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+--
+-- globals.lua
+-- Global tables and variables, replacements and extensions to Lua's global functions.
+-- Copyright (c) 2002-2008 Jason Perkins and the Premake project
+--
+	
+	
+-- The list of defined solutions (which contain projects, etc.)
+
+	_SOLUTIONS = { }
+
+
+-- The list of built-in output templates
+
+	_TEMPLATES = { }
+	
+		
+-- A top-level namespace for support functions
+
+	premake = { }
+	
+
+-- The list of registered actions
+
+	premake.actions = { }
+	
+	
+-- The list of tool interfaces
+
+	premake.tools = { }
+
+
+--
+-- A replacement for Lua's built-in dofile() function, this one sets the
+-- current working directory to the script's location, enabling script-relative
+-- referencing of other files and resources.
+--
+
+	local builtin_dofile = dofile
+	function dofile(fname)
+		-- remember the current working directory; I'll restore it shortly
+		local oldcwd = os.getcwd()
+
+		-- if the file doesn't exist, check the search path
+		if (not os.isfile(fname)) then
+			local path = os.pathsearch(fname, _OPTIONS["scripts"], os.getenv("PREMAKE_PATH"))
+			if (path) then
+				fname = path.."/"..fname
+			end
+		end
+
+		-- use the absolute path to the script file, to avoid any file name
+		-- ambiguity if an error should arise
+		fname = path.getabsolute(fname)
+		
+		-- switch the working directory to the new script location
+		local newcwd = path.getdirectory(fname)
+		os.chdir(newcwd)
+		
+		-- run the chunk. How can I catch variable return values?
+		local a, b, c, d, e, f = builtin_dofile(fname)
+		
+		-- restore the previous working directory when done
+		os.chdir(oldcwd)
+		return a, b, c, d, e, f
+	end
+
+
+
+--
+-- A shortcut for including another "premake4.lua" file, often used for projects.
+--
+
+	function include(fname)
+		return dofile(fname .. "/premake4.lua")
+	end
+
+
+
+--
+-- Open an overload of the io.open() function, which will create any missing
+-- subdirectories in the filename if "mode" is set to writeable.
+--
+
+	local builtin_open = io.open
+	function io.open(fname, mode)
+		if (mode) then
+			if (mode:find("w")) then
+				local dir = path.getdirectory(fname)
+				ok, err = os.mkdir(dir)
+				if (not ok) then
+					error(err, 0)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+		return builtin_open(fname, mode)
+	end
+	
+
+	
+--
+-- A shortcut for printing formatted output.
+--
+
+	function printf(msg, ...)
+		print(string.format(msg, unpack(arg)))
+	end
+	
+	
+	
+--
+-- An extension to type() to identify project object types by reading the
+-- "__type" field from the metatable.
+--
+
+	local builtin_type = type	
+	function type(t)
+		local mt = getmetatable(t)
+		if (mt) then
+			if (mt.__type) then
+				return mt.__type
+			end
+		end
+		return builtin_type(t)
+	end
+	
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