I am writing a python package which has the following structure

PACKAGE
   * module1.py
   * module2.py
   * data.cfg

However the data.cfg should be build at installation time.

Can someone give advise on which packaging tool and how
to use it, to accomplisch this.

e.g. de data config.cfg should be build with the following linix command:

$ date '+installed on %Y:%M:%d at %T' > data.cfg

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On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 03:58:41PM +0200, Antoon Pardon wrote:

I am writing a python package which has the following structure

PACKAGE
  * module1.py
  * module2.py
  * data.cfg

However the data.cfg should be build at installation time.

Can someone give advise on which packaging tool and how
to use it, to accomplisch this.

A lot of good packaging information can be found at

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/

and in particular at

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/

and

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/overview/

There are a couple of different ways to handle python packaging, and it
can be a bit confusing. But following the tutorial on packaging is a
good start.

- DLD

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Op 19/07/2022 om 16:57 schreef David Lowry-Duda:

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 03:58:41PM +0200, Antoon Pardon wrote:

I am writing a python package which has the following structure

PACKAGE
   * module1.py
   * module2.py
   * data.cfg

However the data.cfg should be build at installation time.

Can someone give advise on which packaging tool and how
to use it, to accomplisch this.

A lot of good packaging information can be found at

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/

and in particular at

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/

and

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/overview/

There are a couple of different ways to handle python packaging, and
it can be a bit confusing. But following the tutorial on packaging is
a good start.

Yes it is, but it doesn't answer my question: How do I create a package
in which a file is built at install time.
I just want to build a configuration file that will among some other
info contain the date the package
was installed. The idea is that you can execute python3 -m
<package>.release to know what version
of the package you installed and when you installed it. But seem unable
to find a way to do this.

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On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:39:46 +0200, Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@vub.be> declaimed the following:

Yes it is, but it doesn't answer my question: How do I create a package
in which a file is built at install time.
I just want to build a configuration file that will among some other
info contain the date the package
was installed. The idea is that you can execute python3 -m
<package>.release to know what version
of the package you installed and when you installed it. But seem unable
to find a way to do this.

Does https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72320778/autostart-installed-package-with-python
provide any hints?


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Op 25/07/2022 om 16:43 schreef Dennis Lee Bieber:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:39:46 +0200, Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@vub.be> declaimed the following:

Yes it is, but it doesn't answer my question: How do I create a package
in which a file is built at install time.
I just want to build a configuration file that will among some other
info contain the date the package
was installed. The idea is that you can execute python3 -m
<package>.release to know what version
of the package you installed and when you installed it. But seem unable
to find a way to do this.

Does https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72320778/autostart-installed-package-with-python
provide any hints?

Yes it does, thanks.

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