From 34529cd92268339c4d46f78bc3b4e457d9f31683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niranjan M.R <mrniranjan@redhat.com>
Date: Oct 04 2017 16:59:43 +0000
Subject: Add support to run commands in background


Minor fixes based on review comments

Signed-off-by: Niranjan M.R <mrniranjan@redhat.com>

---

diff --git a/pytest_multihost/host.py b/pytest_multihost/host.py
index 826372d..a095a43 100644
--- a/pytest_multihost/host.py
+++ b/pytest_multihost/host.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class BaseHost(object):
 
     def run_command(self, argv, set_env=True, stdin_text=None,
                     log_stdout=True, raiseonerr=True,
-                    cwd=None):
+                    cwd=None, bg=False):
         """Run the given command on this host
 
         Returns a Command instance. The command will have already run in the
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ class BaseHost(object):
         :param raiseonerr: If true, an exception will be raised if the command
                            does not exit with return code 0
         :param cwd: The working directory for the command
+        :param bg: If True, runs command in background
         """
         command = self.transport.start_shell(argv, log_stdout=log_stdout)
         # Set working directory
@@ -247,11 +248,12 @@ class BaseHost(object):
         if stdin_text:
             command.stdin.write(stdin_text)
         command.stdin.flush()
-
-        command.wait(raiseonerr=raiseonerr)
+        if not bg:
+            command.wait(raiseonerr=raiseonerr)
         return command
 
 
+
 class Host(BaseHost):
     """A Unix host"""
     command_prelude = 'set -e\n'
diff --git a/test_pytestmultihost/test_localhost.py b/test_pytestmultihost/test_localhost.py
index c51a2ea..180aa73 100644
--- a/test_pytestmultihost/test_localhost.py
+++ b/test_pytestmultihost/test_localhost.py
@@ -224,3 +224,11 @@ class TestLocalhost(object):
         host = multihost_badpassword.host
         with pytest.raises((AuthenticationException, RuntimeError)):
             echo = host.run_command(['echo', 'hello', 'world'])
+
+    def test_background(self, multihost):
+	host = multihost.host
+	run_nc = 'nc -l 12080 > /tmp/filename.out'
+	cmd = host.run_command(run_nc, bg=True, raiseonerr=False)
+	send_file = 'nc localhost 12080 < /root/anaconda-ks.cfg'
+	cmd = host.run_command(send_file)
+	assert cmd.returncode == 0