"""
General helpers for my scripts
"""
import os
from subprocess import call

# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
__author__ = 'lanxu <jukka.lankinen@gmail.com>'

def is_exe(fpath):
    """ Tells if the given file is an executable """
    return os.path.isfile(fpath) and os.access(fpath, os.X_OK)

def run_command(command):
    """ Attempts to run the given command """
    try:
        return_value = call(command)
    except (RuntimeError, TypeError, NameError, OSError) as error:
        raise

    return return_value