code: def copy_metadata_to(self, target_dir):
          "Copy metadata (egg info) to the target_dir"
          # normalize the path (so that a forward-slash in egg_info will
          # match using startswith below)
          norm_egg_info = os.path.normpath(self.egg_info)
          prefix = os.path.join(norm_egg_info, '')
          for path in self.ei_cmd.filelist.files:
              if path.startswith(prefix):
                  target = os.path.join(target_dir, path[len(prefix):])
                  ensure_directory(target)
                  self.copy_file(path, targetf copy_metadata_to(self, target_dir):
          "Copy metadata (egg info) to the target_dir"
          # normalize the path (so that a forward-slash in egg_info will
          # match using startswith below)
          norm_egg_info = os.path.normpath(self.egg_info)
          prefix = os.path.join(norm_egg_info, '')
          for path in self.ei_cmd.filelist.files:
              if path.startswith(prefix):
                  target = os.path.join(target_dir, path[len(prefix):])
                  ensure_directory(target)
                  self.copy_file(path, target)
docs: Copy metadata (egg info) to the target_dir