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| author | Jack Nagel | 2011-11-07 22:46:36 -0600 |
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| committer | Jack Nagel | 2011-11-07 22:46:36 -0600 |
| commit | 0cc3eb296d798e24907bdc9f1a0cc8debc412eb9 (patch) | |
| tree | 9064bb5cdb434dfb5f779f18d1977209f61ba567 /Library/Contributions | |
| parent | 323c30978fd3ab008fc32caa58f34b9b0a14728f (diff) | |
| download | brew-0cc3eb296d798e24907bdc9f1a0cc8debc412eb9.tar.bz2 | |
cleanup: add an option to perform a 'dry run'
Sometimes you want to know what `brew cleanup` will do before it
actually removes anything. Introduce a '-n' option (chosen to match
other UNIX tools) to do this.
Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Library/Contributions')
| -rw-r--r-- | Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md index a15fbfeb7..806762a94 100644 --- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md +++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md @@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ For the full command list, see the COMMANDS section. * `cat` <formula>: Display the source to <formula>. - * `cleanup [--force]` [<formula>]: + * `cleanup [--force] [-n]` [<formula>]: For all installed or specific formulae, remove any older versions from the cellar. By default, does not remove out-of-date keg-only brews, as other software may link directly to specific versions. If `--force` is passed, remove out-of-date keg-only brews as well. + If `-n` is passed, show what would be removed, but do not actually remove anything. + * `create [--autotools|--cmake] [--no-fetch]` <URL>: Generate a formula for the downloadable file at <URL> and open it in $EDITOR. Homebrew will attempt to automatically derive the formula name |