Merge branch 'master' into config

[bup.git] / lib / bup / helpers.py

diff --git a/lib/bup/helpers.py b/lib/bup/helpers.py
index 1432b8b19273297867da7f9224f8e682fb95c6a4..d9d177cabf30931a14e074e828204c2b7ed13999 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/bup/helpers.py
+++ b/lib/bup/helpers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """Helper functions and classes for bup."""
 
 import sys, os, pwd, subprocess, errno, socket, select, mmap, stat, re, struct
-import heapq, operator, time
+import heapq, operator, time, platform
 from bup import _version, _helpers
+import bup._helpers as _helpers
 
 # This function should really be in helpers, not in bup.options.  But we
 # want options.py to be standalone so people can include it in other projects.
@@ -197,6 +198,19 @@ def realpath(p):
     return out
 
 
+def detect_fakeroot():
+    "Return True if we appear to be running under fakeroot."
+    return os.getenv("FAKEROOTKEY") != None
+
+
+def is_superuser():
+    if platform.system().startswith('CYGWIN'):
+        import ctypes
+        return ctypes.cdll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
+    else:
+        return os.geteuid() == 0
+
+
 _username = None
 def username():
     """Get the user's login name."""
@@ -572,6 +586,11 @@ def add_error(e):
     log('%-70s\n' % e)
 
 
+def clear_errors():
+    global saved_errors
+    saved_errors = []
+
+
 def handle_ctrl_c():
     """Replace the default exception handler for KeyboardInterrupt (Ctrl-C).