How can I bundle other files when using cx_freeze?

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Figured it out.

from cx_Freeze import setup,Executable

includefiles = ['README.txt', 'CHANGELOG.txt', 'helpers\uncompress\unRAR.exe', , 'helpers\uncompress\unzip.exe']
includes = []
excludes = ['Tkinter']
packages = ['do','khh']

setup(
    name="myapp",
    version = '0.1',
    description = 'A general enhancement utility',
    author="lenin",
    author_email="[email protected]",
    options = {'build_exe': {'includes':includes,'excludes':excludes,'packages':packages,'include_files':includefiles}}, 
    executables = [Executable('janitor.py')]
)

Note:

  • include_files must contain “only” relative paths to the setup.py script else the build will fail.
  • include_files can be a list of string i.e a bunch of files with their relative paths
    or
  • include_files can be a list of tuples in which the first half of the tuple is the file name with the absolute path and the second half is the destination filename with the absolute path.

(When the lack of the documentation arises, consult Kermit the Frog)

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