DH_LINK(1)			   Debhelper			    DH_LINK(1)



NAME
       dh_link - create symlinks in package build directories

SYNOPSIS
       dh_link [debhelper options] [-A] [source destination ...]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build
       directories.

       dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The
       source files are the already existing files that will be symlinked
       from. The destination files are the symlinks that will be created.
       There must be an equal number of source and destination files speci
       fied.

       The list can be specified in two ways. A file named debian/pack
       age.links can list pairs of files. If you use this file, you should put
       each pair of files on its own line, and separate the files within the
       pair with whitespace. Also, pairs of files can be specified as parame
       ters - these pairs will only be created in the package build directory
       of the first package dh_link is told to act on. By default, this is the
       first binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a
       flags, it will be the first package specified by those flags.

       Be sure you do specify the full filename to both the source and desti
       nation files (unlike you would do if you were using something like
       ln(1)).

       dh_link will generate symlinks that comply with debian policy - abso
       lute when policy says they should be absolute, and relative links with
       as short a path as possible. It will also create any subdirectories it
       needs to to put the symlinks in.

       dh_link also scans the package build tree for existing symlinks which
       do not conform to debian policy, and corrects them (v4 or later).

OPTIONS
       -A, --all
	   Create any links specified by command line parameters in ALL pack
	   ages acted on, not just the first.

       source destination ...
	   Create a file named "destination" as a link to a file named
	   "source". Do this in the package build directory of the first pack
	   age acted on.  (Or in all packages if -A is specified.)

EXAMPLES
	dh_link usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1

       Make bar.1 be a symlink to foo.1

	dh_link var/lib/foo usr/lib/foo \
	  usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 usr/share/man/man1/bar.1

       Make /usr/lib/foo/ be a link to /var/lib/foo/, and bar.1 be a symlink
       to the foo.1

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess 



5.0.42				  2006-10-30			    DH_LINK(1)