Keith Perkins wrote: > I did install it in ~/.script/data.txt, and distutils set the > user/group as root. Is it impossible to install this with distutils? > Since I'm running setup as root, should I just add a class or method to > chown the datafolder/file to the installer. Should I use autotools > instead? I haven't looked into eggs yet would that be a better choice? The > data file is something that is necessary for the program (it reads it and > prints out a random line--the whole idea of the script)if that's all I > wanted it to do I wouldn't have any problems--I could even include it as a > list in the script file, but I would like the user to be able to add other > data.
Don't use "setup.py install" to install that directory. Imagine a case where the root user installs the package for everyone on the system to use. How do the multiple users get ~/.script/? Instead, include the default data inside the package (read-only to non-root users). Then allow the script itself to create the directory the first time it is run (read-write, and it should then automatically be accessible to the user that ran the script). You might also add a command-line option to *only* install that directory. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
