NAME

       dh-exec-install - Install (and possibly rename) files.

SYNOPSIS

       #! /usr/bin/dh-exec
       debian/default.conf => /etc/my-package/start.conf
       usr/bin/*

DESCRIPTION

       Being a sub-command of dh-exec(1), this program must not be ran directly, but through
       dh-exec, which automatically runs all available sub-commands if run bare; or explicitly
       with dh-exec --with=install.

       It is meant to be used for dh_install(1) files, and those alone. If it finds that its
       input is not such a file, it will do nothing, but echo back the contents.

       The purpose of the program is to extend dh_install(1)'s functionality, by allowing to
       specify a destination filename.

       This can be accomplished by a special syntax: the " => " mark between a source and a
       destination means that the source file should be installed with the specified destination
       name.

       For obvious reasons, the source must not be a wildcard, and the destination in this case
       must be a file, and not a directory.

       All other non-comment lines are left alone.

RESTRICTIONS

       Due to the way executable scripts are called from debhelper(1), there is no way to know
       what options were used for the original dh_install(1). This means, that the --sourcedir
       option of dh_install(1) will not work correctly when dh-exec-install is in use.

IMPLEMENTATION

       Internally, the renaming happens by creating a temporary directory under debian/tmp/, and
       copying (or moving, if the source was under debian/tmp/ to begin with) the file there,
       with the new name.

       This is done this way to allow dh_install(1) to do the real copying, and allow its options
       to continue working, even when renaming is involved.

       The temporary directory is put under debian/tmp so that it will be cleaned by dh_prep(1)
       when the clean target gets to run. Thus, no extra code is needed anywhere to clean up the
       renamed files.

ENVIRONMENT

       DH_EXEC_SCRIPTDIR
           Indicates which directory the command-specific scripts should be sought for. If not
           specified, scripts will be searched for in /usr/share/dh-exec/.

FILES

       $DH_EXEC_SCRIPTDIR/dh-exec-install-*
           The various scripts for the higher-level program.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(1), dh-exec(1), dh_install(1)

AUTHOR

       dh-exec-install is copyright © 2011-2012 by Gergely Nagy <algernon@madhouse-project.org>.

                                            2012-05-03                         DH-EXEC-INSTALL(1)