core.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
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from __future__ import print_function

import os
import sys

import rospkg
import pkg_resources

def print_warning(msg):
    """print warning to screen (bold red)"""
    print('\033[31m%s\033[0m'%msg, file=sys.stderr)
    
def author_name():
    """
    Utility to compute logged in user name
    
    :returns: name of current user, ``str``
    """
    import getpass
    name = getpass.getuser()
    try:
        import pwd
        login = name
        name = pwd.getpwnam(login)[4]
        name = ''.join(name.split(',')) # strip commas
        # in case pwnam is not set
        if not name:
            name = login
    except:
        #pwd failed
        pass
    if type(name) == str:
        name = name.decode('utf-8')
    return name

def read_template(tmplf):
    """
    Read resource template from egg installation, or fallback on rospkg otherwise.

    :returns: text of template file
    """
    if pkg_resources.resource_exists('roscreate', tmplf):
        f = pkg_resources.resource_stream('roscreate', tmplf)
        t = f.read()
    else:
        # fallback on rospkg
        r = rospkg.RosPack()
        with open(os.path.join(r.get_path('roscreate'), 'templates', tmplf)) as f:
            t = f.read()
    if type(t) == str:
        t = t.decode('utf-8')
    return t