Re: custom install targets

Scott Henry Harrison wrote:

> Very good.  Works great.  I want to volunteer to try to help
> optimize documentation (which is already very good, considering
> all the new ground A-A-P is making).  Maybe this thread can
> be part of it. 

I added the Python functions to the documentation, but didn't release
the updated version yet.

> So, I would rather just like to say
> install-local :
>  :mkdir {r} DIAGNOSTICSCRIPTDIR {mode = 0700}
>  @install_files(_no.DIAGNOSTICSCRIPTDIR,\
>                 _no.INSTALL_DIAGNOSTICSCRIPT,DIAGNOSTICPERMISSIONS) 
> 
> That won't work.  Something about variables and scope or something
> (having the upper-level DIAGNOSTICPERMISSIONS variable inside
> the install_files argument list).  I should read-the-manual.... 

Use the scope name "_no" in Python.  In Aap commands it's done
automatically, but in Python you need to explicitly specify the "_no"
scope:

  @install_files(_no.DIAGNOSTICSCRIPTDIR,
  @              _no.INSTALL_DIAGNOSTICSCRIPT, _no.DIAGNOSTICPERMISSIONS) 

Using "@" before the line is nicer than using a backslash, but that's a
personal preference.

> Also, I would like a @install_files_and_leadingdir function instead of
> @install_files, but not that important.... 

You don't need to create the directory first, except when you want to
specify the mode used for the directory explicitly.

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