initial

setup.py

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+
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
+module1 = Extension('spam', sources = ['spammodule.c'])
+
+setup(name = 'pkgname', version = '1.0',
+        description = 'this is the package description',
+        ext_modules = [module1])

spammodule.c

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+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+static PyObject *
+spam_system(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char *command;
+    int sts;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &command))
+        return NULL;
+    sts = system(command);
+    return Py_BuildValue("i", sts);
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef SpamMethods[] = {
+    {"system", spam_system, METH_VARARGS, "Execute a shell command."},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initspam(void)
+{
+    PyObject *m;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule("spam", SpamMethods);
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return;
+}