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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import getpass
+import os
+
+from pykolab import constants
+
+def ask_question(question, default="", password=False):
+
+    if password:
+        answer = getpass.getpass("%s: " %(question))
+    else:
+        if default == "":
+            answer = raw_input("%s: " %(question))
+        else:
+            answer = raw_input("%s [%s]: " %(question, default))
+
+    if answer == "":
+        return default
+    else:
+        return answer
+
+def parse_input(_input, splitchars= [ ' ' ]):
+    """
+        Split the input string using the split characters defined
+        in splitchars, and remove the empty list items, then unique the
+        list items.
+
+        Takes a string as input, and a list of characters the string should be
+        split with (list of delimiter characters).
+    """
+
+    _parse_list = _input.split(splitchars.pop())
+    _output_list = []
+
+    for splitchar in splitchars:
+        __parse_list = []
+        for item in _parse_list:
+            __parse_list.extend(item.split(splitchar))
+        _parse_list = __parse_list
+
+    for item in _parse_list:
+        if not item == '':
+            if _output_list.count(item) < 1:
+                _output_list.append(item)
+
+    return _output_list
+
+def pop_empty_from_list(_input_list):
+    _output_list = []
+
+    for item in _input_list:
+        if not item == '':
+            _output_list.append(item)
+
+def is_service(services):
+    """
+        Checks each item in list services to see if it has a RC script in
+        constants.RC_DIR to see if it's a service, and returns
+        the name of the service for the first service it can find. However,
+        it also checks whether the other services exist and issues a warning if
+        more then one service exists.
+
+        Usage: utils.is_service(['dirsrv', 'ldap'])
+    """
+    _service = ''
+    _other_services = []
+
+    for service in services:
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(constants.RC_DIR, service)):
+            if _service == '':
+                _service = service
+            else:
+                _other_services.append(service)
+
+    return (_service,_other_services)