NAME¶
lintex - removes TeX-related garbage files
SYNOPSIS¶
lintex [
-i ] [
-r ] [
-b ext ] [
-p ] [
-k ] [
-o ] [
-q ] [
-v ] [
-d ] [
dir [
dir ... ]]
DESCRIPTION¶
lintex is a program that removes TeX-related auxiliary files, normally
not needed after a successful TeX run (i.e. log, aux, dvi, ... files); they
are actually removed only if their modification timestamp is more recent than
the one of the related TeX source and if they aren't readonly. In addition,
all the backup files that your favorite editor has generated are also removed.
OPTIONS¶
- -i
- Asks the user permission before actually removing any
file.
- -r
- The given directories are scanned recursively; i.e., if
they contain any subdirectory structure, all the tree will be cleaned
up.
- -b ext
- ext is the trailer string (the
´extension´) that identifies the backup files generated by your
editor, e.g. -b .bak; ext defaults to ~ (the tilde
character), i.e. to the emacs convention. If ext includes
characters having a special meaning for the shell, it must be enclosed in
quotes: e.g. -b "~" (equivalent to the default).
Specifying the null string, as in -b "", inhibits the
cleanup of any special file.
- -p
- Pretends, show what files would be removed but don't
actually remove them.
- -k
- Keeps final documents (.pdf, .ps, .dvi).
- -o
- Permits the removal of files older than their sources.
- -q
- Quiet, only prints error messages.
- -v
- Verbose, prints which files were removed and which
weren't.
- -d
- Debug, prints the answers to all of life's questions.
PARAMETERS¶
- dir
- The name(s), separated by whitespace, of one or more
directories to be cleaned; if missing, the default is the current
directory.
EXTENSIONS THAT GET REMOVED¶
All files ending in the following extensions may be removed when appropriate:
.aux, .bbl, .blg, .dvi, .idx, .ilg, .ind, .lof, .log, .lot, .nav, .out, .pdf,
.ps, .snm, .thm, .toc, .toc.old, .synctex.gz
AUTHOR¶
lintex was written by Maurizio Loreti <Maurizio_Loreti@gmail.com> between
1996 and 2002.
As of 2010, lintex is maintained by Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>.
It features several extensions/bug fixes. Feel free to email him with your
comments and suggestions.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1996–2002 Maurizio Loreti
<Maurizio_Loreti@gmail.com>
Copyright © 2010–2011 Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>
lintex is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
lintex is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License (here included in the
file
COPYING), for more details.
