Build

Description

Build task is used to build a Python distribution. The Setup or SetupPy2exe task have to be called prior to <build> to create the setup.py file.

Warning

This task requires that the installation of Python and that it can be called from the command line.

Warning

This task requires that the installation of the Python’s package setuptools or distribute.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
dir	Directory containing the distribution source code and a setup.py file.	yes
todir	Directory where the build files will be saved.	yes
command	Build command (e.g. sdist, bdist, bdist_wininst, bdist_egg, etc.).	yes

Examples

To build a source distribution:

<!-- setup task -->
<build dir="${path.to.package}" todir="${dist.dir}" command="sdist" />

This task is equivalent to executing the following command:

cd ${path.to.package}
python setup.py sdist -d ${dist.dir}