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import os
[docs]def which(name):
"""
Find executable by name on the PATH, returns the executable that will be
found in case it is used for a Popen call
"""
mode = os.X_OK
exts = os.environ.get('PATHEXT', '').split(os.pathsep)
for path in os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep):
path = os.path.join(path, name)
if os.access(path, mode):
return path
for ext in exts:
pathext = path + ext
if os.access(pathext, mode):
return path
return None