---
name: "pysupport-movemodules"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-support"
version: "0.8.4lenny2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pysupport-movemodules"
---

# pysupport-movemodules(1)

move python modules and extensions for python-support

## NAME

pysupport-movemodules - move python modules and extensions for python-support

## SYNOPSIS

**pysupport-movemodules** \[*options*\] \[*directory* \[...\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **pysupport-movemodules** command is part of the **python-support** bundle.

**pysupport-movemodules** is an utility to move files in package build directories to put them in  places useful for  **python-support**. It is meant to be called in the  package build process, either by [**dh\_pysupport**(1)](/dh_pysupport/1.md) or as a standalone script.

For each directory passed as an argument, **pysupport-movemodules** will search for files in the *usr/lib/python*X*.*Y*/* subdirectories. Files that are identical for all python versions will be  moved to the *usr/share/python-support/* hierarchy, while files that are different will be moved to the *usr/lib/python-support/*package*/python*X*.*Y*/* directory tree.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Detail all actions while they are performed.

- **-p, --package**

  Package name to use for python-support. If no package name is given, **pysupport-movemodules** will try to obtain it from the arguments.

## SEE ALSO

[**dh\_pysupport**(1)](/dh_pysupport/1.md), [**update-python-modules**(8)](/update-python-modules/8.md).

## AUTHOR

Josselin Mouette \<joss@debian.org\>.