Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Installed rdiff-backup on Windows using MinGW

[Josh Nisly]

A cleaner approach, IMO, is to use py2exe to build a native Windows 
executable. This simply involves importing py2exe in setup.py and giving 
it the correct options.

This approach does not require python to be installed on the computer, 
and allows building a "single file executable", i.e a single executable 
without any dll dependencies.

I've attached the patch I've been using to do this. After applying, 
simply run "setup.py py2exe --single-file".

Thanks,
JoshN

Mico Siahaan wrote:
> Hi Curtis,
>
> the installer will make batch script under Scripts directory of your python 
> installation. For example in my laptop it will create: rdiff-backup.bat in 
> D:\python2.5\Scripts. Then, I add the path to PATH environment variables. So I 
> can run in from command line: 'rdiff-backup MyFiles MyFilesBackup'.
>
> Can somebody help me how to fix the batch file so it will automatically detect 
> the correct path when installed?
>
> regards,
>
> Mico
>
> --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Curtis Osterhoudt <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Curtis Osterhoudt <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Installed rdiff-backup on Windows using MinGW
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: "Dave Kempe" <address@hidden>
> Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 2:35 AM
>
> On Saturday 05 July 2008 22:10:49 Dave Kempe wrote:
>   
> > Mico Siahaan wrote:
> >     
> > > > Hi Andrew,
> > > >
> > > > thanks, the current CVS version seems work well. I succeeded made
> > > > Windows distribution for CVS version of rdiff-backup. It made for
> > > > python 2.5. I also added some simple batch scripts into it.
> > > >         
> Anyone
>   
> > Hi,
> > this seems to work pretty well in the basic tests I have done so far.
> > You can download it from here:
> >
> >     
> http://solutionsfirst.com.au/~dave/backup/rdiff-backup-1.1.17-cvs.win32-py2
>   
> > .5.exe
> >
> > You may need to modify the rdiff-backup.bat in the scripts directory to
> > get the paths right (its set to d: in the installer).
> > You need python2.5 installed for windows, which you can get from here:
> > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/python-2.5.2.msi
> >
> > thanks Mico, its seems to work well.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Wiki URL:
> > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
> >     
>
> Howdy, all, 
>
>    I've used rdiff-backup for a couple of years on linux, and absolutely
> love 
> it. I'd also like to use it on Windows eventually, either via Cygwin or the
>
> recent executables I've seen mentioned in the list. 
>
>    However, I can't figure out how to get it to run properly. For example, 
> I've downloaded and installed the executable mentioned above (and have 
> Python2.5 installed), but somehow can't figure out how to run it once
> it's 
> installed. "python rdiff-backup.py" (or the analogous command;
> I'm not at my 
> Windows machine now) -- or, from within a python shell, "run 
> rdiff-backup.py" -- seems to do *something* very quickly, without throwing
>
> errors, but I can't tell what's happening. Can anyone point me to some
> quick 
> instructions on how to get it to run once it's installed? I'm
> comfortable 
> with editing configuration files if that's what it's going to take. 
>
>             Very best wishes, 
>                        Curtis O.
>   

--- dist/setup.py       8 Apr 2008 15:46:02 -0000       1.11
+++ dist/setup.py       12 Apr 2008 19:15:04 -0000
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 lflags_arg = []
 libname = ['rsync']
 incdir_list = libdir_list = None
+extra_options = {}
 
 if os.name == 'posix' or os.name == 'nt':
        LIBRSYNC_DIR = os.environ.get('LIBRSYNC_DIR', '')
@@ -40,6 +41,21 @@
                        libdir_list = [os.path.join(LIBRSYNC_DIR, 'lib')]
                if '-lrsync' in LIBS:
                        libname = []
+if os.name == 'nt':
+       try:
+               import py2exe
+       except ImportError:
+               pass
+       else:
+               extra_options = {
+                       'console': ['rdiff-backup'],
+               }
+               if '--single-file' in sys.argv[1:]:
+                       sys.argv.remove('--single-file')
+                       extra_options.update({
+                               'options': {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1}},
+                               'zipfile': None
+                       })
 
 setup(name="rdiff-backup",
          version=version_string,
@@ -59,5 +75,6 @@
          data_files = [('share/man/man1', ['rdiff-backup.1',
                                                                                
'rdiff-backup-statistics.1']),
                                        ('share/doc/rdiff-backup-%s' % 
(version_string,),
-                                        ['CHANGELOG', 'COPYING', 'README', 
'FAQ.html'])])
+                                        ['CHANGELOG', 'COPYING', 'README', 
'FAQ.html'])],
+         **extra_options)