upload.py

A python script I use to manage my website. After making modifications
to a local copy, I run the script to commit the changes to cvs and
upload the changed files to the remote site. 

 #!/usr/bin/env python

 # $ Id: upload.py,v 1.2 2002/03/01 08:11:42 mulix Exp $
 # commit to cvs and upload modified pages for 
 # http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/
 # mulix@actcom.co.il, license: GPL

 import re # the regular expression module
 import os # the os module
 import string # the string module

 class SpawnError(Exception):   # the exception we throw if any error occurs
     def __init__(self, value): # constructor
         self.value = value
     def __str__(self):         # string representation
         return `self.value`

 def run_command(command):
     """ run a command in the local directory """
     if (command == None): return
     com = command.split(); 
     rc = os.spawnvp(os.P_WAIT, com[0], com); 
     if (rc != 0):
         raise SpawnError, command + " failed"