diff --git a/direct/src/leveleditor/copyfiles.pl b/direct/src/leveleditor/copyfiles.pl
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+#!/bin/perl -w
+use strict;
+#use File::Copy;
+use File::Basename;
+
+my ($destdir, $printfilesCmd, $debug_state);
+
+if ($ARGV[0] && $ARGV[0] eq '-d') {
+    $destdir = $ARGV[1];
+    $printfilesCmd = $ARGV[2];
+    $debug_state = "-d";
+}
+else {
+    $destdir = $ARGV[0];
+    $printfilesCmd = $ARGV[1];
+    $debug_state = "";
+}
+
+if (!$destdir || !$printfilesCmd) {
+    print "Usage: copyfiles.pl [-d] destdir printfilesCmd\n";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+if (! -d $destdir ) {
+    print "Error: destdir must be a directory\n";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+my @fileline = `$printfilesCmd $debug_state`;
+
+my (%tree, %package);
+my ($moduleDir, $packageDir, $installDir);
+my ($file);
+
+sub notsource($)
+{
+    my ($line) = @_;
+    print "unrecognized line:|$line|\n";
+}
+
+sub add_file($ $)
+{
+    my ($dir,$line) = @_;
+    if (! exists $package{$dir}) {
+        $package{$dir} = [];                                # create a new array entry if module/package key doesn't exist
+    }
+    push @{$package{$dir}}, $line;                          # add the source dir of this file to module/package's list
+}
+
+foreach my $line (@fileline)
+{
+    chomp($line);
+    #print "$line\n";
+
+
+    if ( ($line =~ /CVS/)
+        || ($line =~ /Opt\d\-/)
+        || ($line =~ /\.cxx|\.obj|\.h|\.I|\.in|\.pdb|\.pp|\.cvsignore/)
+       )
+    {                                                       # skip if ...
+        print "skipping $line\n";
+        next;
+    }
+
+    $installDir = '';
+
+    if ($line =~ /\/([^\/]+)\/src\/([^\/]+)\/(.+)$/ && $3)
+    {   # $1 is module aka dtool or pirates; $2 is package aka ai or battle
+        if ($3)
+        {
+            $moduleDir = $1;
+            $packageDir = $2;
+            $file = $3;
+
+            if (-d $file) {                                 # don't handle bare directories
+                 notsource($file);
+                 next;
+            }
+            $installDir = "$moduleDir/$packageDir"
+                if $file =~ /\.py/;                         # tree install only for Python files
+
+            $tree{$moduleDir} = 1;
+            #print "recognized module:$moduleDir package:$packageDir\n";
+        }
+        else {
+            notsource($line);                               # don't know how to handle this file
+        }
+    }
+    elsif ($line =~ /pandac/)
+    {
+        $installDir = 'pandac';
+    }
+
+    add_file($installDir, $line);
+    #print "line:|$line|";
+    #print "$1 $2 $3 $4\n";
+}
+
+#############################################################################
+
+print "\nSTARTING COPY\n\n";
+
+sub echo_cmd($)
+{
+    my ($cmd) = @_;
+    print "$cmd\n";
+    system($cmd);
+}
+
+my $cmd;
+foreach my $dir (keys %tree)
+{                                                                   # create the master directories
+    echo_cmd("mkdir -p $destdir/$dir");
+    echo_cmd("touch $destdir/$dir/__init__.py");                    # linkage file for python
+}
+
+my ($fileline, $finaldir, $files);
+foreach my $key (keys %package)
+{                                                                   # loop and copy each cluster of files
+    $finaldir = "$destdir/$key";
+    print "\ncopying to $finaldir:\n";
+
+    $files = $package{$key};
+    foreach my $file (@{$files})
+    {                                                               # dump list of files being copied
+        print "$file\n";
+    }
+
+    $fileline = join(' ', @{$files});                               # create clustered command line
+    #print "-t $destdir/$key $fileline\n";
+    system("mkdir $destdir/$key");
+    system("cp -rpt $destdir/$key $fileline");                      # copy
+}
+print "\n";
+
+0;