llothar wrote: > I ship an application that compiles an python interpreter and > extension on a remote system. > It also needs to copy this created items around. So if i use setup.py > to create an > extension i need to know the file name of the generated file.
so why not just ask setup.py to copy the files for you? you can either use "install" with the --home option to copy all the files to a given directory, or create a binary kit with "bdist" and unpack the resulting archive at the target location. > Unfortunately as pointless as the answers i got so far. well, cutting the "I'm not going to tell you why I need to know this" stuff might help people come up with solutions to your actual problem instead of posting stuff that's informative but misses the point. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
