Re: executing shell commands (like cp)

[Xavier Décoret]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

> > > > "sashan" == sashan  <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >        
>
> sashan> Hi
> sashan> How do I execute a copy (cp) of some files once they are generated by
> sashan> automake. The situation is I have a automake/autoconf/libtool
> sashan> generated library that is loadable by python. libtool generates this
> sashan> library and places it in <project-name>/.libs/lib<name>.so.0.0.0. What
> sashan> I want to do is copy the file lib<name>.so.0.0.0 into a directory of
> sashan> my choosing after the build process of it is completed. Any
> sashan> suggestions?
>
> Other than copying files, you might consider using James
> Henstridge's ltihooks.py to import libtool libraries directly
> from Python.  You can find ltihooks.py in pygtk.  I'm using it
> in Spot (spot.lip6.fr) to load Swig generated libtool modules.
>
>  
My personnal solution for the same swig/python situation is to use 
install-hooks:

install-exec-hook:
   $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)
   $(install_sh_PROGRAM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libfoo.so 
$(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)/_foo.so
   $(install_sh_SCRIPT) foo.py $(DESTDIR)$(pyexecdir)

note that the pyexecdir is set by the call (in your configure.in) of the 
macro:
SWIG_PYTHON