command line invocation

[Anand Babu]

Bleachbit is awesome. With so many applications with their own way of storing temporary files, I could
not longer keep track of them. I don't even use some of the applications any more, but I keep carrying
the stale files forward unnecessarily. I can now safely/easily clean them every time before backup.
Thanks Andrew.

All I need is first two options listed below.

* bleachbit --bleach-list
  - Lists bleachable directories, without invoking GUI.

* bleachbit --bleach-directories firefox.cache,opera.cache,thumbnails,bash.history
 - Deletes the specified directories, without invoking GUI.

* bleachbit --bleach
 - Deletes GUI configured directories, without invoking GUI.

Other useful default options are:
help
usage
dry-run
quiet
verbose
version

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

By directories, I think you mean paths. For example, bash.history is a single file <~/.bash_history>.

What is the difference between --bleach-list and dry-run?

[Anand Babu (abperiasamy)]

Yes I meant path.

--dry-run will not delete any files. It will only list all paths about to be deleted. (Just simulation).

--bleach-list will list possible argument values to --bleach-directories or --bleach-path (how
ever you want to call it appropriately). It is just a way to know the possible arguments without
invoking GUI. Otherwise, it has to be documented in info/man page appropriately.

# bleachbit --bleach-lst
firefox.download_history
firefox.session_restore
firefox.places
firefox.forms
firefox.cache
firefox.passwords
epiphany.passwords
epiphany.places
epiphany.download_history
epiphany.cookies
epiphany.cache
...
...

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Yesterday I committed a change to SVN that will be helpful to make CLI work someday.

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Very basic (not useful) beginning in SVN revision 883

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Basic command line interface committed in SVN revision 921. For further enhancements, open separate bug ticket(s).

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/news/test-bleachbit-064-beta