Name
scripts
Synopsis
scripts=[ list of script file path strings ]Scripts are Python source files meant to be run as main programs
(generally from the command line). The value of the
scripts keyword lists the path strings of these
files, complete with .py extension, relative to
the distribution root directory.
Each script file should have as its first line a shebang line, that
is, a line starting with #! and containing the
substring python. When
distutils install the scripts included in the
distribution, distutils adjust each
script’s first line to point to the Python
interpreter. This is quite useful on many platforms, since the
shebang line is used by the platform’s shells or by
other programs that may run your scripts, such as web servers.
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