"Eggsecutable" Scripts
----------------------
.. deprecated:: 45.3.0
Occasionally, there are situations where it's desirable to make an ``.egg``
file directly executable. You can do this by including an entry point such
as the following::
setup(
# other arguments here...
entry_points={
"setuptools.installation": [
"eggsecutable = my_package.some_module:main_func",
]
}
)
Any eggs built from the above setup script will include a short executable
prelude that imports and calls ``main_func()`` from ``my_package.some_module``.
The prelude can be run on Unix-like platforms (including Mac and Linux) by
invoking the egg with ``/bin/sh``, or by enabling execute permissions on the
``.egg`` file. For the executable prelude to run, the appropriate version of
Python must be available via the ``PATH`` environment variable, under its
"long" name. That is, if the egg is built for Python 2.3, there must be a
``python2.3`` executable present in a directory on ``PATH``.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Eggs with an "eggsecutable" header cannot be renamed, or
invoked via symlinks. They *must* be invoked using their original filename, in
order to ensure that, once running, ``pkg_resources`` will know what project
and version is in use. The header script will check this and exit with an
error if the ``.egg`` file has been renamed or is invoked via a symlink that
changes its base name.
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