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+# encoding=utf-8
+#
+# The Qubes OS Project, https://www.qubes-os.org/
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2015  Joanna Rutkowska <joanna@invisiblethingslab.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2015  Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
+#                              <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2015  Wojtek Porczyk <woju@invisiblethingslab.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+
+'''Various utility functions.'''
+
+import pkg_resources
+
+import docutils
+import docutils.core
+import docutils.io
+import qubesmgmt.exc
+
+
+def format_doc(docstring):
+    '''Return parsed documentation string, stripping RST markup.
+    '''
+
+    if not docstring:
+        return ''
+
+    # pylint: disable=unused-variable
+    output, pub = docutils.core.publish_programmatically(
+        source_class=docutils.io.StringInput,
+        source=' '.join(docstring.strip().split()),
+        source_path=None,
+        destination_class=docutils.io.NullOutput, destination=None,
+        destination_path=None,
+        reader=None, reader_name='standalone',
+        parser=None, parser_name='restructuredtext',
+        writer=None, writer_name='null',
+        settings=None, settings_spec=None, settings_overrides=None,
+        config_section=None, enable_exit_status=None)
+    return pub.writer.document.astext()
+
+
+def parse_size(size):
+    '''Parse human readable size into bytes.'''
+    units = [
+        ('K', 1000), ('KB', 1000),
+        ('M', 1000 * 1000), ('MB', 1000 * 1000),
+        ('G', 1000 * 1000 * 1000), ('GB', 1000 * 1000 * 1000),
+        ('Ki', 1024), ('KiB', 1024),
+        ('Mi', 1024 * 1024), ('MiB', 1024 * 1024),
+        ('Gi', 1024 * 1024 * 1024), ('GiB', 1024 * 1024 * 1024),
+    ]
+
+    size = size.strip().upper()
+    if size.isdigit():
+        return int(size)
+
+    for unit, multiplier in units:
+        if size.endswith(unit):
+            size = size[:-len(unit)].strip()
+            return int(size) * multiplier
+
+    raise qubesmgmt.exc.QubesException("Invalid size: {0}.".format(size))
+
+
+def mbytes_to_kmg(size):
+    '''Convert mbytes to human readable format.'''
+    if size > 1024:
+        return "%d GiB" % (size / 1024)
+    else:
+        return "%d MiB" % size
+
+
+def kbytes_to_kmg(size):
+    '''Convert kbytes to human readable format.'''
+    if size > 1024:
+        return mbytes_to_kmg(size / 1024)
+    else:
+        return "%d KiB" % size
+
+
+def bytes_to_kmg(size):
+    '''Convert bytes to human readable format.'''
+    if size > 1024:
+        return kbytes_to_kmg(size / 1024)
+    else:
+        return "%d B" % size
+
+
+def size_to_human(size):
+    """Humane readable size, with 1/10 precision"""
+    if size < 1024:
+        return str(size)
+    elif size < 1024 * 1024:
+        return str(round(size / 1024.0, 1)) + ' KiB'
+    elif size < 1024 * 1024 * 1024:
+        return str(round(size / (1024.0 * 1024), 1)) + ' MiB'
+    else:
+        return str(round(size / (1024.0 * 1024 * 1024), 1)) + ' GiB'
+
+
+def get_entry_point_one(group, name):
+    '''Get a single entry point of given type,
+    raise TypeError when there are multiple.
+    '''
+    epoints = tuple(pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(group, name))
+    if not epoints:
+        raise KeyError(name)
+    elif len(epoints) > 1:
+        raise TypeError(
+            'more than 1 implementation of {!r} found: {}'.format(name,
+                ', '.join('{}.{}'.format(ep.module_name, '.'.join(ep.attrs))
+                    for ep in epoints)))
+    return epoints[0].load()