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DH_MOVEFILES
!!!DH_MOVEFILES
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


dh_movefiles - move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages
!!SYNOPSIS


__dh_movefiles__ [[''debhelper options'']
[[__--sourcedir=__''dir''] [[''file
...'']
!!DESCRIPTION


dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for
moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and
into other package build directories. This may be useful if
your package has a Makefile that installs everything into
debian/tmp, and you need to break that up into
subpackages.


Files named debian/package.files list the files to be moved,
separated by whitespace. The filenames listed should be
relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names,
and the whole directory will be moved. If you prefer, you
can list the files to move on the command line and this will
apply to the first package dh_movefiles is told to act
on.


Note: dh_install is a much better program that can do
everything this one can, and more.
!!OPTIONS


__--sourcedir=__''dir''


Instead of moving files out of debian/tmp (the default),
this option makes it move files out of some other directory.
Since the entire contents of the sourcedir is moved,
specifiying something like --sourcedir=/ is very unsafe, so
to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must be a relative
filename; it cannot begin with a `/'.


''file ...''


Lists files to move. The filenames listed should be relative
to debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the
whole directory will be moved. It is an error to list files
here unless you use -p, -i, or -a to tell dh_movefiles which
subpackage to put them in.
!!NOTES


Note that files are always moved out of debian/tmp by
default (even if you have instructed debhelper to use a
compatibility level higher than one, which does not
otherwise use debian/tmp for anything at all). The idea
behind this is that the package that is being built can be
told to install into debian/tmp, and then files can be moved
by dh_movefiles from that directory. Any files or
directories that remain are ignored, and get deleted by
dh_clean later.
!!SEE ALSO


debhelper(1)


This program is a part of debhelper.
!!AUTHOR


Joey Hess
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