DH_CLEAN

DH_CLEAN

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS SEE ALSO AUTHOR

NAME

dh_clean - clean up package build directories

SYNOPSIS

dh_clean [''debhelper options'' [__-k__ [__-d__ [__-X__''item'' [unrenderable node]

DESCRIPTION

dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a package is built. It removes the package 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 normally 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(1)

This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess