import re
import os

def get_version():
    VERSIONFILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),"spintrum/meta.py")
    verstrline = open(VERSIONFILE, "rt").read()
    VSRE = r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]"
    mo = re.search(VSRE, verstrline, re.M)
    if mo:
        return str(mo.group(1))
    else:
        raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string in %s." % (VERSIONFILE,))

with open("TEMP_VERSION.txt","w") as f:
    f.write(get_version())