util.exceptions.geterr() - function to fetch erxception information

gpoa/util/exceptions.py

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+#
+# GPOA - GPO Applier for Linux
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 BaseALT Ltd.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import sys
+
+
+def geterr():
+    '''
+    Fetches information about recent exception so we will be able
+    to print tracebacks and other information in a uniform way.
+    '''
+    etype, evalue, etrace = sys.exc_info()
+
+    traceinfo = dict({
+          'file': etrace.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename
+        , 'line': etrace.tb_lineno
+        , 'name': etrace.tb_frame.f_code.co_name
+        , 'type': etype.__name__
+        , 'message': evalue.message
+    })
+
+    del(etype, evalue, etrace)
+
+    return traceinfo
+