generating .pyc without running .py?

[Darrell]

3.23 py_compile -- Compile Python source files.
The py_compile module provides a single function to generate a byte-code
file from a source file


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"Brian Langenberger" <brian at brian.cbs.umn.edu> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to generate Python bytecode files (.pyc)
> without executing the original (.py) script?  I'd like
> to automate the generation process, but can't find a
> command line parameter that seems appropriate.
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