Copying Files From Xcode With Command Line Tool

I am working on a Command Line Tool in Xcode. The challenge that I am facing is the following: If a file does not exist where I expect it to be, e.g. /Path/To/The.File, how can I place a copy of The.File at /Path/To/The.File if it has been added to the project's resources?

With a MacOS application project, I believe I've used something similar to the following with success to get the file path:

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"The" ofType:@"File"];

With the file path, I would then be able to execute code to copy the file from the file path to the expected location /Path/To/The.File.

Is it possible to accomplish this with a Command Line Tool in Xcode?

Solution

I was able to "embed" the resource The.File with the use of Makefile.

After building the project in Xcode, I placed the resource The.File into a temporary folder along with the compiled project TheCompiledProject. Here are the contents of the Makefile:

UPDATE=bundledExecutable

BIN1=TheCompiledProject
BIN2=The.File

all: $(UPDATE)

$(UPDATE): ./$(BIN1) ./$(BIN2)
    @echo "UP  [ $@ ]"
    echo '#!/bin/bash' > $@
    echo 'FOLDER=`mktemp -d -t upgrade`' >> $@
    echo 'cd $$FOLDER; uudecode -c << '"'EOF' | tar -x" >> $@
    uuencode $(BIN1) $(BIN1) >> $@
    uuencode $(BIN2) $(BIN2) >> $@
    echo 'EOF' >> $@
    echo 'chmod a+x $$FOLDER/$(BIN1)' >> $@
    echo 'chmod a+x $$FOLDER/$(BIN2)' >> $@
    echo '$$FOLDER/$(BIN1)' >> $@
    echo 'rm -rf $$FOLDER' >> $@
    chmod a+x $@

If you use the pathForResource method, in TheCompiledProject, the filePath for The.File is returned as expected.

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"The" ofType:@"File"];