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authorWim Muskee <wimmuskee@gmail.com>2012-12-07 22:02:53 +0100
committerWim Muskee <wimmuskee@gmail.com>2012-12-07 22:02:53 +0100
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.TH LOCALEPURGE 8
.SH NAME
localepurge \- removing superfluous locale data
+
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B localepurge
.br
+
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.BR localepurge
is a small script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded locale
files and localized man pages. It will be automagically invoked by
-.BR emerge
-some day...
-You have to define the locale
-directory names you want to keep from removal
-in the
-.BR /etc/locale.nopurge
+\fBemerge\fP some day... You have to define the locale directory
+names you want to keep from removal in the \fB/etc/locale.nopurge\fP
configuration file.
.br
-Any other directory (or file) in
-.BR /usr/share/locale
-not containing a subdirectory named
-.BR LC_MESSAGES
-will be discreetly ignored.
+Any other directory (or file) in \fB/usr/share/locale\fP not containing
+a subdirectory named \fBLC_MESSAGES\fP will be discreetly ignored.
+
.SH OPTIONS
The configurable options consist of toggling verbose output, reporting a
summary of freed space, and deletion of localized manual pages in
-addition to locale files. All actions are specified in the
-.BR /etc/locale.nopurge
-configuration file.
-For detailed debugging the commandline switch
-.BR -debug
-or just a short
-.BR -d
-instead are available for usage.
-For verbose output the commandline switch
-.BR -verbose
-or just a short
-.BR -v
-can be added. You can use too
-.BR -help
-to have help ;) or a short
-.BR -h.
-You can use too
-.BR -version
-and if you dont like colors you can use
-.BR -nocolor
-or the short form
-.BR -nc
-if you want a pretend mode you can use
-.BR -pretend
-or the short from
-.BR -p
-enjoy.
+addition to locale files. Some actions can be specified in the
+\fB/etc/locale.nopurge\fP configuration file.
+
+.IP "\fB\-u\fP \fB\-update\fP" 8
+Update the used localelist.
+
+.IP "\fB\-d\fP \fB\-debug\fP" 8
+Enable detailed debugging.
+
+.IP "\fB\-p\fP \fB\-pretend\fP" 8
+Lists the files that would be removed when not pretending.
+
+.IP "\fB\-v\fP \fB\-verbose\fP" 8
+Enable verbose output.
+
+.IP "\fB\-h\fP \fB\-help\fP" 8
+Output all options.
+
+.IP "\fB\-nc\fP \fB\-nocolor\fP" 8
+Disables the use of colors in the output.
+
+.IP "\fB\-version\fP" 8
+Outputs the installed version.
.SH "A Word of CAUTION"
-Please note, that
-.BR this
-.BR tool
-.BR is
-.BR a
-.BR hack
-.BR which
-.BR is
-.BR not
-.BR integrated
-.BR with
-.BR Gentoo
-.BR Portage
-.BR system
-and therefore is not meant for the faint of heart. Responsibility for its
-usage and possible breakage of your system therefore lies in the sysadmin's
-(your) hands.
+Please note, that \fBthis tool is a hack which is not integrated with the
+Gentoo Portage system\fP and therefore is not meant for the faint of heart.
+Responsibility for its usage and possible breakage of your system therefore
+lies in the sysadmin's (your) hands.
.br
Please definitely do abstain from reporting any bugs blaming localepurge if
-.BR you
-break your system by using it. If you don't know what you are doing and
-can't handle any resulting breakage on your own then please simply don't
+\fByou\fP break your system by using it. If you don't know what you are doing
+and can't handle any resulting breakage on your own then please simply don't
use it.
.br
All locale directories containing a subdirectory named LC_MESSAGES
-which are either commented out or not even listed at all in
-.BR /etc/locale.nopurge
-will be irreversibly deleted. The only way to
-reinstall any lost locales is "remerging"
-the ebuild.
+which are either commented out or not even listed at all in \fB/etc/locale.nopurge\fP
+will be irreversibly deleted. The only way to reinstall any lost locales is
+"remerging" the ebuild.
+
.SH FILES
-.BR /etc/locale.nopurge
-.SH SEE ALSO
+.IP "\fB/etc/locale.nopurge\fP" 8
+This is the main configuration file. You can set the localedirs to check
+and locales to keep. Also configure some of the available options.
+
+.IP "\fB/var/cache/localepurge/localelist\fP" 8
+This file contains all locales that can potentially be removed. If this
+file does not exist, don't worry, it will be made when localepurge runs
+for the first time or by updating the localelist.
+
+.IP "\fB/var/cache/localepurge/localelist-glibc\fP" 8
+This file is generated using the \fB/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED\fP file
+from glibc and contains all locales that can be used by localepurge.
+This file is also generated when starting for the first time or updating
+the localelist.
+
+.IP "\fB/var/cache/localepurge/localelist-extra\fP" 8
+This packaged file contains locales that can be installed on the system,
+but are not in localelist-glibc.
+
.SH AUTHOR
-.BR localepurge
-and its accompanying manual page was written for the
-.BR Gentoo
-.BR Linux
-system by José Alberto Suárez López. Based in the grat job for Debian
-GNU/Linux of Paul Seelig <pseelig@debian.org>.
+\fBlocalepurge\fP and its accompanying manual page was written for the
+\fBGentoo Linux\fP system by Jos� Alberto Su�rez L�pez. Based in the great
+job for Debian GNU/Linux of Paul Seelig <pseelig@debian.org>.