Backport some logic for installing node.js

rattail_fabric/util.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2019 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+#  Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+#  version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+#  details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+Misc. Utilities
+"""
+
+from fabric.api import env, run
+
+
+def get_home_path(user=None):
+    """
+    Retrieve the path to the home folder for the given user, or else the
+    "connection" user.
+    """
+    user = user or env.user
+    home = run('getent passwd {} | cut -d: -f6'.format(user)).stdout.strip()
+    home = home.rstrip('/')
+    return home