First, I've already solved my problem using setuptools and pkg_resources.resource_stream() and an environment variable to specify the path to data files.
Ben Finney wrote: > Victor Porton <por...@narod.ru> writes: > >> In GNU software written in C $srcdir and $datadir are accessible to C >> code through generated config.h file. > > For what purpose? I want my program to work both when it is installed (using $datadir) and when it is not yet installed (using $srcdir). > Given that the source may not be at that location after the program is > compiled – especially, after the program is moved to a different machine > – what meaning does ‘$srcdir’ have when the program is running? In GNU system there is support of storing a value (such as source directory) into the program itself. If it is moved to a different machine, $srcdir remains the same. > What “data directory” is specified by ‘$datadir’, and why is it assumed > there is exactly one? It may be exactly one, but contain subdirectories. >> What is the right way to config directories for a Python program? > > We'll need to know what those concepts mean, to be able to discuss the > equivalent (if any) in a Python environment. -- Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
