prepend_licence.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys


LICENSE = '''
/*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 * Copyright (c) 2015 libuv-tls contributors

 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
**////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/
'''

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    sys.stderr.write('usage: ' + sys.argv[0] + ' file\n' )
    sys.exit(1)
#if len

with file(sys.argv[1], 'r') as original: data = original.read()
with file(sys.argv[1], 'w') as modified: modified.write(LICENSE + '\n\n' + data)