import os import sys # Everything below this point has been copied verbatim from the Python-3.3 # sources. def which(cmd, mode=os.F_OK | os.X_OK, path=None): """Given a command, mode, and a PATH string, return the path which conforms to the given mode on the PATH, or None if there is no such file. `mode` defaults to os.F_OK | os.X_OK. `path` defaults to the result of os.environ.get("PATH"), or can be overridden with a custom search path. """ # Check that a given file can be accessed with the correct mode. # Additionally check that `file` is not a directory, as on Windows # directories pass the os.access check. def _access_check(fn, mode): return (os.path.exists(fn) and os.access(fn, mode) and not os.path.isdir(fn)) # Short circuit. If we're given a full path which matches the mode # and it exists, we're done here. if _access_check(cmd, mode): return cmd path = (path or os.environ.get("PATH", os.defpath)).split(os.pathsep) if sys.platform == "win32": # The current directory takes precedence on Windows. if not os.curdir in path: path.insert(0, os.curdir) # PATHEXT is necessary to check on Windows. pathext = os.environ.get("PATHEXT", "").split(os.pathsep) # See if the given file matches any of the expected path extensions. # This will allow us to short circuit when given "python.exe". matches = [cmd for ext in pathext if cmd.lower().endswith(ext.lower())] # If it does match, only test that one, otherwise we have to try # others. files = [cmd] if matches else [cmd + ext.lower() for ext in pathext] else: # On other platforms you don't have things like PATHEXT to tell you # what file suffixes are executable, so just pass on cmd as-is. files = [cmd] seen = set() for dir in path: dir = os.path.normcase(dir) if not dir in seen: seen.add(dir) for thefile in files: name = os.path.join(dir, thefile) if _access_check(name, mode): return name return None