initial working version

simpleextractor/which.py

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+"""
+which.py : Same as the Unix "which" command: tests if an executable exists and returns name
+"""
+def which(program):
+    # Author Credit: Jay @ http://stackoverflow.com/a/377028
+    import os
+    def is_exe(fpath):
+        return os.path.isfile(fpath) and os.access(fpath, os.X_OK)
+
+    fpath, fname = os.path.split(program)
+    if fpath:
+        if is_exe(program):
+            return program
+    else:
+        for path in os.environ["PATH"].split(os.pathsep):
+            exe_file = os.path.join(path, program)
+            if is_exe(exe_file):
+                return exe_file
+
+    return None