#!/usr/bin/python import os reppath = 'svn/stable' outfile = 'svn/stable/HelpIM/revision.py' n = os.popen("svnversion " + reppath).readline()[:-1] if ':' in n: n=n.split(':')[1] o = open(outfile, 'w') o.write("revision = '" + n + "'\n") o.close()