Fix typo

[lyx.git] / lib / scripts / tex_copy.py

diff --git a/lib/scripts/tex_copy.py b/lib/scripts/tex_copy.py
index 6c634c115e10bac01f3ba1659fc790d1d009eb90..bb0cc68b72acff179150f2169059546e9b9befa8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/scripts/tex_copy.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/tex_copy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # file tex_copy.py
 # This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
 # Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
 
 # Usage:
-# tex_copy.py from file> <to file> <latex name>
+# tex_copy.py <from file> <to file> <latex name>
 
 # This script will copy a file <from file> to <to file>.
 # <to file> is no exact copy of <from file>, but any occurence of <basename>
@@ -53,7 +52,13 @@ def main(argv):
     latex_file = argv[3]
     latex_base, latex_ext = os.path.splitext(latex_file)
 
+    # convert strings to bytes since we are using binary files
+    from_base = from_base.encode()
+    latex_base = latex_base.encode()
+
     # Read the input file and write the output file
+    if(not os.path.isfile(abs_from_file)):
+         error("%s is not a valid file.\n" % abs_from_file)
     from_file = open(abs_from_file, 'rb')
     to_file = open(abs_to_file, 'wb')
     lines = from_file.readlines()