- cmd = ['xattr', '-w', key, value, path]
-
- subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+ executable = 'xattr'
+ opts = ['-w', key, value]
+
+ cmd = ([encodeFilename(executable, True)] +
+ [encodeArgument(o) for o in opts] +
+ [encodeFilename(path, True)])
+
+ try:
+ p = subprocess.Popen(
+ cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+ except EnvironmentError as e:
+ raise XAttrMetadataError(e.errno, e.strerror)
+ stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+ stderr = stderr.decode('utf-8', 'replace')
+ if p.returncode != 0:
+ raise XAttrMetadataError(p.returncode, stderr)