Slight script cleanup; make gensyscalls work from any directory.

Also remove a ton of dead code.

Change-Id: I1315623695a004f643b155f121cbafe24b715b8a

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/libc/kernel/tools/utils.py b/libc/kernel/tools/utils.py
index 8ec7353..0478e93 100644
--- a/libc/kernel/tools/utils.py
+++ b/libc/kernel/tools/utils.py
@@ -47,32 +47,6 @@ def find_program_name():
 def find_program_dir():
     return os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
 
-def find_file_from_upwards(from_path,target_file):
-    """find a file in the current directory or its parents. if 'from_path' is None,
-       seach from the current program's directory"""
-    path = from_path
-    if path == None:
-        path = os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])
-        path = os.path.dirname(path)
-        D("this script seems to be located in: %s" % path)
-
-    while 1:
-        D("probing "+path)
-        if path == "":
-            file = target_file
-        else:
-            file = path + "/" + target_file
-
-        if os.path.isfile(file):
-            D("found %s in %s" % (target_file, path))
-            return file
-
-        if path == "":
-            return None
-
-        path = os.path.dirname(path)
-
-
 class StringOutput:
     def __init__(self):
         self.line = ""
@@ -143,35 +117,6 @@ def cleanup_dir(path):
             for name in dirs:
                 os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name))
 
-def update_file( path, newdata ):
-    """update a file on disk, only if its content has changed"""
-    if os.path.exists( path ):
-        try:
-            f = open( path, "r" )
-            olddata = f.read()
-            f.close()
-        except:
-            D("update_file: cannot read existing file '%s'" % path)
-            return 0
-
-        if oldata == newdata:
-            D2("update_file: no change to file '%s'" % path )
-            return 0
-
-        update = 1
-    else:
-        try:
-            create_file_path(path)
-        except:
-            D("update_file: cannot create path to '%s'" % path)
-            return 0
-
-    f = open( path, "w" )
-    f.write( newdata )
-    f.close()
-
-    return 1
-
 
 class BatchFileUpdater:
     """a class used to edit several files at once"""