From a392dcb2117739ad0dc7f67bd550083ee860226b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:42:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bastian Kleineidam: 'copy_file()' now returns the output
 filename, rather than a boolean indicating whether it did the copy.

---
 Lib/distutils/file_util.py | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
index a73db42b54d..2d0148f3f1d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ def copy_file (src, dst,
        on other systems, uses '_copy_file_contents()' to copy file
        contents.
 
-       Return true if the file was copied (or would have been copied),
-       false otherwise (ie. 'update' was true and the destination is
-       up-to-date)."""
+       Return the name of the destination file, whether it was actually
+       copied or not."""
 
     # XXX if the destination file already exists, we clobber it if
     # copying, but blow up if linking.  Hmmm.  And I don't know what
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst,
     if update and not newer (src, dst):
         if verbose:
             print "not copying %s (output up-to-date)" % src
-        return 0
+        return dst
 
     try:
         action = _copy_action[link]
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst,
             print "%s %s -> %s" % (action, src, dst)
             
     if dry_run:
-        return 1
+        return dst
 
     # On a Mac, use the native file copy routine
     if os.name == 'mac':
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst,
             if preserve_mode:
                 os.chmod (dst, S_IMODE (st[ST_MODE]))
 
-    return 1
+    return dst
 
 # copy_file ()