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+// Copyright (C) 2007-2012 CEA/DEN, EDF R&D, OPEN CASCADE
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2003-2007 OPEN CASCADE, EADS/CCR, LIP6, CEA/DEN,
+// CEDRAT, EDF R&D, LEG, PRINCIPIA R&D, BUREAU VERITAS
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+//
+// See http://www.salome-platform.org/ or email : webmaster.salome@opencascade.com
+//
+/*
+ * Utils.hxx
+ *
+ * Created on: 30 jan. 2012
+ * Author : Renaud BARATE - EDF R&D
+ */
+
+#ifndef BATCH_UTILS_HXX_
+#define BATCH_UTILS_HXX_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Batch {
+
+class Utils {
+public:
+
+ /**
+ * Call a command with the system shell and stores its output in parameter "output".
+ * Returns the return code of the command.
+ */
+ static int getCommandOutput(const std::string & command, std::string & output);
+
+ /**
+ * Test if the path in parameter is an absolute path (does not test the existence of
+ * a file or directory at this path).
+ */
+ static bool isAbsolutePath(const std::string & path);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a temporary file and open an output stream to write into this file.
+ * The file is created with the pattern "<tmpdir>/libbatch-<prefix>-XXXXXX" where <tmpdir> is the
+ * directory for temporary files and the X's are replaced by random characters. The caller is
+ * responsible for closing and deleting the file when it is no more used.
+ * <tmpdir> is found by looking for environment variables TEMP, TMP, TEMPDIR, TMPDIR, and defaults
+ * to "/tmp" if none of them is defined.
+ * \param prefix the prefix to use for the temporary file.
+ * \param outputStream an output stream that will be opened for writing in the temporary file. If
+ * the stream is already open, it will be closed first.
+ * \return the name of the created file.
+ */
+ static std::string createAndOpenTemporaryFile(const std::string & prefix,
+ std::ofstream & outputStream);
+
+private:
+
+ // No instanciation possible as this class provides only static methods
+ Utils() { }
+
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif /* BATCH_UTILS_HXX_ */
