# HG changeset patch
# User osimons
# Date 1259137829 0
# Node ID 0f5456e9d5da5745a254feb3c2549d66a41886e0
# Parent  cd4405466a77feb20a1e0161f600d0a28db3ac8f
Fix file encoding issue for shell tools file input/output. Thanks to Xie Yanbo for patch! Closes #504.

diff --git a/bitten/build/shtools.py b/bitten/build/shtools.py
--- a/bitten/build/shtools.py
+++ b/bitten/build/shtools.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 """Generic recipe commands for executing external processes."""
 
+import codecs
 import logging
 import os
 import shlex
@@ -118,12 +119,12 @@
         shell = True
 
     if input_:
-        input_file = file(resolve(input_), 'r')
+        input_file = codecs.open(resolve(input_), 'r', 'utf-8')
     else:
         input_file = None
 
     if output:
-        output_file = file(resolve(output), 'w')
+        output_file = codecs.open(resolve(output), 'w', 'utf-8')
     else:
         output_file = None