9. Command Reference¶
9.1. Installing modules: theinstall command family¶
The install command ensures that the build commands have been run and then runsthe subcommandsinstall_lib,install_data andinstall_scripts.
9.1.1.install_data¶
This command installs all data files provided with the distribution.
9.1.2.install_scripts¶
This command installs all (Python) scripts in the distribution.
9.2. Creating a source distribution: thesdist command¶
The manifest template commands are:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| include pat1 pat2 ... | include all files matching any of the listedpatterns |
| exclude pat1 pat2 ... | exclude all files matching any of the listedpatterns |
| recursive-include dir pat1 pat2... | include all files underdir matching any ofthe listed patterns |
| recursive-exclude dir pat1 pat2... | exclude all files underdir matching any ofthe listed patterns |
| global-include pat1 pat2 ... | include all files anywhere in the source treematching — & any of the listed patterns |
| global-exclude pat1 pat2 ... | exclude all files anywhere in the source treematching — & any of the listed patterns |
| prune dir | exclude all files underdir |
| graft dir | include all files underdir |
The patterns here are Unix-style “glob” patterns:* matches any sequence ofregular filename characters,? matches any single regular filenamecharacter, and[range] matches any of the characters inrange (e.g.,a-z,a-zA-Z,a-f0-9_.). The definition of “regular filenamecharacter” is platform-specific: on Unix it is anything except slash; on Windowsanything except backslash or colon.