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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index af01dff..4dc87c9 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -712,6 +712,8 @@ arguments. The following keyword arguments are supported: directory. If this is a relative path, it is assumed to be relative to the prefix. + If omitted, the directory defaults to `{datadir}/{projectname}` *(added 0.45.0)*. + - `install_mode` specify the file mode in symbolic format and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files. For example: diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/installdir.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/installdir.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c709ffe --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/installdir.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +## `install_data()` defaults to `{datadir}/{projectname}` + +If `install_data()` is not given an `install_dir` keyword argument, the +target directory defaults to `{datadir}/{projectname}` (e.g. +`/usr/share/myproj`). |