BaseTools: create and use a standard shared variable for '*'

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Intel(R) Platform Innovation Framework for EFI\r
BuildTools Project, BaseTools Sub-Project\r
Root Package 1.00\r
2007-08-31\r
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Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its\r
subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.\r
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.\r
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2018, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.\r
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Quick Start\r
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Windows:\r
  a) Go to the <buildtools_project>/BaseTools and run "toolsetup" script\r
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Unix-like:\r
  a) make -C <buildtools_project>/BaseTools\r
  b) Look over https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Getting%20Started%20with%20EDK%20II\r
     for a helpful step-by-step guide for building 'Hello World' on\r
     various operating systems with edk2.\r
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Supported build targets (toolsetup)\r
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build(or none)  - Incremental Build of all C based tools. This is the default target\r
rebuild         - Clean all generated files and directories during build, and rebuild all tools\r
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Tools in Python\r
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* Convert Python source to exe file\r
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  The tools written in Python can be converted into executable program which can\r
  be executed without installing a Python interpreter. (Generally it is easier\r
  to run the scripts from their source on operating systems other than Windows.)\r
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  For Windows and Linux, the conversion tool package is called cx_Freeze, its\r
  home page is:\r
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    http://sourceforge.net/projects/cx-freeze/\r
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  If you have installed cx_Freeze at c:\cx_Freeze-3.0.3. Use following command\r
  lines to convert MyBuild.py to MyBuild.exe (note this is an example, there is\r
  no MyBuild Python project in the BaseTools\Python tree.\r
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    set PYTHONPATH=<BaseToolsDirPath>\Source\Python\r
    c:\cx_Freeze-3.0.3\FreezePython.exe --include-modules=encodings.cp437,encodings.gbk,encodings.utf_16,encodings.utf_16_le,encodings.utf_8 --install-dir=.\mybuild MyBuild.py\r
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  The generated .exe (and .dll) files are put in "mybuild" subdirectory.\r
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  The following is a real example with the BuildTools/trunk/BaseTools project\r
  installed in: C:\Work\BaseTools\r
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  C:\Work\BaseTools\Source\Python> set PYTHONPATH=C:\Work\BaseTools\Source\Python\r
  C:\Work\BaseTools\Source\Python> c:\cx_Freeze-3.0.3\FreezePython.exe --include-modules=encodings.cp437,encodings.gbk,encodings.utf_16,encodings.utf_16_le,encodings.utf_8 --install-dir=C:\Work\BaseTools\Bin\Win32 build\build.py\r
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* Execute tools written in Python without conversion\r
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Unix-like systems:\r
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The edk2/edksetup.sh script will setup everything which is needed to\r
run the scripts from their source.\r
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Windows:\r
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  The tools written in Python can be executed directly from its source directory\r
as long as the Python interpreter (Python 2.5) has been installed. Before the execution,\r
please make sure the environment variable PYTHONPATH is set to\r
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        <buildtools_project>/BaseTools/Source/Python\r
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  There're five tools written in Python. The entrance file of each tool is listed\r
below.\r
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      build               <buildtools_project>/BaseTools/Source/Python/build/build.py\r
      GenFds              <buildtools_project>/BaseTools/Source/Python/GenFds/GenFds.py\r
      Trim                <buildtools_project>/BaseTools/Source/Python/Trim/Trim.py\r
      MigrationMsa2Inf    <buildtools_project>/BaseTools/Source/Python/MigrationMsa2Inf/MigrationMsa2Inf.py\r
      UPT                 <buildtools_project>/BaseTools/Source/Python/UPT/UPT.py\r