Generating .pyc/.pyo from a make file

[Roland Heiber]

Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> I use a makefile to create distribution tarballs of freestanding Python
> programs and their documentation.  I cannot seem to find the right
> command line option to just generate a pyc/pyo file from the program
> and then exit.  If I use 'python -OOOO -c"import myprog"' it creates
> the pyo file, but myprog starts up and keeps running.
> 
> IOW, I need a batch method for generating compiled python.  I know it
> exists, but I can't find it for some reason ...
> 
> TIA,
Hi,

take a look at http://docs.python.org/lib/module-compileall.html

HtH, Roland