8. Command Reference¶
8.1. Installing modules: the install command family¶
The install command ensures that the build commands have been run and then runs the subcommands install_lib, install_data and install_scripts.
8.1.1. install_data¶
This command installs all data files provided with the distribution.
8.1.2. install_scripts¶
This command installs all (Python) scripts in the distribution.
8.2. Creating a source distribution: the sdist command¶
The manifest template commands are:
Command |
Description |
---|---|
include pat1 pat2 ... |
include all files matching any of the listed patterns |
exclude pat1 pat2 ... |
exclude all files matching any of the listed patterns |
recursive-include dir pat1 pat2 ... |
include all files under dir matching any of the listed patterns |
recursive-exclude dir pat1 pat2 ... |
exclude all files under dir matching any of the listed patterns |
global-include pat1 pat2 ... |
include all files anywhere in the source tree matching — & any of the listed patterns |
global-exclude pat1 pat2 ... |
exclude all files anywhere in the source tree matching — & any of the listed patterns |
prune dir |
exclude all files under dir |
graft dir |
include all files under dir |
The patterns here are Unix-style «glob» patterns: *
matches any sequence of
regular filename characters, ?
matches any single regular filename
character, and [range]
matches any of the characters in range (e.g.,
a-z
, a-zA-Z
, a-f0-9_.
). The definition of «regular filename
character» is platform-specific: on Unix it is anything except slash; on Windows
anything except backslash or colon.