Wolodja Wentland <wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> writes: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 19:34 -0500, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> All my Python files have extension .py. However, I would like to install >> scripts that are meant to be called by the user without the suffix, i.e. >> the file scripts/doit.py should end up as /usr/bin/doit. > >> Apparently the scripts= option of the setup() function does not support >> this directly. Is there a clever way to get what I want? > > You can also use entry points to create the executable at install time. > Have a look at [1] which explains how this is done. This requires using > Distribute/setuptools though, ... > > [1] > http://packages.python.org/distribute/setuptools.html#automatic-script-creation
That looks perfect, thanks! Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
