diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ea3ca0f..56579fb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ llvm-clang/**
 **/.idea/**
 **/cmake-build-debug/**
 **/CMakeFiles/**
-**/build/**
-!**/build/.gitkeep
+build/**
+!build/.gitkeep
 **/src/result/**
 *.bak
 
diff --git a/project/scripts/download_resources.sh b/project/scripts/download_resources.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25476f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/scripts/download_resources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#wget "https://github.com/polystat/c2eo/tree/master/project/eo-lib"
+echo copy eo-lib to "$1"
+cp -r ./../eo-lib/ "$1"
+
+# @todo #1049:30min In this implementation, we simply
+#  copy the current implementation, which lies at the
+#  relative address locally. We have to download the
+#  current version from the repository. The address
+#  is given above in the comment.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/src/transpiler/main.cpp b/project/src/transpiler/main.cpp
index 3f9753b5..54ec72c5 100644
--- a/project/src/transpiler/main.cpp
+++ b/project/src/transpiler/main.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <csignal>
 #include <cstdlib>
 
@@ -102,29 +105,44 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
   const char **parser_argv = TransformArgv(argv);
   filename = argv[2];
 
-  if (argc == 4) {
-    if (std::string("--meta") != argv[3]) {
-      llvm::errs()
-          << "exception: incorrect command line format. Necessary: c2eo "
-             "<C-file-name_> <EO-file-name_> [--meta]\n";
-      return -1;
-    }
-    transpiler.GenerateMeta();
-  }
-
   package_name = filename.substr(0, filename.size() - 3);
   if (package_name.rfind('/') != std::string::npos) {
     package_name = package_name.substr(package_name.rfind('/') + 1);
   }
   transpiler.SetPackageName(package_name);
 
-  std::string path_name;
+  std::string path_name = "";
   auto pos = filename.rfind('/');
   if (pos != std::string::npos) {
     path_name = filename.substr(0, pos + 1);
   }
   transpiler.SetPathName(path_name);
 
+  if (argc == 4) {
+    if (std::string("--copy") == argv[3]) {
+      auto path = path_name;
+      if (path == "") {
+        path = ".";
+      }
+
+      int sz = path.length();
+
+      char dest[40 + sz] = "bash ./../scripts/download_resources.sh ";
+      for (int i = 0; i < sz; ++i) {
+        dest[40 + i] = path[i];
+      }
+
+      // run download_resources.sh with argument 'path'
+      int status = system(dest);
+    } else if (std::string("--meta") != argv[3]) {
+      llvm::errs()
+          << "exception: incorrect command line format. Necessary: c2eo "
+             "<C-file-name_> <EO-file-name_> [--meta]\n";
+      return -1;
+    }
+    transpiler.GenerateMeta();
+  }
+
   int parser_argc = parser_arg_count;
   auto expected_parser = CommonOptionsParser::create(
       parser_argc, parser_argv, MyToolCategory, llvm::cl::Optional);