How do I specify a custom output direcory

[Rob V]

Hello,

How do I specify an output directory for the dist and build folders?  I'd like to have one output directory containing results at a user specified location.

[abhishek bhatta]

I usually prefer making a batch/shell script to copy the file after creating the executable.

[Rob V]

So there is no way to tell pyinstaller to output to a specific directory?

[Eric Fahlgren]

Did you try 'pyinstaller -h'?  I see:

  --distpath DIR        Where to put the bundled app (default: .\dist)
  --workpath WORKPATH   Where to put all the temporary work files, .log, .pyz
                        and etc. (default: .\build)
 

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[Rob V]

Ok I could try that.  I'm producing the dist and build folders with many files in dust not just a single executable.  I do this because I read somewhere the application runs faster.  It would be nice to have a single outputs directory somewhere besides where pyinstaller automatically puts the outputs.  This seems simple and I figured I was just missing something.   I guess I will just use your batch scripting approach. 

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[Amir Rossert]

Hi Rob,

You can use the --distpath and --workpath options to controll the dist and build path.

Here is the doc for all the available options:

https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html#general-options

[Rob V]

Hello - thanks the --workpath and --distpath worked great and are now working in my batch script.  Thanks Guys!!