--- a/talosnames/api.py	Tue Jul 10 17:01:05 2012 -0700
+++ b/talosnames/api.py	Tue Jul 10 17:12:59 2012 -0700
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import os
 import re
 import require
+import subprocess
 import sqlite3
 import sys
+import talos
 import urllib2
 
+talos_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(talos.__file__))
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 class TalosNames(object):
@@ -92,6 +96,10 @@
         """gets the buildbot command for a particular suite"""
         return self.buildbot_commands.get(name)
 
+    def buildbot_config(self, name):
+        command = self.buildbot_command(name)
+        assert command is not None, "Suite not found: %s" % name
+
     def __call__(self, name=None):
         retval = []
         for short_name, graphserver_name in self.names.items():

--- a/talosnames/main.py	Tue Jul 10 17:01:05 2012 -0700
+++ b/talosnames/main.py	Tue Jul 10 17:12:59 2012 -0700
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 """
 
 import api
+import optparse
+import subprocess
 import sys
-import optparse
 from commandparser import CommandParser
 from pprint import pprint
 
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@
 
     def command(self, suite):
         """returns the command that buildbot runs for a particular suite"""
+        command = self.api.buildbot_command(suite)
+        assert command is not None, "Suite not found; should be one of %s" % ', '.join(self.suites())
+        return subprocess.list2cmdline(command)
 
     def tests(self):
         pass