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NAME

       py3compile - byte compile Python 3 source files

SYNOPSIS

       py3compile [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR]

       py3compile -p PACKAGE

DESCRIPTION

       Wrapper around py_compile to byte-compile python files.

OPTIONS

       --version
	      Show program's version number and exit.

       -h, --help
	      Show this help message and exit.

       -f, --force
	      Force rebuild of byte-code files even if timestamps are up-to-date.

       -O     Byte-compile to .pyo files.

       -q, --quiet
	      Be quiet.

       -v, --verbose
	      Turn verbose mode on

       -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE
	      Specify Debian package name whose files should be bytecompiled.

       -V VRANGE
	      Force  private modules to be bytecompiled with Python version from given range, regardless of the default Python version in the sys-
	      tem. If there are no other options, bytecompile all public modules for installed Python  versions  that  match  given  range.   VER-
	      SION_RANGE  examples: '3.1' (version 3.1 only), '3.1-' (version 3.1 or newer), '3.1-3.3' (version 3.1 or 3.2), '-4.0' (all supported
	      3.X versions).

       -X REGEXPR, --exclude=REGEXPR
	      exclude items that match given REGEXPR. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.

py3compile 0.9							  September 2010						     PY3COMPILE(1)