Initial Contribution
diff --git a/tools/localize/file_utils.cpp b/tools/localize/file_utils.cpp
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+#include "file_utils.h"
+#include "Perforce.h"
+#include <sys/fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <host/Directories.h>
+#include "log.h"
+
+string
+translated_file_name(const string& file, const string& locale)
+{
+    const char* str = file.c_str();
+    const char* p = str + file.length();
+    const char* rest = NULL;
+    const char* values = p;
+
+    while (p > str) {
+        p--;
+        if (*p == '/') {
+            rest = values;
+            values = p;
+            if (0 == strncmp("values", values+1, rest-values-1)) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    values++;
+
+    string result(str, values-str);
+    result.append(values, rest-values);
+
+    string language, region;
+    if (locale == "") {
+        language = "";
+        region = "";
+    }
+    else if (!split_locale(locale, &language, &region)) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    if (language != "") {
+        result += '-';
+        result += language;
+    }
+    if (region != "") {
+        result += "-r";
+        result += region;
+    }
+
+    result += rest;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+ValuesFile*
+get_values_file(const string& filename, const Configuration& configuration,
+                int version, const string& versionString, bool printOnFailure)
+{
+    int err;
+    string text;
+
+    log_printf("get_values_file filename=%s\n", filename.c_str());
+    err = Perforce::GetFile(filename, versionString, &text, printOnFailure);
+    if (err != 0 || text == "") {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    ValuesFile* result = ValuesFile::ParseString(filename, text, configuration, version,
+                                                    versionString);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "unable to parse file: %s\n", filename.c_str());
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+ValuesFile*
+get_local_values_file(const string& filename, const Configuration& configuration,
+                int version, const string& versionString, bool printOnFailure)
+{
+    int err;
+    string text;
+    char buf[2049];
+    int fd;
+    ssize_t amt;
+    
+    fd = open(filename.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "unable to open file: %s\n", filename.c_str());
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    while ((amt = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1)) > 0) {
+        text.append(buf, amt);
+    }
+
+    close(fd);
+    
+    if (text == "") {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+        
+    ValuesFile* result = ValuesFile::ParseString(filename, text, configuration, version,
+                                                    versionString);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "unable to parse file: %s\n", filename.c_str());
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+void
+print_file_status(size_t j, size_t J, const string& message)
+{
+    printf("\r%s file %zd of %zd...", message.c_str(), j, J);
+    fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+int
+write_to_file(const string& filename, const string& text)
+{
+    mkdirs(parent_dir(filename).c_str());
+    int fd = open(filename.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "unable to open file for write (%s): %s\n", strerror(errno),
+                filename.c_str());
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ssize_t amt = write(fd, text.c_str(), text.length());
+
+    close(fd);
+
+    if (amt < 0) {
+        return amt;
+    }
+    return amt == (ssize_t)text.length() ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
+