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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 The Falco Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+function(copy_files_to_build_dir source_files targetsuffix)
+
+  set(build_files)
+
+  foreach(file_path ${source_files})
+	  get_filename_component(trace_file ${file_path} NAME)
+	  list(APPEND build_files ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${trace_file})
+  endforeach()
+
+  add_custom_target(copy-files-${targetsuffix} ALL
+	  DEPENDS ${build_files})
+
+  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${build_files}
+	  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${source_files} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+	  DEPENDS ${source_files})
+
+endfunction()