automated build of python eggs

Question

I have a directory containing N subdirectories each of which contains setup.py file. I want to write a python script that iterates through all subdirectories, issues python setup.py bdist_egg --dist-dir=somedir, and finally removes build and *.egg-info from each subdirectory and I have two questions:

Can I invoke bdist_egg without using os.system? Some python interface would be nicer.
Can I tell bdist_egg not to generate build and *.egg-info or is there any complementary command for setup.py that cleans this for me?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '13 at 15:32

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I would use subprocess. I believe setup.py command line arguments should be your interface.
Check setup.py clean --all

answered Jun 06 '13 at 15:32

Pawel Furmaniak

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '13 at 14:47

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It turned out that Fabric is the right way!

answered Jun 27 '13 at 14:47

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automated build of python eggs

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