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-rem Create and initialize a Python Virtual Environment
-echo "Creating virtual env - .venv"
-python3 -m venv .venv
-
-echo "starting virtualenv - .venv"
-call .venv\Scripts\activate.bat
-
-rem Create a directory to put things in
-echo "Creating 'setup' directory"
-mkdir setup
-
-rem Move the relevant files into setup directory
-echo "Moving function file(s) to setup dir"
-xcopy .\twitter\* setup\ /s /i
-cd .\setup
-
-rem Install requirements 
-echo "pip installing requirements from requirements file in target directory"
-pip install -r ..\requirements.txt -t .
-
-rem Prepares the deployment package
-echo "Setting up your 7zip PATH - This assumes the installation location of 7zip is in C:\Program Files\7-Zip\"
-set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\7-Zip\
-
-echo "Zipping package"
-7z a -r ..\winston_bot.zip .\*
-
-rem Remove the setup directory used
-echo "Removing setup directory and virtual environment"
-cd ..
-rd /Q /S .\setup
-call .venv\Scripts\deactivate.bat
-rd /Q /S .\.venv
-
-rem changing dirs back to dir from before
-echo "Opening folder containing function package - 'package.zip'"
-explorer .
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