Run latex in a automatically destroyed temporary directory

runlatex.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Joonas Kuorilehto 2011

import os.path
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import shutil

from contextlib import contextmanager
from tempfile import mkdtemp

@contextmanager
def TemporaryDirectory(*args, **kw):
    '''
    Wrap a temporary directory for use in the with statement
    
    Usage:
    with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
        pass # Create files in temporary directory
    # Temporary directory is automatically deleted along its contents
    '''
    try:
        tmpdir = mkdtemp(*args, **kw)
        yield tmpdir
    finally:
        shutil.rmtree(tmpdir) # delete directory

def execute(command):
    process = Popen(command, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
    rv = process.returncode
    return rv

with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
    command = ['/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-darwin/pdflatex', tmpdir]
    rv = execute(command)
    print("Return value was {}".format(rv))