commit aed282d56574f30b3ae88d0b8c9f98361bf1e435
author Varun Patil <varunpatil@ucla.edu> Wed Sep 06 13:04:49 2023 -0700
committer Varun Patil <varunpatil@ucla.edu> Wed Sep 06 15:10:33 2023 -0700
tree 120e9fc010bd9be3ff2c5cfca0b832f11452a158
parent 92bc429fe1283dd2994ac3cf8da3cb2c06ce01b2

app: allow using list for command

This allows spaces in arguments

Change-Id: Icb71157eba43488028ea4f207e8009d0201c87c7

minindn/apps/application.py

diff --git a/minindn/apps/application.py b/minindn/apps/application.py
index 6970cb7..d7b0b87 100644
--- a/minindn/apps/application.py
+++ b/minindn/apps/application.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
     def start(self, command, logfile, envDict=None):
         if self.process is None:
             self.logfile = open('{}/{}'.format(self.logDir, logfile), 'w')
-            self.process = getPopen(self.node, command.split(), envDict,
+            if isinstance(command, str):
+                command = command.split()
+            self.process = getPopen(self.node, command, envDict,
                                     stdout=self.logfile, stderr=self.logfile)
 
     def stop(self):