I have a src.pro file (unix app) that works fine for the target program. Today, following the definition for DISTFILES in the qmake documents, I tried to add:

DISTFILES += ./perl_tools/read.pl

where 'read.pl' is a utility Perl script I wrote in the 'perl_tools' subdirectory.

When I run qmake and look at the Makefile I see the file listed under 'DIST'.

When I run make, the target builds and is placed in the DESTDIR location, but the Perl script doesn't show up there.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.