NAME

       dh_installtmpfiles - install tmpfiles.d configuration files

SYNOPSIS

       dh_installtmpfiles [debhelper options][--name=name]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_installtmpfiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing package maintainer supplied
       tmpfiles.d configuration files (e.g. for systemd-tmpfiles).

       It also finds the tmpfiles.d configuration files installed by a package and generates postinst code
       blocks for activating the tmpfiles.d configuration when the package is installed. These snippets are
       added to the maintainer scripts by dh_installdeb(1).

       In compat 14+, tmpfiles.d files are copied into the postrm script, and they are used with systemd-
       tmpfiles --remove after the package is removed and --purge when the package is purged. This allows one to
       use the tmpfiles.d mechanism to clean up files that are no longer needed after a package has been
       removed/purged.

OPTIONS

       --name=name
           This  option  controls both a prefix used for looking up maintainer provided tmpfiles.d configuration
           files (those mentioned in the "FILES" section) and also the base name used for the installed  version
           of the file.

FILES

       debian/package.tmpfiles
           If  this  exists,  it is installed into usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ in the package build directory. Note that
           the "tmpfiles.d" mechanism is currently only used by systemd.

       debian/package.tmpfile
           Deprecated name for debian/package.tmpfiles.

NOTES

       This command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called between invocations of this command (with the
       same arguments). Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be  added  to  maintainer
       scripts.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

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