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# This file is part of ranger, the console file manager.
# License: GNU GPL version 3, see the file "AUTHORS" for details.
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
ENCODING = 'utf-8'
def spawn(*args):
"""Runs a program, waits for its termination and returns its stdout"""
if len(args) == 1:
popen_arguments = args[0]
shell = isinstance(popen_arguments, str)
else:
popen_arguments = args
shell = False
process = Popen(popen_arguments, stdout=PIPE, shell=shell)
stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
return stdout.decode(ENCODING)
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