From 5d065d2d77e8770311ac31306edae22b48bb37c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 19:53:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] don't initialize twice

---
 pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayaCopy.cxx | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayaCopy.cxx b/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayaCopy.cxx
index 53d73f17d9..dd4d29a010 100644
--- a/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayaCopy.cxx
+++ b/pandatool/src/mayaprogs/mayaCopy.cxx
@@ -149,10 +149,12 @@ filter_filename(const string &source) {
 bool MayaCopy::
 copy_maya_file(const Filename &source, const Filename &dest,
                CVSSourceDirectory *dir) {
-  _maya = MayaApi::open_api(_program_name);
-  if (!_maya->is_valid()) {
-    nout << "Unable to initialize Maya.\n";
-    exit(1);
+  if (_maya.is_null()) {
+    _maya = MayaApi::open_api(_program_name);
+    if (!_maya->is_valid()) {
+      nout << "Unable to initialize Maya.\n";
+      exit(1);
+    }
   }
 
   if (!_maya->read(source)) {