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@@ -182,6 +182,36 @@ example, `$APPDIR` points to the AppImage mount point at runtime.
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`{{ python-executable }} -I` starts a fully isolated Python instance.
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{% endraw %}
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### Bundling data files
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`python-appimage` is also capable of bundling in auxilliary data files directly
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into the resulting AppImage. `-x/--extra-data` switch exists for that task.
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Consider following example.
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```bash
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echo -n "foo" > foo
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mkdir bar
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echo -n "baz" > bar/baz
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python-appimage [your regular parameters] -x foo bar/*
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```
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User data included in such a way becomes accessible to the Python code
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contained within the AppImage in a form of regular files under the directory
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pointed to by `APPDIR` environment variable. Example of Python 3 script
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that reads these exemplary files is presented below.
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```python
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import os, pathlib
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for fileName in ("foo", "baz"):
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print((pathlib.Path(os.getenv("APPDIR")) / fileName).read_text())
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```
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Above code, when executed, would print following output.
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```bash
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foo
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baz
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```
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## Advanced packaging
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