On 25 Dec 2004 16:26:01 -0800, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ishwor wrote: > > Having coded 1.72kb python test file, i decided to convert it to .exe > > file using py2exe. > > Having succeded doing it, i found the need to distribute the whole > > directory including these files ?!!!??? > > 26/12/2004 09:16 AM 203,096 library.zip > > 26/11/2004 09:16 AM 1,867,776 python24.dll > > 26/12/2004 09:16 AM 11,264 simpletable.exe > > 26/11/2004 09:16 AM 4,608 w9xpopen.exe > > 4 File(s) 2,086,744 bytes > > > > i assume w9xpopen.exe does the work around to run the code in > windows. > > No, it is required to make the popen* functions work correctly on "w9x" > platforms (Windows 95, 98, & ME).
okay.. double clicking it returns the same remarks. > > > python24.dll (which is massive 1.78mb!!)- has the Python VM i guess. > > what does the library.zip do?? > > (1) Aren't you curious enough to try peeking into it with WinZip or > similar? > i didn't find anything to peek. all the files were compiled .pyc's inside the zip file.. :-( > (2) Perhaps you should have read all the way through the py2exe home > page: yup. i should have read everything from top to bottom but i was extremely eager to see py2exe in action and just copy pasted the setup.py and alikes. > > """ > How does it work? > py2exe uses python's modulefinder to examine your script and find all > python and extension modules needed to run it. Pure python modules are > compiled into .pyc or .pyo files in a temporary directory. Compiled > extension modules (.pyd) are also found and parsed for binary > dependencies. > > A zip-compatible archive is built, containing all python files from > this directory. Your main script is inserted as a resource into a > custom embedded python interpreter supplied with py2exe, and the > zip-archive is installed as the only item on sys.path. > """ > > > > > Currently to convert such a small script to exe why the nuances of > 1.98mb?? > > It's not compiling and linking, as with (say) C. It's packaging, > providing the minimum (more or less) bundle of resources that you can > distribute to users who want/need to run your script but > can't/don't/shouldn't have a full Python distribution. The overhead of > the pythonXY.dll etc can be spread over multiple scripts. Yup reading the page. Thanks heaps for that.. Sorry if i was a bit balmy. :-) > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- cheers, Ishwor Gurung -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
