Merge branch 'server_refactor' of https://github.com/browngraphicslab/Dash-Web into server_refactor

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts b/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
index 9a009791b..b418772a6 100644
--- a/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
+++ b/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@ export const write_text_file = (relativePath: string, contents: any) => {
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
         fs.writeFile(target, contents, (err) => err ? reject(err) : resolve());
     });
-};
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+};
+
+export async function log_execution(startMessage: string, endMessage: string, contents: () => void | Promise<void>) {
+    console.log('\x1b[36m%s\x1b[0m', `${startMessage}...`);
+    await contents();
+    console.log(endMessage);
+}
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