[GRASS-SVN] r54087 - grass/trunk/lib/python/pygrass/modules

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: zarch
Date: 2012-11-28 04:11:47 -0800 (Wed, 28 Nov 2012)
New Revision: 54087

Modified:
   grass/trunk/lib/python/pygrass/modules/__init__.py
Log:
If is not able to get the xml of a module suggest to the user to check if the module exist

Modified: grass/trunk/lib/python/pygrass/modules/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- grass/trunk/lib/python/pygrass/modules/__init__.py	2012-11-28 09:24:47 UTC (rev 54086)
+++ grass/trunk/lib/python/pygrass/modules/__init__.py	2012-11-28 12:11:47 UTC (rev 54087)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import grass
 
+from pygrass.errors import GrassError
 
 #
 # this dictionary is used to extract the value of interest from the xml
@@ -384,9 +385,13 @@
     """
     def __init__(self, cmd, *args, **kargs):
         self.name = cmd
-        # call the command with --interface-description
-        get_cmd_xml = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "--interface-description"],
-                                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        try:
+            # call the command with --interface-description
+            get_cmd_xml = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "--interface-description"],
+                                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        except OSError:
+            str_err = "Module %r not found, please check that the module exist"
+            raise GrassError(str_err % self.name)
         # get the xml of the module
         self.xml = get_cmd_xml.communicate()[0]
         # transform and parse the xml into an Element class: