diff --git a/scripts/gen-sysprop-api-files.sh b/scripts/gen-sysprop-api-files.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if [[ -z "$1" || -z "$2" ]]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 <modulePath> <moduleName>" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+api_dir=$1/api
+
+mkdir -p "$api_dir"
+touch "${api_dir}/$2-current.txt"
+touch "${api_dir}/$2-latest.txt"