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10. Command Reference
10.1. 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.
10.1.1. install_data
This command installs all data files provided with the distribution.
10.1.2. install_scripts
This command installs all (Python) scripts in the distribution.
10.2. 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.