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# project       kaneton
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# license       kaneton
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# file          /home/enguerrand/...t/profile/host/linux/ia32.mips64/util.py
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# created       enguerrand raymond   [fri apr 17 20:59:04 2009]
# updated       enguerrand raymond   [fri apr 17 21:00:47 2009]
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# this file implements some useful functions used for mips compilation, build
# and installation.
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# binary_extract()
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# this function extracts given sections (section names separate by space) 
# from elf to put in binary
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def			binary_extract(elf, sections, binary):
  section_list = sections.split()
  cmd_option = "-S"

  for section in section_list:
    cmd_option += " -j " + section

  cmd_option += " --output-target binary " + elf + " " + binary

  launch(_OBJCOPY_, cmd_option, "")



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# concat_file()
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# this function concatenates file a the result file end
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def			concat_file(file, result):
  os.system(_CAT_ + " " + file + " >> " + result)