use shutil which to get cmd path

Author: rmorshea

setup.py

@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import sys
+import os
+import pipes
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from distutils import log
 from distutils.command.build import build  # type: ignore
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist  # type: ignore
 from setuptools.command.develop import develop
-import os
-import subprocess
+
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    from subprocess import list2cmdline
+else:
+
+    def list2cmdline(cmd_list):
+        return " ".join(map(pipes.quote, cmd_list))
+
 
 # the name of the project
 name = "idom"
@@ -109,10 +122,10 @@
 def build_javascript_first(cls):
     class Command(cls):
         def run(self):
-            for cmd_str in ["npm install", "npm run build"]:
-                subprocess.check_call(
-                    cmd_str.split(), cwd=os.path.join(root, "client", "app")
-                )
+            for cmd, *args in map(str.split, ["npm install", "npm run build"]):
+                cmd_args = [shutil.which(cmd)] + args
+                log.info(list2cmdline(cmd_args))
+                subprocess.check_call(cmd_args, cwd=os.path.join(root, "client", "app"))
             super().run()
 
     return Command