"""distutils.command.install_data Implements the Distutils 'install_data' command, for installing platform-independent data files.""" # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam __revision__ = "$Id$" import os from types import StringType from distutils.core import Command from distutils.util import change_root class install_data (Command): description = "install data files" user_options = [ ('install-dir=', 'd', "base directory for installing data files " "(default: installation base dir)"), ('root=', None, "install everything relative to this alternate root directory"), ('force', 'f', "force installation (overwrite existing files)"), ] def initialize_options (self): self.install_dir = None self.outfiles = [] self.root = None self.force = 0 self.data_files = self.distribution.data_files def finalize_options (self): self.set_undefined_options('install', ('install_data', 'install_dir'), ('root', 'root'), ('force', 'force'), ) def run (self): self.mkpath(self.install_dir) for f in self.data_files: if type(f) == StringType: # it's a simple file, so copy it self.warn("setup script did not provide a directory for " "'%s' -- installing right in '%s'" % (f, self.install_dir)) out = self.copy_file(f, self.install_dir) self.outfiles.append(out) else: # it's a tuple with path to install to and a list of files dir = f[0] if not os.path.isabs(dir): dir = os.path.join(self.install_dir, dir) elif self.root: dir = change_root(self.root, dir) self.mkpath(dir) for data in f[1]: out = self.copy_file(data, dir) self.outfiles.append(out) def get_inputs (self): return self.data_files or [] def get_outputs (self): return self.outfiles