move portable copyfile function into tools/autowaf.py and use it in both gtk2_ardour and taglib

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/autowaf.py b/tools/autowaf.py
index 46c563519f..7d4da7b061 100644
--- a/tools/autowaf.py
+++ b/tools/autowaf.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import glob
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import shutil
 
 from waflib import Configure, Context, Logs, Node, Options, Task, Utils
 from waflib.TaskGen import feature, before, after
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ def set_options(opt, debug_by_default=False):
                             help="LV2 bundles [Default: LIBDIR/lv2]")
     g_step = 1
 
+def copyfile (task):
+    # a cross-platform utility for copying files as part of tasks
+    src = task.inputs[0].abspath()
+    tgt = task.outputs[0].abspath()
+    shutil.copy2 (src, tgt)
+
 def check_header(conf, lang, name, define='', mandatory=True):
     "Check for a header"
     includes = '' # search default system include paths