diff --git a/pym/cl_utils.py b/pym/cl_utils.py
index 736979d..b84d6e6 100644
--- a/pym/cl_utils.py
+++ b/pym/cl_utils.py
@@ -762,3 +762,36 @@ def getFilesCount(directory):
         return len(reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,map(lambda x:x[1]+x[2],
                           os.walk(directory)),[]))
     return 0
+
+def detectDeviceForPartition(dev):
+    """Detect parent device for partition by /sys/block (sysfs)"""
+    reDeviceSplit = re.compile("^(.*/)?(.*?)(\d+)$")
+    device = map(lambda x:filter(lambda x:x in dev,
+                                 x[1]),
+                 os.walk('/sys/block'))
+    if device:
+        device = device[0]
+        parentdevices = \
+            filter(lambda x: os.path.split(dev)[-1] in \
+                reduce(lambda y,z:y+z[1],
+                       os.walk(os.path.join('/sys/block',x)),[]), device)
+        if parentdevices:
+            return parentdevices[0]
+    res = reDeviceSplit.search(dev)
+    if res:
+        return res.groups()[1]
+    return None
+
+def getProgPath(progname):
+    """Get full path of program or False"""
+    baseprogname = os.path.basename(progname)
+    env = {"LANG":"C"}
+    env.update(os.environ.items() + [("PATH",getpathenv())] +\
+               env.items())
+    res = runOsCommand("which %s"%progname,env_dict=env)
+    if res[0] == 0:
+        return res[1][0].strip()
+    elif os.path.isabs(progname) and os.path.exists(progname):
+        return progname
+    else:
+        return False
diff --git a/pym/cl_vars_share.py b/pym/cl_vars_share.py
index 7c25103..f54f15d 100644
--- a/pym/cl_vars_share.py
+++ b/pym/cl_vars_share.py
@@ -520,3 +520,17 @@ class varsShare:
             return False
         return open('/proc/1/mountinfo','r').read() != \
                open('/proc/self/mountinfo','r').read()
+
+    def getProgPath(self,progname):
+        """Get full path of program or False"""
+        baseprogname = os.path.basename(progname)
+        env = {"LANG":"C"}
+        env.update(os.environ.items() + [("PATH",getpathenv())] +\
+                   env.items())
+        res = self._runos("which %s"%progname,env=env)
+        if res:
+            return res[0].strip()
+        elif os.path.isabs(progname) and os.path.exists(progname):
+            return progname
+        else:
+            return False