gopy/python.go

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// Copyright 2015 The go-python Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"os/exec"
)
// getPythonVersion returns the python version available on this machine
func getPythonVersion() (string, error) {
py, err := exec.LookPath("python")
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf(
"gopy: could not locate 'python' executable (err: %v)",
err,
)
}
out, err := exec.Command(py, "--version").Output()
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf(
"gopy: error retrieving python version (err: %v)",
err,
)
}
vers := ""
switch {
case bytes.HasPrefix(out, []byte("Python 2")):
vers = "py2"
case bytes.HasPrefix(out, []byte("Python 3")):
vers = "py3"
default:
return "", fmt.Errorf(
"gopy: invalid python version (%s)",
string(out),
)
}
return vers, nil
}