Simulate the echo program with print statement.

patoolib/programs/echo.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""Archive commands for the echo program."""
+"""Archive commands for the echo program, simulated by the Python print
+statement."""
 from patoolib import util
 
 
@@ -46,5 +47,6 @@ def list_rzip (archive, encoding, cmd, **kwargs):
     return stripext(cmd, archive)
 
 def stripext (cmd, archive):
-    """Echo the name without suffix."""
-    return [cmd, util.stripext(archive)]
+    """Print the name without suffix."""
+    print util.stripext(archive)
+    return None

tests/test_archives.py

@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class TestArchives (ArchiveTest):
         self.archive_test('t .bz2')
         self.archive_create('t .bz2', singlefile=True)
 
-    @needs_program('echo')
     def test_echo (self):
         self.program = 'echo'
         self.archive_list('t .bz2')

tests/test_foo_archives.py

@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ class TestArchives (ArchiveTest):
         self.archive_create('t.bz2.foo', format="bzip2", singlefile=True)
 
     @needs_program('file')
-    @needs_program('echo')
     def test_echo (self):
         self.program = 'echo'
         self.archive_list('t.bz2.foo')