X-Git-Url: https://code.grnet.gr/git/ganeti-local/blobdiff_plain/f9897b6d5beb3f8424f5e759679278d584fbef41..1e288a2605b4f7584bca1a1f5263e41d6515211c:/lib/build/__init__.py

diff --git a/lib/build/__init__.py b/lib/build/__init__.py
index 007afb2..0f58b61 100644
--- a/lib/build/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/build/__init__.py
@@ -17,3 +17,26 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 # 02110-1301, USA.
+
+
+import imp
+import os
+
+
+def LoadModule(filename):
+  """Loads an external module by filename.
+
+  Use this function with caution. Python will always write the compiled source
+  to a file named "${filename}c".
+
+  @type filename: string
+  @param filename: Path to module
+
+  """
+  (name, ext) = os.path.splitext(filename)
+
+  fh = open(filename, "U")
+  try:
+    return imp.load_module(name, fh, filename, (ext, "U", imp.PY_SOURCE))
+  finally:
+    fh.close()