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@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ compile Python sources in directories named on the command line or in
\function{compile_dir()} function.
\end{funcdesc}
+To force a recompile of all the \file{.py} files in the \file{Lib/}
+subdirectory and all its subdirectories:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+import compileall
+
+compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', force=True)
+
+# Perform same compilation, excluding files in .svn directories.
+import re
+compileall.compile_dir('Lib/', rx=re.compile('/[.]svn'), force=True)
+\end{verbatim}
+
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule[pycompile]{py_compile}{Byte-compile a single source file.}