On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 02:45:34 -0800, Michele Simionato wrote: > I want to distribute a pure Python package with this structure: > >> mypackage >> __init__.py >> module1.py >> module2.py >> ... >> myexecutable.py > > In particular, myexecutable.py is a script which is intended to be used > from the command line via the shebang trick. I want to distribute on > Unices. > and I want a symlink > > /usr/bin/myexecutable -> <package-path>/mypackage/myexecutable.py > > to be made at installation time, when the user runs "python setup.py > install". > > What is the recommanded way to do that? Do I need a postinstallation > script or something like that? > > I could do that in various way, but I don't see the obvious one, maybe > because I am not a Dutch ;)
i'm not sure there is a standard way to do so with distutils. My current way to handle executable scripts is to have a run() function in the myexecutable.py module, and then to have a very simple myexecutable script with the following content: #!/usr/bin/python from mypackage import myexecutable myexecutable.run() And then register this script using distutils'"scripts" keyword argument. This has the advantage that I can also create a very simple .bat file for windows users without code duplication. -- Sylvain Thénault LOGILAB, Paris (France). http://www.logilab.com http://www.logilab.fr http://www.logilab.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
