DH_CLEAN(N)                 Debhelper                 DH_CLEAN(N)



NAME
       dh_clean - clean up package build directories

SYNOPSIS
       dh_clean [debhelper options] [-k] [-d] [-Xitem] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for
       cleaning up after a package is built. It removes the pack-
       age build directories, and removes some other files, such
       as debian/substvars, debian/files, and any detritus left
       behind by other debhelper commands (debian/*.debhelper).
       It also removes common files that should not appear in a
       debian diff:
         #*# *~ DEADJOE *.orig *.rej *.SUMS TAGS core .deps/* *.P

OPTIONS
       -k, --keep
           Do not delete debian/files. When do you want to use
           this? Anytime you have a debian/rules that has 2
           binary targets that build different .deb packages; for
           example, one target is binary-arch, and the other is
           binary-indep, or one target builds the shared library,
           and the other the -dev package. If you didn't use -k
           in these cases, then debian/files would be deleted in
           the middle, and your changes file will only contain
           the last binary package that was built.

       -d, --dirs-only
           Only clean the package build directories, do not clean
           up any other files at all.

       -Xitem --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their
           filename from being deleted, even if they would nor-
           mally be deleted. You may use this option multiple
           times to build up a list of things to exclude.

       file ...
           Delete these files too.

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



4.0.2                       2002-03-16                DH_CLEAN(N)