Changeset 12689 in vbox for trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/python/sample/shellcommon.py

Timestamp:

Sep 24, 2008 2:32:54 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

• better macro docs
• implemented eval command in Vbox shell

File:

• trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/python/sample/shellcommon.py (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/python/sample/shellcommon.py

@@ -300 +300 @@
    return 0
 
+
+def evalCmd(ctx, args):
+   expr = ' '.join(args[1:])
+   try:
+        exec expr
+   except Exception, e:
+        print 'failed: ',e
+        if g_verbose:
+            traceback.print_exc()
+   return 0
+
 aliases = {'s':'start',  
            'i':'info',
@@ -318 +329 @@
             'aliases':['Shows aliases', aliasesCmd],
             'verbose':['Toggle verbosity', verboseCmd],
-            'setvar':['Set VMs variable: "setvar Fedora BIOSSettings.ACPIEnabled True"', setvarCmd],
+            'setvar':['Set VMs variable: setvar Fedora BIOSSettings.ACPIEnabled True', setvarCmd],
+            'eval':['Evaluate arbitrary Python construction: eval for m in getMachines(ctx): print m.name,"has",m.memorySize,"M"', evalCmd],
             'quit':['Exits', quitCmd],
             'host':['Show host information', hostCmd]}