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CRUFT(8) | System Manager's Manual | CRUFT(8) |
NAME¶
cruft - Check the filesystem for cruft (missing and unexplained files)SYNOPSIS¶
cruft [-h] [-d DRIVES] [--chroots CHROOTS] [--ignore IGNORES] [-r REPORTFILE] [-m ADDRESS] [-k | -n | -N]DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page documents briefly the cruft command. Please see /usr/share/doc/cruft-common/README.gz for more information.cruft is a program that goes over the Debian packaging system's database, and compares the contents of that with the files actually on your system, and produces a summary of the differences.
OPTIONS¶
The following options are recognized:- -h
- Show a summary of options and exit.
- -d DRIVES
- Search only the listed filesystems. DRIVES should be an absolute path, or a quoted, space-separated list of multiple absolute paths (eg, "/ /usr /home"). Multiple -d options are allowed as well. If not specified, cruft attempts to autodetect which filesystems to scan.
- --chroots CHROOTS
- Do not perform validity checks on symlinks under these directories. Useful for whatever chroots are set up in the system.
- --ignore IGNORES
- Treat the directory trees in IGNORES as if they did not exist. IGNORES should be an absolute path, or a quoted, space-separated list of multiple absolute paths. Multiple --ignore options are allowed as well.
- -r REPORTFILE
- Output report to REPORTFILE instead of standard output.
- -m ADDRESS
- Mail report to ADDRESS.
- -k
- Only cleanup cruft's spool directory.
- -n
- Generate input files for reporting, but do not generate a report.
- -N
- Only generate a report, based on old input files.
With none of -k -n or -N cruft performs all the above three actions, that is cleans its own spool directory, generates new input files and produces a report. Please note that cruft never deletes any files outside its own spool directory.