NAME

       dh_movefiles - move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages

SYNOPSIS

       dh_movefiles [debhelper options] [--sourcedir=dir] [-Xitem] [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.

       Note: dh_install is a much better program, and you are recommended to use it instead of dh_movefiles.

FILES

       debian/package.files
           Lists  the  files to be moved into a package, 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.

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, specifying something like
           --sourcedir=/ is very unsafe, so to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must be a relative  filename;  it
           cannot begin with a `/'.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed.

       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(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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