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-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright Robert Jordens <robert@joerdens.org> 2014,2015
-
-# assuming your xilinx toolchain lives in /opt/Xilinx,
-# run `strace-tailor.sh [synthesis script] [options]`
-# then in your current directory, `opt/Xilinx/*` is the
-# minimal toolchain required for this synthesis script run.
-
-PREFIX=\\/opt\\/Xilinx\\/
-
-strace -e trace=file,process -f -o strace.log $@
-sed -n "s/^.*\"\\(${PREFIX}[^\"]*\\)\".*$/\\1/p" strace.log \
-	| sort | uniq | tr '\n' '\0' \
-	| xargs -0 cp --parent --no-dereference --preserve=all -t .