Function run

util/versioncheck.py:6–9

Run co and decode for python3

(*args, **kwargs)

from sys import exit, version_info

def run(*args, **kwargs):
    "Run co and decode for python3"
    result = co(*args, **kwargs)
    return result.decode() if version_info[ 0 ] >= 3 else result

# Actually run bin/mn rather than importing via python path
version = 'Mininet ' + run( 'PYTHONPATH=. bin/mn --version 2>&1', shell=True )