new_contents: """
  A library for doing diffs on different computers.
  
  This is useful for checking all different process
  versions, os versions, etc.
  which should help on debugging issues.
  """
  
  """
  The MIT License (MIT)
  
  Copyright (c) <2014> <alex balzer alex.balzer@hp.com>
  
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  THE SOFTWARE.
  
  """
  
  import os
  import sys
  
  __version__ = "0.1.0"
  __author__ = "alex balzer alex.balzer@hp.com"
  
  class Box(object):
    """
    A Box object represents a single machine or node
    it holds all of its version information
    
    Ex. 
    OS = {"type":"Ubuntu" , "version":"14.04"}
    RVM = {"version":"1.25.31" , "paths":["/home/user/.rvm/...","/tmp/rvm/craziness"]}
    RUBY = { ... }
    GEMS = { ... } 
    VAGRANT = { ... }
    VIRTUALBOX = { ... }
    """
    def __init__(self):
      self.OS = self.get_os()
      self.RVM = self.get_rvm()
      self.RUBY = self.get_ruby()
      self.GEMS = self.get_gems()
      self.VAGRANT = self.get_vagrant()
      self.VIRTUALBOX = self.get_virtualbox()
  
    def get_os(self):
      """ return all the information about the machines operating system. """
      chk = "cat /etc/*-release" or "lsb_release -a"
      result = os.popen3(chk)
      #TODO: get the correct reults from os.popen3(chk). then parse the results to a dictionary object as described above.
      return result
  
    def get_rvm(self):
      pass
  
    def get_ruby(self):
      pass
  
    def get_gems(self):
      pass
  
    def get_vagrant(self):
      pass
  
    def get_virtualbox(self):
      pass
  
subject: Create diff_os.py