DH_MOVEFILES(S)             Debhelper             DH_MOVEFILES(S)



NAME
       dh_movefiles - move files out of debian/tmp into subpack-
       ages

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 use-
       ful if your package has a Makefile that installs every-
       thing 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 other-
       wise 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(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>