Avoid writting /software output to a file

src/linux/ogOperations.py

@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ class OgLinuxOperations:
         except:
             raise ValueError('Error: Incorrect command value')
 
-        return output.decode('utf-8')
+        software = ''
+        with open(path, 'r') as f:
+            software = f.read()
+        return software
 
     def hardware(self, path, ogRest):
         try:

src/ogRest.py

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class ogThread():
 
 	def software(client, request, path, ogRest):
 		try:
-			ogRest.operations.software(request, path, ogRest)
+			software = ogRest.operations.software(request, path, ogRest)
 		except ValueError as err:
 			response = restResponse(ogResponses.INTERNAL_ERR)
 			client.send(response.get())
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ class ogThread():
 
 		json_body = jsonBody()
 		json_body.add_element('partition', request.getPartition())
-		with open(path, 'r') as f:
-			json_body.add_element('software', f.read())
+		json_body.add_element('software', software)
 
 		response = restResponse(ogResponses.OK, json_body)
 		client.send(response.get())
@@ -188,6 +187,7 @@ class ogThread():
 	def image_create(client, path, request, ogRest):
 		try:
 			ogRest.operations.image_create(path, request, ogRest)
+			software = ogRest.operations.software(request, path, ogRest)
 		except ValueError as err:
 			response = restResponse(ogResponses.INTERNAL_ERR)
 			client.send(response.get())
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ class ogThread():
 		json_body.add_element('id', request.getId())
 		json_body.add_element('name', request.getName())
 		json_body.add_element('repository', request.getRepo())
-		with open(path, 'r') as f:
-			json_body.add_element('software', f.read())
+		json_body.add_element('software', software)
 
 		response = restResponse(ogResponses.OK, json_body)
 		client.send(response.get())

src/virtual/ogOperations.py

@@ -358,11 +358,7 @@ class OgVirtualOperations:
                 software += [h.node_name(x) for x in h.node_children(key)]
             os.remove('win_reg')
 
-        with open(path, 'w+') as f:
-            f.seek(0)
-            for program in software:
-                f.write(f'{program}\n')
-            f.truncate()
+        return '\n'.join(software)
 
     def parse_pci(self, path='/usr/share/misc/pci.ids'):
         data = {}