From 21c864da600f4020c5017fe280d0761b5bb201d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aadhavan Srinivasan <aadhavan@twomorecents.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 13:06:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Created script to copy DLLs into application fodler on mingw

---
 copy_dlls_mingw.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 copy_dlls_mingw.sh

diff --git a/copy_dlls_mingw.sh b/copy_dlls_mingw.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50f8316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copy_dlls_mingw.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script copies required DLLs, and the application itself into a folder called 'release'. It only runs on MinGW.
+
+BASE_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+REL_DIR="$BASE_DIR/release/dist"
+
+mkdir -p "$REL_DIR"
+
+# Parse the output of the 'ldd' command, and create a file with the required DLL paths.
+ldd build/pong.exe | awk ' NF == 4 {print $3}' > "$BASE_DIR/tmp_file.txt"
+
+# Copy the required DLLs.
+cp $(cat "$BASE_DIR/tmp_file.txt") "$REL_DIR"
+
+# Copy the executable itself
+cp "$BASE_DIR/build/pong" "$REL_DIR"
+
+# Remove the temporary file.
+rm "$BASE_DIR/tmp_file.txt"
+