.TH DH_INSTALLDOCS 1
.SH NAME
dh_installmanpages \- install man pages into package build directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_installmanpages
.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [-ppackage] [file ...]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_installmanpages is a debhelper program that is responsible for
automatically installing man pages into usr/man/ and usr/X11R6/man/ in
package build directories.
.P
dh_installmanpages scans the current directory and all subdirectories for
filenames that look like man pages. It uses
.BR file (1)
to verify that the files are in the correct format. Then, based on the
files' extentions, it installs them into the correct man directory.
.P
All filenames specified as parameters will be skipped by dh_installmanpages.
This is useful if by default it installs some man pages that you do not want
to be installed.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
.TP
.B \-a
Install man pages into all architecture dependent packages.
.TP
.B \-i
Install man pages into all architecture independent packages.
.TP
.B \-ppackage
Install man pages into the package named "package".
.TP
.B file ...
Do not install these files as man pages, even if they look like valid man
pages.
.SH NOTES
The
.B \-a
.B \-i
and
.B \-p
arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
the control file will be effected.
.P
dh_installmanpages will install the man pages it finds into
.B all
packages you tell it to act on, since it can't tell what package the man
pages belong in.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.I DH_VERBOSE
Enables verbose mode
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
.SH BUGS
Man pages with the extention
.B .man
are not automatically installed. 
.P
Files specified as parameters that contain spaces in their filenames will
not be processed properly.
.P
This is a "Do what I Mean" type program - you have been warned!
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>