def mkdir_and_copy_file(self, header):
    install_dir = os.path.join(self.install_dir, os.path.dirname(header))
    # Get rid of some extra intervening directories so we can have fewer
    # directories for -I
    install_dir = re.sub('/google/protobuf_archive/src', '', install_dir)

    # Copy eigen code into tensorflow/include.
    # A symlink would do, but the wheel file that gets created ignores
    # symlink within the directory hierarchy.
    # NOTE(keveman): Figure out how to customize bdist_wheel package so
    # we can do the symlink.
    if 'external/eigen_archive/' in install_dir:
      extra_dir = install_dir.replace('external/eigen_archive', '')
      if not os.path.exists(extra_dir):
        self.mkpath(extra_dir)
      self.copy_file(header, extra_dir)

    if not os.path.exists(install_dir):
      self.mkpath(install_dir)
    return self.copy_file(header, install_dir)