#!/usr/bin/env python """Symlinks, or on Windows copies, an existing file to a second location. Overwrites the target location if it exists. Updates the mtime on a stamp file when done.""" import argparse import errno import os import sys def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument('--stamp', required=True, help='name of a file whose mtime is updated on run') parser.add_argument('source') parser.add_argument('output') args = parser.parse_args() # FIXME: This should not check the host platform but the target platform # (which needs to be passed in as an arg), for cross builds. if sys.platform != 'win32': try: os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(args.output)) except OSError as e: if e.errno != errno.EEXIST: raise try: os.symlink(args.source, args.output) except OSError as e: if e.errno == errno.EEXIST: os.remove(args.output) os.symlink(args.source, args.output) else: raise else: import shutil output = args.output + ".exe" source = args.source + ".exe" shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(output), source), output) open(args.stamp, 'w') # Update mtime on stamp file. if __name__ == '__main__': sys.exit(main())