#!/usr/bin/env python import sys, os from glob import glob _, srcdir, depfile, output = sys.argv depfiles = glob(os.path.join(srcdir, '*')) quoted_depfiles = [x.replace(' ', r'\ ') for x in depfiles] with open(output, 'w') as f: f.write('I am the result of globbing.') with open(depfile, 'w') as f: f.write('%s: %s\n' % (output, ' '.join(quoted_depfiles)))