Index: trunk/source/hes/hes
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--- trunk/source/hes/hes (revision 119)
+++ trunk/source/hes/hes (revision 119)
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""hes does Hesiod lookups for the most common types of Hesiod entries."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+keys = ["passwd", "filsys", "pobox", "gid", "uid", "grplist", "sloc", "cluster",
+"group", "pcap", "service", "lpralias", "printinfo", "palladium", "tloc"]
+
+usage = """
+Usage: hes thing_you_want_info_about  [next_thing ...]  [type]
+
+Where 'type' is: %s
+""" % ", ".join(keys)
+
+def query(thing, type):
+	input, output, err = os.popen3(('hesinfo', thing, type))
+	# hesinfo prints errors (like queries not existing) to stderr, so if it's
+	# empty, we're probably good
+	if err.read() == '':
+		return output.read().strip()
+
+def printQuery(thing, type):
+	"""printQuery takes the output of a Hesiod query, formats it, and prints it
+	out"""
+	info = query(thing, type)
+	if info != None:
+		print "%s: %s" % (type.upper().rjust(10), info)
+
+def main():
+	# Print the usage information if there were no arguments
+	if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
+		print usage
+		return
+	
+	# If a specific type of query was asked for, do that for each thing
+	if sys.argv[-1] in keys:
+		type = sys.argv[-1]
+		for thing in sys.argv[1:-1]:
+			printQuery(thing, type)
+	# Otherwise LOOKUP EVERYTHING!
+	else:
+		for thing in sys.argv[1:]:
+			for type in keys:
+				printQuery(thing, type)
+			# ...with a blank line between each thing being looked up
+			print ""
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()
Index: trunk/source/hes/setup.py
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--- trunk/source/hes/setup.py (revision 119)
+++ trunk/source/hes/setup.py (revision 119)
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+from distutils.core import setup
+setup(name='macathena-hes',
+      version='1.0',
+      author='SIPB MacAthena Project',
+      author_email='sipb-macathena@mit.edu',
+      scripts=['hes'])
Index: trunk/source/hes/copyright
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--- trunk/source/hes/copyright (revision 119)
+++ trunk/source/hes/copyright (revision 119)
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+Copyright © 2007 Evan Broder <broder@mit.edu>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.