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+.TH DH_MOVEFILES 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
+.SH NAME
+dh_movefiles \- move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B dh_movefiles
+.I "[debhelper options] [--sourcedir=dir] [file ..]"
+.SH "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.
+.P
+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. You can
+even use wildcards if you like. 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.
+.P
+The files will be moved in a special order: first all normal files, then all
+symlinks. This is done because it tends to be a good thing to have symlinks
+last in debian packages, particularly in shared library packages.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B debhelper options
+See
+.BR debhelper (1)
+for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
+.TP
+.B --sourcedir=dir
+Instead of moveing 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 `/'.
+.TP
+.B 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. You
+can even use wildcards if you like. 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.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+See
+.BR debhelper (1)
+for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR debhelper (1)
+.SH AUTHOR
+Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>