NAME

       dscextract - extract a single file from a Debian source package

SYNOPSIS

       dscextract [options] dscfile file

DESCRIPTION

       dscextract  reads  a  single  file  from a Debian source package.  The idea is to only look into .diff.gz
       files (source format 1.0) or .debian.tar.gz/bz2 files (source format 3.0) where possible, hence  avoiding
       to unpack large tarballs.  It is most useful for files in the debian/ subdirectory.

       file  is  relative  to  the first level directory contained in the package, i.e. with the first component
       stripped.

OPTIONS

       -f     "Fast" mode. For source format 1.0, avoid to fall back scanning the .orig.tar.gz file if file  was
              not  found  in  the  .diff.gz.   (For  3.0  packages,  it is assumed that debian/* are exactly the
              contents of debian.tar.gz/bz2.)

EXIT STATUS

       0      file was extracted.

       1      file was not found in the source package.

       2      An error occurred, like dscfile was not found.

EXAMPLE

       dscextract dds_2.1.1+ddd105-2.dsc debian/watch || test $? = 1

AUTHOR

       dscextract was written by Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>.