setup(...,

data_files=[('bitmaps', ['bm/b1.gif', 'bm/b2.gif']),

('config', ['cfg/data.cfg']),

('/etc/init.d', ['init-script'])]

)

Note that you can specify the directory names where the data files will be

installed, but you cannot rename the data files themselves.

Each (*directory*, *files*) pair in the sequence specifies the installation

directory and the files to install there. If *directory* is a relative path, it

is interpreted relative to the installation prefix (Python's ``sys.prefix`` for

pure-Python packages, ``sys.exec_prefix`` for packages that contain extension

modules). Each file name in *files* is interpreted relative to the

:file:`setup.py` script at the top of the package source distribution. No

directory information from *files* is used to determine the final location of

the installed file; only the name of the file is used.

directory and the files to install there.

Each file name in *files* is interpreted relative to the :file:`setup.py`

script at the top of the package source distribution. Note that you can

specify the directory where the data files will be installed, but you cannot

rename the data files themselves.

The *directory* should be a relative path. It is interpreted relative to the

installation prefix (Python's ``sys.prefix`` for system installations;

``site.USER_BASE`` for user installations). Distutils allows *directory* to be

an absolute installation path, but this is discouraged since it is

incompatible with the wheel packaging format. No directory information from

*files* is used to determine the final location of the installed file; only

the name of the file is used.

You can specify the ``data_files`` options as a simple sequence of files

without specifying a target directory, but this is not recommended, and the