Python script to automate VC++ build

buildDirDebug    = "D:\\development\\Debug"
buildDirRelease  = "D:\\development\\Release"

binaryDir = "SourceCode\\Bin"
codeDir   = "SourceCode"
devenv    = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Common7\\IDE\\devenv.com\""
logFile   = "build.log"

# path relative to "codeDir"
solutions = [
"Proj1\solution1.sln",
"Proj2\solution2.sln",
"Proj3\solution3.sln",
]

buildModeDebug   = "Debug"
buildModeRelease = "Release"

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import sys
import subprocess
from threading  import Thread
from Queue import Queue, Empty
import colorama
from colorama import Fore, Back, Style

buildDir  = buildDirDebug
buildMode = buildModeDebug

answer = raw_input('Debug/Release?[d/r]:')
if answer.lower() == "r":
    buildDir  = buildDirRelease
    buildMode = buildModeRelease

colorama.init()

outEncoding = "cp866"

spaces = "    "

def enqueue_output(out, queue):
    for line in iter(out.readline, b''):
        queue.put(line)
    out.close()

outFile = open(logFile,"wb")

def RunCommand(strCommand):
    cmd = subprocess.Popen(strCommand, shell=True, bufsize=1, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    q = Queue()
    t = Thread(target=enqueue_output, args=(cmd.stdout, q))
    t.start()

    while True:
        code = cmd.poll()
        try:
            line = q.get_nowait()
        except Empty:
            pass
            #skip
        else:           
            outFile.write(line)
            text = line.decode(outEncoding)
            if text.find("error ") != -1 :
                print(text)
        if (code != None):
            break

    outFile.flush()
    resultStr = ""
    if code != 0:
        for line in cmd.stderr:
            text = line.decode(outEncoding)
            resultStr += "\n" + spaces + spaces + text

    return code == 0, resultStr

def DoCommand(strName, strCommand):
    print(strName + "\n")
    ok, resStr = RunCommand(strCommand)
    if ok:
        print(spaces + Fore.GREEN + "Done")
    else:
        print(spaces + Fore.RED + "Failed: " + strCommand)
        print(resStr)

        cont = False
        answer = raw_input('Continue?[y/n]:')
        if answer.lower() == "n":
            exit(1)

    print(Fore.RESET + Back.RESET + Style.RESET_ALL)

DoCommand("Clear binaries", "rmdir /s /q \"" + buildDir + "\\" + binaryDir + "\"")
DoCommand("SVN clear", "\"C:\\Program Files\\TortoiseSVN\\bin\\TortoiseProc.exe\" /command:cleanup /path:\"" + buildDir + "\" /noui /delunversioned /delignored")
DoCommand("Creating bin directory", "mkdir \"" + buildDir + "\\" + binaryDir + "\"")

for s in solutions:
    DoCommand("Compile  - " + s, devenv + " \"" + buildDir + "\\" + codeDir + "\\" + s + "\"" + " /rebuild \"" + buildMode + "|x64\"")

raw_input('Press any key to finish')