Command Reference

Installing modules: the :command:`install` command family

The install command ensures that the build commands have been run and then runs the subcommands :command:`install_lib`, :command:`install_data` and :command:`install_scripts`.

:command:`install_data`

This command installs all data files provided with the distribution.

:command:`install_scripts`

This command installs all (Python) scripts in the distribution.

Creating a source distribution: the :command:`sdist` command

** fragment moved down from above: needs context! **

The manifest template commands are:

Command	Description
:command:`include pat1 pat2 ...`	include all files matching any of the listed patterns
:command:`exclude pat1 pat2 ...`	exclude all files matching any of the listed patterns
:command:`recursive-include dir pat1 pat2 ...`	include all files under dir matching any of the listed patterns
:command:`recursive-exclude dir pat1 pat2 ...`	exclude all files under dir matching any of the listed patterns
:command:`global-include pat1 pat2 ...`	include all files anywhere in the source tree matching --- & any of the listed patterns
:command:`global-exclude pat1 pat2 ...`	exclude all files anywhere in the source tree matching --- & any of the listed patterns
:command:`prune dir`	exclude all files under dir
:command:`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.

** Windows support not there yet **