--- a/build.py	Mon Aug 06 11:51:08 2012 +1000
+++ b/build.py	Mon Aug 06 16:46:50 2012 +0900
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@
     return commands.getoutput("cygpath -a -w %s" % s)
   return s
 
+# Multiplatform alternative to commands.getstatusoutput from
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1193583/what-is-the-multiplatform-alternative-to-subprocess-getstatusoutput-older-comma
+def getstatusoutput(cmd): 
+  """Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell."""
+  """This new implementation should work on all platforms."""
+  import subprocess
+  pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True,
+                          universal_newlines=True)  
+  output = "".join(pipe.stdout.readlines()) 
+  sts = pipe.returncode
+  if sts is None: sts = 0
+  return sts, output
+
 # could allow this to be passed in:
 repo_dir = os.getcwd()
 
@@ -106,7 +119,7 @@
 # Get all the pages from publish.xml:
 
 os.chdir(master_dir)
-status, output = commands.getstatusoutput("node \"" +
+status, output = getstatusoutput("node \"" +
     native_path(join(tools_dir, "publish/publish.js")) + "\" --list-pages")
 os.chdir(repo_dir)
 if status != 0: