Using os.system("cp {0} {1}".format(...)) has two issues, it does not work on Windows, but more importantly it can cause issues in case one of the directories has a space in it. Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/meson-dist.py | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/meson-dist.py b/scripts/meson-dist.py index a1d36c2533da..1c2364f6b67e 100755 --- a/scripts/meson-dist.py +++ b/scripts/meson-dist.py @@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ import os import sys +import shutil meson_build_root = sys.argv[1] file_name = sys.argv[2] meson_dist_root = os.environ['MESON_DIST_ROOT'] -os.system('cp {0} {1}'.format( - os.path.join(meson_build_root, file_name), - os.path.join(meson_dist_root, file_name) -)) +shutil.copy(os.path.join(meson_build_root, file_name), + os.path.join(meson_dist_root, file_name)) -- 2.41.0