Function xsys

IPython/conftest.py:42–48

Replace the default system call with a capturing one for doctest.

(self, cmd)

def xsys(self, cmd):
    """Replace the default system call with a capturing one for doctest.
    """
    # We use getoutput, but we need to strip it because pexpect captures
    # the trailing newline differently from commands.getoutput
    print(self.getoutput(cmd, split=False, depth=1).rstrip(), end="", file=sys.stdout)
    sys.stdout.flush()


# for things to work correctly we would need this as a session fixture;