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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/distutils/introduction.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/introduction.rst b/Doc/distutils/introduction.rst index 8dc604d..57d34a4 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/introduction.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/introduction.rst @@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ Some observations: for an example) To create a source distribution for this module, you would create a setup -script, :file:`setup.py`, containing the above code, and run:: +script, :file:`setup.py`, containing the above code, and run this command from a +terminal:: python setup.py sdist -which will create an archive file (e.g., tarball on Unix, ZIP file on Windows) +For Windows, open a command prompt windows ("DOS box") and change the command +to:: + + setup.py sdist + +:command:`sdist` will create an archive file (e.g., tarball on Unix, ZIP file on Windows) containing your setup script :file:`setup.py`, and your module :file:`foo.py`. The archive file will be named :file:`foo-1.0.tar.gz` (or :file:`.zip`), and will unpack into a directory :file:`foo-1.0`. |