:
		cwd = os.path.expanduser( "~" );
	else:
		tmpCwd = os.path.expanduser( commandCwd );
		if (os.path.exists(tmpCwd)):
			cwd = tmpCwd
	
	if isinstance( cmd, str ) or isinstance( cmd, unicode):
		if (cmd.find("/home/") >= 0) or (cmd.find("su-to-root") >= 0) or (cmd.find("\"") >= 0):
			print "running manually..."
			try:
				os.chdir(cwd)
				os.system(cmd + " &")
				return True
			except Exception, detail:
				print detail
				return False
		cmd = cmd.split()
	cmd = RemoveArgs(cmd)
	
	try:
		os.chdir( cwd )
		string = ' '.join(cmd)
		string = string + " &"
		#subprocess.Popen( cmd ) // use os.system instead of popen so children don't end up in zombie waiting for us to wait() for them
		os.system(string)		
		return True
	except Exception, detail:
		print detail
		return False