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+"""Various utilities common to IPython release and maintenance tools.
+"""
+# Library imports
+import os
+import sys
+import compileall
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, CalledProcessError, check_call
+
+from distutils.dir_util import remove_tree
+
+# Useful shorthands
+pjoin = os.path.join
+cd = os.chdir
+
+# Utility functions
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Functions
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def sh(cmd):
+    """Execute command in a subshell, return status code."""
+    return check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+
+
+def compile_tree():
+    """Compile all Python files below current directory."""
+    vstr = '.'.join(map(str, sys.version_info[:2]))
+    ca = compileall.__file__
+    stat = os.system('python %s .' % ca)
+    if stat:
+        msg = '*** ERROR: Some Python files in tree do NOT compile! ***\n'
+        msg += 'See messages above for the actual file that produced it.\n'
+        raise SystemExit(msg)