--- e:\Python21\Lib\commands.py Tue Dec 17 13:21:36 2002
+++ commands.py Tue Dec 17 13:25:06 2002
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 # Module 'commands'
 #
 # Various tools for executing commands and looking at their output and status.
-#
-# NB This only works (and is only relevant) for UNIX.

+import os
+import sys

 # Get 'ls -l' status for an object into a string
 #
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@
 #
 def getstatusoutput(cmd):
     """Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell."""
-    import os
-    if
-    pipe = os.popen('{ ' + cmd + '; } 2>&1', 'r')
-    pipe = os.popen('"' + cmd + ';" 2>&1', 'r')
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        cmd = '"%s" 2>&1' % cmd
+    else:
+        cmd = '{ %s; } 2>&1' % cmd
+
+    pipe = os.popen(cmd, 'r')
     text = pipe.read()
     sts = pipe.close()
     if sts is None: sts = 0