Merge branch 'master' of github.com:rg3/youtube-dl

[youtube-dl.git] / youtube_dl / utils.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 64300d8e0e1bcd36ffa23c4a9b5d8345f8fe7d4a..dbfac0f43ed282142ec2dda68ddf4b3ce85bd12c 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import ctypes
 import datetime
 import email.utils
 import errno
@@ -1045,3 +1046,41 @@ def get_term_width():
     except:
         pass
     return None
+
+
+def month_by_name(name):
+    """ Return the number of a month by (locale-independently) English name """
+
+    ENGLISH_NAMES = [
+        u'January', u'February', u'March', u'April', u'May', u'June',
+        u'July', u'August', u'September', u'October', u'November', u'December']
+    try:
+        return ENGLISH_NAMES.index(name) + 1
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+def fix_xml_all_ampersand(xml_str):
+    """Replace all the '&' by '&' in XML"""
+    return xml_str.replace(u'&', u'&')
+
+
+def setproctitle(title):
+    assert isinstance(title, type(u''))
+    try:
+        libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
+    except OSError:
+        return
+    title = title
+    buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title) + 1)
+    buf.value = title.encode('utf-8')
+    try:
+        libc.prctl(15, ctypes.byref(buf), 0, 0, 0)
+    except AttributeError:
+        return  # Strange libc, just skip this
+
+
+def remove_start(s, start):
+    if s.startswith(start):
+        return s[len(start):]
+    return s