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 d9bf6c24c39d4d821025d510f8f14f2d66ba652b..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
@@ -1057,3 +1058,29 @@ def month_by_name(name):
         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