pycompile.1

.TH PYCOMPILE "1" "August 2010" "pycompile 0.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pycompile \- byte compile Python source files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pycompile
[\fI-V \fR[\fIX.Y\fR][\fI-\fR][\fIA.B\fR]] \fIDIR_OR_FILE \fR[\fI-X REGEXPR\fR]
.P
.B pycompile
\fB\-p\fR PACKAGE
.SH DESCRIPTION
Wrapper around
.B py_compile
to byte-compile python files.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Show program's version number and exit.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
Force rebuild of byte-code files even if timestamps are up-to-date.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Be quiet.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Turn verbose mode on.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR PACKAGE, \fB\-\-package\fR=\fIPACKAGE\fR
Specify Debian package name whose files should be
bytecompiled.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR VRANGE
Force private modules to be bytecompiled with Python
version from given range, regardless of the default
Python version in the system. If there are no other
options, bytecompile all public modules for installed
Python versions that match given range.  VERSION_RANGE
examples: '2.5' (version 2.5 only), '2.5\-' (version
2.5 or newer), '2.5\-2.7' (version 2.5 or 2.6), '\-3.0'
(all supported 2.X versions).
.TP
\fB\-X\fR REGEXPR, \fB\-\-exclude\fR=\fIREGEXPR\fR
exclude items that match given REGEXPR. You may use
this option multiple times to build up a list of
things to exclude.