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+-- Copyright (C) 1997-2011 Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
+--
+-- This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+-- warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+-- arising from the use of this software.
+--
+-- Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+-- including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+-- freely.
+--
+-- Meta-build system using premake created and maintained by
+-- Benjamin Henning <b.henning@digipen.edu>
+
+-- This is kept just for windows because the other platforms use different means
+-- for determining dependence or compatibility.
+
+--[[
+sdl_depends.lua
+
+	This file simply contains a function for determining whether a dependency
+	exists on the Windows platform, given a possible environmental variable,
+	delimited search paths, and a main and/or sub-directory paths for more
+	elaborate pattern matching.
+]]
+
+-- find_dependency_dir_windows(env, main_search_path, main_dir_path)
+--   Attempt to resolve a dependency (true or false) folder based on either an
+--   environmental variable, start search path, or both. If both are present,
+--   the environmental variable will be preferred. If neither are present, this
+--   function returns false.
+--
+--   Arguments:
+--     env                The name of the environmental variable to treat as a path
+--     main_search_paths  Paths to look for the main directory in
+--     main_dir_path      The a path that must be contained between main_search_path and sub_dir_path
+--     sub_dir_path       The path of the directories that should exist at the searched path
+function find_dependency_dir_windows(env, main_search_paths, main_dir_path, sub_dir_path)
+	if not os.is("windows") then -- if not windows, then fail
+		return false
+	end
+	if env == nil and (main_search_paths == nil or #main_search_paths == 0) then
+		return false
+	end
+	local env_path = nil
+	local main_path = nil
+	if env ~= nil then env_path = os.getenv(env) end
+	local search_table = { n = 0 }
+	if main_search_paths ~= nil then
+		for k,main_search_path in ipairs(explode(main_search_paths, ";")) do
+			local directories = os.matchdirs(main_search_path .. "/**" .. main_dir_path .. "*")
+			for k,v in pairs(directories) do
+				table.insert(search_table, v)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	if env_path ~= nil then table.insert(search_table, env_path) end
+	local search_path = table.concat(search_table, ";")
+	local result_path = os.dirpathsearch(sub_dir_path, search_path, ";")
+	if result_path == nil then
+		return false
+	end
+	local found_dir = os.isdir(result_path)
+	local abs_path = path.getabsolute(result_path)
+	if found_dir and env_path ~= nil then
+		abs_path = abs_path:gsub("\\", "/")
+		env_path = env_path:gsub("\\", "/")
+		local pos = abs_path:indexOf(env_path)
+		if pos ~= nil then
+			abs_path = abs_path:sub(1, pos - 1) .. "$(" .. env .. ")/" .. abs_path:sub(pos + #env_path)
+		end
+	end
+	-- we want the path in terms of '/'
+	return found_dir, abs_path
+end
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