add execute_print_capture_bin

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /.idea
+/test

subprocess_util.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def execute_print_capture(command: list[str], encoding='UTF-8') -> [int, list[st
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
         close_fds=True,
-        bufsize=1,
+        bufsize=1,  # line buffering
         text=True,
         encoding=encoding,
     )
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ def execute_print_capture(command: list[str], encoding='UTF-8') -> [int, list[st
     for t in (t_out, t_err, t_write):
         t.daemon = True
         t.start()
-    returncode = process.wait()
 
+    returncode = process.wait()
     for t in (t_out, t_err):
         t.join()
 

subprocess_util_2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+import threading
+import subprocess
+from typing import AnyStr, IO
+
+
+def _save_chunk(chunk: bytes, stdout_dir: Path, ct: int):
+    print(f"Saving chunk {ct}")
+    file = stdout_dir.joinpath(str(ct))
+    file.write_bytes(chunk)
+
+
+def _save_output(pipe: IO[AnyStr], stdout_dir: Path):
+    stdout_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=False)  # TODO
+
+    b: bytes
+    ct: int = 1
+    for b in pipe:
+        stdout_dir.joinpath(str(ct)).write_bytes(b)
+        ct += 1
+
+    # TODO: Has this any effect?
+    # pipe.close()
+
+
+def _save_output_chunks(pipe: IO[AnyStr], stdout_dir: Path, chunk_size):
+    stdout_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=False)  # TODO
+
+    # b: bytes
+    # ct: int = 1
+    # for b in pipe:
+    #     stdout_dir.joinpath(str(ct)).write_bytes(b)
+    #     ct += 1
+
+    ct = 0
+    remaining_bytes = chunk_size
+    chunk: bytes = b''
+    while True:
+
+        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/io.html#io.RawIOBase.read
+        # If 0 bytes are returned, and size was not 0, this indicates end of file.
+        # If the object is in non-blocking mode and no bytes are available, None is returned.
+        b = pipe.read(remaining_bytes)
+        if len(b) == 0:
+            # EOF reached
+            _save_chunk(chunk, stdout_dir, ct)
+            break
+        chunk += b
+
+        chunk_len = len(chunk)
+        if chunk_len == chunk_size:
+            _save_chunk(chunk, stdout_dir, ct)
+            chunk = b''
+            remaining_bytes = chunk_size
+            ct += 1
+        elif chunk_len < chunk_size:
+            remaining_bytes = chunk_size - chunk_len
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid state")
+
+    # TODO: Has this any effect?
+    # pipe.close()
+
+
+def _print_output(pipe: IO[AnyStr]):
+    line: str
+    for line in pipe:
+        sys.stderr.write(f'[STDERR] {line}')
+
+    # TODO: Has this any effect?
+    # pipe.close()
+
+
+# Goal: We want to save the stdout to small files and print stderr while running the command.
+def execute_print_capture_bin(command: list[str], stdout_dir: Path, chunk_size = 1024 * 1024) -> int:
+    """
+    Executes the given command saving its stdout to stdout_dir.
+
+    Stderr is printed in real time.
+
+    :param chunk_size: Defaults to 1MB (1024*1024).
+    :param stdout_dir: Directory where stdout is saved to.
+    :param command: Command to execute, e.g. ['ls', '-la', '/home']
+    :return: returncode
+    """
+    process = subprocess.Popen(
+        command,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        close_fds=True,
+    )
+
+    t_out = threading.Thread(
+        target=_save_output_chunks, args=(process.stdout, stdout_dir, chunk_size))
+    t_err = threading.Thread(
+        target=_print_output, args=(process.stderr,))
+
+    for t in (t_out, t_err):
+        t.daemon = True
+        t.start()
+
+    returncode = process.wait()
+    for t in (t_out, t_err):
+        t.join()
+
+    return returncode

test.py

@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from subprocess_util import execute_print_capture
+from subprocess_util_2 import execute_print_capture_bin
 
 
 def test():
+    print("TEST ONE")
+
     returncode, out, err = execute_print_capture(['ls', '-la'])
     print()
     returncode, out, err = execute_print_capture(['ls', '/foo/bar'])
 
+    print("TEST TWO-1")
+    execute_print_capture(['rm', '-rf', 'test/1', 'test/2', 'test/3'])
+    returncode = execute_print_capture_bin(['ls', '-la'], Path('test/1'))
+    print("TEST TWO-2")
+    returncode = execute_print_capture_bin(['ls', '/foo/bar'], Path('test/2'))
+    print("TEST TWO-3")
+    returncode = execute_print_capture_bin(['cat', 'subprocess_util.py'], Path('test/3'),
+                                           chunk_size=1024)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test()