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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi all:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i want to write an application with python, but
first i was checking how to set (or let the user choose) the install directory
and the application data directory. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i was reading in the documentation "Distributing
Python modules" and i understood i should do 2 things to accomplish my 2
objectives (setting the install directory and setting the application data
directory):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) writing a setup.cfg configuration file in the
same directory as the setup file and in it i specify the options for the
install command (rather than adding them to the cmd prompt) my file went
like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[install]<BR>install-base= C:\Program
Files\pirt<BR> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) execute something like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>python setup.py bdist_wininst install
install_scripts</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to get a windows installer for my application, and
in a script i could put the initialization code i want, for now
simply creating a directory </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but it didn't work. i got an installer but the
options were unchangeable: installation directory was
C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\ (not as i specified in setup.cfg) and the script
i wrote wasn't run</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so in short: how can i, in unix and windows, give
default values such as "C:\Program Files\myApp" and "C:\Documents and
Settings\user\Application Data" and let the user have the ability to change them
(like in all install scripts), does distutils give me a neat functionality or
will i go ahead and write a small python script from scratch??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks..</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>