"""
Inspired by yunohost_completion.py (author: Christophe Vuillot)
=======

This script generates man pages for yunohost.
Pages are stored in OUTPUT_DIR
"""

import os
import yaml


THIS_SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
ACTIONSMAP_FILE = os.path.join(THIS_SCRIPT_DIR, '../data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml')
OUTPUT_DIR = "output/"

# creates output directory
if not os.path.exists(OUTPUT_DIR):
    os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR)


# man page of yunohost
cmd = "sudo help2man \" yunohost \" -o " + OUTPUT_DIR + "yunohost"
print(cmd)
os.system(cmd)

# man pages of "yunohost *"
with open(ACTIONSMAP_FILE, 'r') as stream:

    # Getting the dictionary containning what actions are possible per domain
    OPTION_TREE = yaml.load(stream)
    DOMAINS = [str for str in OPTION_TREE.keys() if not str.startswith('_')]
    DOMAINS_STR = '"{}"'.format(' '.join(DOMAINS))
    ACTIONS_DICT = {}
    for domain in DOMAINS:
        ACTIONS = [str for str in OPTION_TREE[domain]['actions'].keys()
                   if not str.startswith('_')]
        ACTIONS_STR = '"{}"'.format(' '.join(ACTIONS))
        ACTIONS_DICT[domain] = ACTIONS_STR
        for action in ACTIONS:
            # print("yunohost", domain, action)
            cmd = "sudo help2man \" yunohost " + domain + "  " + action + " --help \" -o " + OUTPUT_DIR + "yunohost_" + domain + "_" + action
            print(cmd)
            os.system(cmd)

"""
Inspired by yunohost_completion.py (author: Christophe Vuillot)
=======

This script generates man pages for yunohost.
Pages are stored in OUTPUT_DIR
"""

import os
import yaml
import subprocess


THIS_SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
ACTIONSMAP_FILE = os.path.join(THIS_SCRIPT_DIR, '../data/actionsmap/yunohost.yml')
OUTPUT_DIR = "output/"

# creates output directory
if not os.path.exists(OUTPUT_DIR):
    os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR)


# man page of yunohost
cmd = "sudo help2man \" yunohost \" -o " + OUTPUT_DIR + "yunohost"
print(cmd)
subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)

# man pages of "yunohost *"
with open(ACTIONSMAP_FILE, 'r') as stream:

    # Getting the dictionary containning what actions are possible per domain
    OPTION_TREE = yaml.load(stream)
    DOMAINS = [str for str in OPTION_TREE.keys() if not str.startswith('_')]
    DOMAINS_STR = '"{}"'.format(' '.join(DOMAINS))
    ACTIONS_DICT = {}
    for domain in DOMAINS:
        ACTIONS = [str for str in OPTION_TREE[domain]['actions'].keys()
                   if not str.startswith('_')]
        ACTIONS_STR = '"{}"'.format(' '.join(ACTIONS))
        ACTIONS_DICT[domain] = ACTIONS_STR
        for action in ACTIONS:
            # print("yunohost", domain, action)
            cmd = "sudo help2man \" yunohost " + domain + "  " + action + " --help \" -o " + OUTPUT_DIR + "yunohost_" + domain + "_" + action
            print(cmd)
            subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)

use subprocess instead of os.system to ensure function has run correctly