dh_testdir(1)

dh_testdir1

Test directory before building debian package

Usage

dh_testdir [debhelper options] [file ...]

Overview

dh_testdir tries to make sure that you are in the correct directory when building a Debian package. It makes sure that the file debian/control exists, as well as any other files you specify. If not, it exits with an error.

Options

file ...

Test for the existence of these files too.

Releases

15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 14 times.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1
  3. 2.2
  4. 3.0
  5. 3.1
  6. 4.0
  7. 5.0
  8. 6.0
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
  15. 13

--verbose until Debian 2.0 (Hamm); -v until Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

Author

Joey Hess <[email protected]>

From debhelper 13.24.2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.