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+import subprocess
+try:
+    from pipes import quote # Python2 & Python3 <= 3.2
+except ImportError:
+    from shlex import quote # Python3 >= 3.3
+
+from .stream import NonBlockingStreamReader
+
+# Prevent to import subprocess only for common classes
+CalledProcessError = subprocess.CalledProcessError
+
+
+# Alternative subprocess methods ---------------------------------------
+
+def check_output(args, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True, **kwargs):
+    """Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string
+
+    Overwrite some of the arguments to capture standard error in the result
+    and use shell by default before calling subprocess.check_output.
+
+    """
+    return subprocess.check_output(args, stderr=stderr, shell=shell, **kwargs)
+
+
+# Call with stream access ----------------------------------------------
+
+def call_async_output(args, callback, **kwargs):
+    """Run command and provide its output asynchronously
+
+    Run command with arguments and wait for it to complete to return the
+    returncode attribute. The callback must take one byte string argument
+    and will be called each time the command produces some output.
+
+    The stdout and stderr additional arguments for the Popen constructor
+    are not allowed as they are used internally.
+
+    Keyword arguments:
+        - args -- String or sequence of program arguments
+        - callback -- Method or object to call with output as argument
+        - **kwargs -- Additional arguments for the Popen constructor
+
+    Returns:
+        Exit status of the command
+
+    """
+    for a in ['stdout', 'stderr']:
+        if a in kwargs:
+            raise ValueError('%s argument not allowed, '
+                             'it will be overridden.' % a)
+    if not callable(callback):
+        raise ValueError('callback argument must be callable')
+
+    # Run the command
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, **kwargs)
+
+    # Wrap and get command output
+    stream = NonBlockingStreamReader(p.stdout)
+    while True:
+        line = stream.readline(True, 0.1)
+        if not line:
+            # Check if process has terminated
+            returncode = p.poll()
+            if returncode is not None:
+                break
+        else:
+            try:
+                callback(line.rstrip())
+            except:
+                pass
+    stream.close()
+
+    return returncode
+
+
+# Call multiple commands -----------------------------------------------
+
+def check_commands(cmds, raise_on_error=False, callback=None,
+                   separate_stderr=False, shell=True, **kwargs):
+    """Run multiple commands with error management
+
+    Run a list of commands and allow to manage how to treat errors either
+    with raise_on_error or callback arguments.
+
+    If callback is provided, it will be called when the command returns
+    a non-zero exit code. The callback must take 3 arguments; the
+    returncode, the command which failed and the command output. The
+    callback should return either False to stop commands execution or True
+    to continue.
+    Otherwise, if raise_on_error is True a CalledProcessError exception will
+    be raised when a command returns a non-zero exit code.
+
+    If callback is provided or raise_on_error is False, all commands will
+    be executed and the number of failed commands will be returned.
+
+    The standard output and error of a failed command can be separated with
+    separate_stderr set to True. In that case, the output argument passed to
+    the callback or the output attribute of the CalledProcessError exception
+    will be a 2-tuple containing stdout and stderr as byte strings.
+
+    Keyword arguments:
+        - cmds -- List of commands to run
+        - raise_on_error -- True to raise a CalledProcessError on error if
+            no callback is provided
+        - callback -- Method or object to call on command failure
+        - separate_stderr -- True to return command output as a 2-tuple
+        - **kwargs -- Additional arguments for the Popen constructor
+
+    Returns:
+        Number of failed commands
+
+    """
+    for a in ['stdout', 'stderr']:
+        if a in kwargs:
+            raise ValueError('%s argument not allowed, '
+                             'it will be overridden.' % a)
+    error = 0
+
+    if callback is None:
+        if raise_on_error:
+            # Raise on command failure
+            def callback(r, c, o):
+                raise CalledProcessError(r, c, o)
+        else:
+            # Continue commands execution
+            callback = lambda r,c,o: True
+    elif not callable(callback):
+        raise ValueError('callback argument must be callable')
+
+    # Manage stderr
+    if separate_stderr:
+        _stderr = subprocess.PIPE
+        _get_output = lambda o,e: (o,e)
+    else:
+        _stderr = subprocess.STDOUT
+        _get_output = lambda o,e: o
+
+    # Iterate over commands
+    for cmd in cmds:
+        process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                   stderr=_stderr, shell=shell, **kwargs)
+        output = _get_output(*process.communicate())
+        retcode = process.poll()
+        if retcode:
+            error += 1
+            if not callback(retcode, cmd, output):
+                break
+    return error