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:mod:`compileall` --- Byte-compile Python libraries
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:synopsis: Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree.
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This module provides some utility functions to support installing Python
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libraries. These functions compile Python source files in a directory tree,
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allowing users without permission to write to the libraries to take advantage of
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cached byte-code files.
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This module may also be used as a script (using the :option:`-m` Python flag) to
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compile Python sources. Directories to recursively traverse (passing
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:option:`-l` stops the recursive behavior) for sources are listed on the command
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line. If no arguments are given, the invocation is equivalent to ``-l
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sys.path``. Printing lists of the files compiled can be disabled with the
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:option:`-q` flag. In addition, the :option:`-x` option takes a regular
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expression argument. All files that match the expression will be skipped.
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.. function:: compile_dir(dir[, maxlevels[, ddir[, force[, rx[, quiet]]]]])
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Recursively descend the directory tree named by *dir*, compiling all :file:`.py`
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files along the way. The *maxlevels* parameter is used to limit the depth of
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the recursion; it defaults to ``10``. If *ddir* is given, it is used as the
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base path from which the filenames used in error messages will be generated.
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If *force* is true, modules are re-compiled even if the timestamps are up to
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If *rx* is given, it specifies a regular expression of file names to exclude
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from the search; that expression is searched for in the full path.
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If *quiet* is true, nothing is printed to the standard output in normal
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.. function:: compile_path([skip_curdir[, maxlevels[, force]]])
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Byte-compile all the :file:`.py` files found along ``sys.path``. If
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*skip_curdir* is true (the default), the current directory is not included in
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the search. The *maxlevels* and *force* parameters default to ``0`` and are
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passed to the :func:`compile_dir` function.
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To force a recompile of all the :file:`.py` files in the :file:`Lib/`
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subdirectory and all its subdirectories::
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compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', force=True)
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# Perform same compilation, excluding files in .svn directories.
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compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', rx=re.compile('/[.]svn'), force=True)
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Module :mod:`py_compile`
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Byte-compile a single source file.