[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app and CLI Python programs

[David Reed]

On May 10, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

> On May 10, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Robert Kern wrote:
>
>
>> David Reed wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I've got a command line Python app that I tried packaging up with
>>> py2app. It worked ok - t could cd into the subdir of the .app
>>> containing the executable and run it from the command line, but I'm
>>> not certain what its current working directory was since when I  
>>> tried
>>> to specify a file on the command line, it didn't find it. I had to
>>> specify the full path to the file to make it work. Is there a simple
>>> workaround for command line versions - I didn't see anything in the
>>> documentation.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> [/some/path] $ /Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp
>>
>> will usually have /some/path as the cwd.
>>
>> However, .app bundles are probably not what you want for CLI apps.
>>
>
> py2app will chdir to /Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources by
> default, if you specify the --no-chdir option, it will not change the
> directory (but when started by LaunchServices, the cwd will be /).
>
> py2app is the only reliable way to create standalone Python
> applications on Mac OS X.. it might make sense to write a CLI app
> with it and throw some symlinks into /usr/local/bin or something..
> but you're probably better off just giving them the script and
> telling them how to get the dependencies.  Most people comfortable at
> a CLI are going to be able to do that.
>
> -bob


Thanks. The program needed PIL and I was just trying to avoid having  
the person need to install that, but you're right.

Dave