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<H1><A NAME="SEC724" HREF="ciao_toc.html#TOC724">A Program to Help Cleaning your Directories</A></H1>

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<STRONG>Author(s):</STRONG> Manuel Carro.


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<STRONG>Version:</STRONG> 0.1#3 (2001/10/25, 14:31:59 CEST)


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A simple program for traversing a directory tree and deciding which files may be deleted in order to save space and not to loose information. 



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<LI><A HREF="ciao_178.html#SEC725">Usage (cleandirs)</A>
<LI><A HREF="ciao_178.html#SEC726">Known bugs and planned improvements (cleandirs)</A>
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cleandirs [--silent] &#60;initial_dir&#62; &#60;delete_options&#62; &#60;backup_options&#62;
cleandirs explores &#60;initial_dir&#62; (which should be an absolute path)
and looks for backup files and files which can be generated from other
files, using a plausible heuristic aimed at retaining the same amount
of information while recovering some disk space.  The heuristic is
based on the extension of the filename.

Delete options is one of:
   --list: just list the files/directories which are amenable to be deleted,
           but do not delete them. SAFE.
    --ask: list the files/directories and ask for deletion. UNSAFE if you
           make a mistake.
 --delete: just delete the files/directories without asking.  I envy your
           brave soul if you choose this option.

Backup options is one of:
 --includebackups: include backup files in the list of files to check.
 --excludebackups: do not include backup files in the list of files to check.
    --onlybackups: include only backup files in the list of files to check.

Symbolic links are not traversed.  Special files are not checked.

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Invoking the program with no arguments will return an up-to-date information on the options.




<H2><A NAME="SEC726" HREF="ciao_toc.html#TOC726">Known bugs and planned improvements (<CODE>cleandirs</CODE>)</A></H2>


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Recursive removal of subdirectories relies on the existence of a recursive /bin/rm command in your system.
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