--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/autobot/steps/virtualenv.py	Wed Dec 22 11:15:45 2010 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from buildbot.process.properties import WithProperties
+from buildbot.steps.shell import ShellCommand
+
+class CreateVirtualenv(ShellCommand):
+  """create a virtualenv"""
+  # XXX needs to have virtualenv installed (on the slave)
+
+  def __init__(self, directory):
+    command = ['virtualenv', WithProperties(directory)]
+    ShellCommand.__init__(self, command=command)