copy_used_floats.py

# modified from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/162763/244928 by StackExhange user imriss

"""Copy figures and .tex-files used by document."""
import os
import shutil
import glob
import re
from pathlib import Path

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__)) # working directory to file directory


new_folder='used_floats'
# deleting existing directory
try:
    shutil.rmtree(new_folder)
except:
    print ("Deletion of the directory %s failed" % new_folder)
else:
    print ("Successfully deleted the directory %s" % new_folder)

# creating new directory
try:
    os.mkdir(new_folder)
except OSError:
    print ("Creation of the directory %s failed" % new_folder)
else:
    print ("Successfully created the directory %s " % new_folder)


# extracting the right file to extract file names from##
for name in glob.glob('*Manuscript*.tex'): # contains "manuscript", ends with .tex
    if re.search(r'^((?!Copy).)*$', name): # does not contain "Copy"
        print(f'--tex file to use:{name}--')
        DEP_FILE =Path(name).stem + ".dep"
        print(f'--dep file to use:{DEP_FILE}--')
    else:
        pass

TARGET_DIR = new_folder + '/'
EXTENSIONS = ['pdf', 'pdf_tex', 'png','tex']


def copy_image_files():
    with open(DEP_FILE, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            if '*{file}' not in line:
                continue
            value = line.split('{')[2].split('}')
            #print(f'value: {value}')
            source = value[0]
            _, e = os.path.splitext(source)
            e = e.lower()[1:]
           # print(f'e: {e}')
            if re.search(r'\.code\.tex',source) or source=="xkeyval.tex":
                print(f'exclude auxiliary file: {source}')
                continue
            elif e not in EXTENSIONS:
                continue
            print(f'Moving: {source}')
            shutil.copy(source, TARGET_DIR)

print('-------moving the following files--------')
if __name__ == '__main__':
    copy_image_files()