from __future__ import with_statement import os def vs9to8(src, dest): for name in os.listdir(src): path, ext = os.path.splitext(name) if ext.lower() not in ('.sln', '.vcproj', '.vsprops'): continue filename = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(src, name)) destname = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(dest, name)) print("%s -> %s" % (filename, destname)) with open(filename, 'rU') as fin: lines = fin.read() lines = lines.replace('Version="9,00"', 'Version="8.00"') lines = lines.replace('Version="9.00"', 'Version="8.00"') lines = lines.replace('Format Version 10.00', 'Format Version 9.00') lines = lines.replace('Visual Studio 2008', 'Visual Studio 2005') lines = lines.replace('wininst-9.0', 'wininst-8.0') lines = lines.replace('..\\', '..\\..\\') lines = lines.replace('..\\..\\..\\..\\', '..\\..\\..\\') # Bah. VS8.0 does not expand macros in file names. # Replace them here. lines = lines.replace('$(sqlite3Dir)', '..\\..\\..\\sqlite-3.5.9') lines = lines.replace('$(bsddbDir)\\..\\..', '..\\..\\..\\db-4.7.25.0\\build_windows\\..') lines = lines.replace('$(bsddbDir)', '..\\..\\..\\db-4.7.25.0\\build_windows') with open(destname, 'wb') as fout: lines = lines.replace("\n", "\r\n") fout.write(lines) if __name__ == "__main__": vs9to8(src=".", dest="../PC/VS8.0")