If I have a module which installs some files using the data_files=[...] argument to setup.py, how do I then (reliably) find those files from my code?
The first question is, is there a way of obtaining the distutils data_files parameter value at runtime? If not, I guess I have to code the same information in my code as is in the setup.py script. Not ideal, but OK... The second question is, if my files are installed using a relative path, then the documentation says (section 2.7) "If directory is a relative path, it is interpreted relative to the installation prefix (Python's sys.prefix for pure-Python packages, sys.exec_prefix for packages that contain extension modules)." That's OK, but again it sounds like I need to code knowledge of whether the setup includes extension modules or not, into my code. OK, if I must, then I must, but I'd rather not do so and find out I missed something obvious... One final question, is it possible (barring obvious hacks like checking if sys.prefix or sys.exec_prefix is a prefix of module.__file__) to determine if I'm running from an installed or a development copy of my module? I have a horrible feeling that the answer to most of this will be "use setuptools", but I don't have that option, as this is not my code (it's MoinMoin, for what it's worth). Thanks, Paul. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
