def run_cmd()

in troubleshooting/create_snapshot.py [0:0]

• 23 lines of code
• 4 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def run_cmd(cmd: str, subfolder: str, output_dir: pathlib.Path):  # noqa: E999
    output_path = output_dir / subfolder / cmd.replace(' ', '_')
    output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    print("Executing: {}... ".format(cmd), end='')
    backoff_timer = 1
    backoff_count = 0
    with open(output_path, mode='w') as output_file:
        while True:
            if backoff_count > BACKOFF_LIMIT:
                print('[ FAIL ]')
                return
            process = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=output_file,
                                     stderr=output_file,
                                     timeout=60,
                                     shell=True)
            if not process.returncode:
                print("[ DONE ]")
                return
            print("\nCommand failed, trying again in {}s. ' \
                  'Error output: {}".format(backoff_timer, process.stderr))
            time.sleep(backoff_timer)
            backoff_timer *= 2
            backoff_count += 1