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+# Copyright (c) 2008 Nokia Corporation
+# 
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Lists all the files, with the absolute path, matching the specified pattern.
+import os, fnmatch
+
+# From Python Cookbook, 2nd ed., by Alex Martelli, Anna Martelli
+# Ravenscroft, and David Ascher (O'Reilly Media, 2005) 0-596-00797-3
+def all_files(root, patterns='*', single_level=False, yield_folders=False):
+    # Expand patterns from semicolon-separated string to list
+    patterns = patterns.split(';')
+    for path, subdirs, files in os.walk(root):
+        if yield_folders:
+            files.extend(subdirs)
+        files.sort()
+        for name in files:
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if fnmatch.fnmatch(name, pattern):
+                    yield os.path.join(path, name)
+                    break
+        if single_level:
+            break