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6 rpmusage - display rpm packages last use
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9 rpmusage will display for each package, the last date it was used (in
10 days). It can be used to find unused packages. It use the atime field
11 of all package's files to do this job. Note : as it scan all files
12 inodes, the run may be long ...
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15 rpmusage.pl [options] [targets]
16 options:
18 -help brief help message
20 -man full documentation
21 -V, --version print version
22 -verbose verbose
24 -fullalgo force full algorythm
25 -use-cache use cache to avoid rpm query
26 -clear-cache remove cache file
27 -exclude pac exclude pac from results
29 -install-time +/-d apply on packages which are installed before (after) d days
30 -access-time d apply on packages which are not been accessed for d days (slow)
31 targets:
33 -package pac search last access on pac package
35 -all apply on all packages (this is the default)
36 -guess-perl apply on perl packages
37 -guess-python apply on python packages
38 -guess-pike apply on pike packages
39 -guess-ruby apply on ruby packages
40 -guess-common apply on common packages
41 -guess-data apply on data packages
42 -guess-doc apply on documentation packages
43 -guess-dev apply on development packages
44 -guess-lib apply on library packages
45 -guess-all apply all -guess-* options (perl, python ...)
46 -guess-custom regex apply the given regex to filter to package's names to filter the output
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49 it can be used without any argument, and then will apply on all
50 packages
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53 -help Print a brief help message and exits.
54 -man Print the manual page and exits.
56 -version
58 Print the program release and exit.
59 -verbose
61 The program works and print debugging messages.
62 -use-cache
64 the rpm query may be long (10 to 30 s). If you will run an
65 rpmorphan tool several time, this option will allow to gain a
66 lot of time : it save the rpm query on a file cache (first
67 call), then use this cache instead quering rpm (others calls).
68 -clear-cache
70 to remove cache file. Can be used with -use-cache to write a
71 new cache.
72 -exclude
74 this option will specify the packages to exclude from the
75 output. Can be used as '--exclude pac1 --exclude pac2' or
76 '--exclude "pac1, pac2"'
77 -install-time
79 install-time is a filter on the period from the package
80 installation date to now (in days). if set positive, it only
81 allow packages installed before x days. if set negative, it
82 only allow packages installed since x days.
83 -access-time
85 access-time is designed to filter packages which have not been
86 used since x days.
87 be careful : this option will slow the program
89 -fullalgo
91 for a small list of packages, rpmusage use a different quicker
92 methode : rpm -e --test
93 this option can be used to force the use of the full algo
95 -package
97 search if the given package(s) is(are) orphaned. Can be used
98 as '--package pac1 --package pac2' or '--package "pac1, pac2"'
99 -all apply on all installed packages. The output should be
101 interpreted. For example lilo or grub are orphaned packages,
102 but are necessary to boot ...
103 the "-install-time" and "-access-time" options may be useful to
105 filter the list
106 -guess-perl
108 This option tries to find perl modules. It tries to match
109 "^perl"
110 -guess-python
112 This option tries to find python modules. It tries to match
113 "^python"
114 -guess-pike
116 This option tries to find pike modules. It tries to match
117 "^pike"
118 -guess-ruby
120 This option tries to find ruby modules. It tries to match
121 "^ruby"
122 -guess-common
124 This option tries to find common packages. It tries to match
125 "-common$"
126 -guess-data
128 This option tries to find data packages. It tries to match
129 "-data$"
130 -guess-doc
132 This option tries to find documentation packages. It tries to
133 match "-doc$"
134 -guess-data
136 This option tries to find data packages. It tries to match
137 "-data$"
138 -guess-dev
140 This option tries to find development packages. It tries to
141 match "-devel$"
142 -guess-lib
144 This option tries to find library packages. It tries to match
145 "^lib"
146 -guess-all
148 This is a short to tell : Try all of the above (perl, python
149 ...)
150 -guess-custom
152 this will allow you to specify your own filter. for exemple
153 "^wh" will match whois, whatsnewfm ...
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156 display all packages in access date order
157 rpmusage.pl --all | sort -k 2 -n
159 only ask for perl packages
161 rpmusage.pl --guess-perl | sort -k 2 -n
163 to read the output : "python-pexpect 97 on
165 /usr/share/doc/python-pexpect" means the package was last used 97 days
166 ago and the more recently used file was the
167 /usr/share/doc/python-pexpect file
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170 /tmp/rpmorphan.cache : cache file to store rpm query. The cache file is
171 common to all rpmorphan tools
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174 rpmusage uses only standard perl module.
175 but it needs the rpm command tool.
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179 the software can only work with one version of each software : we only
180 treat the first version seen
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183 the program can read rcfile if some exists. it will load in order
184 /etc/rpmorphanrc
186 ~/.rpmorphanrc
188 .rpmorphanrc
190 In this file,
192 # are comments,
194 and parameters are stored in the following format : parameter = value
196 example :
198 all = 1
200 curses = 1
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204 not known
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207 to be written
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210 this program should be used as root superuser, because it needs to
211 access (in read mode) to all files
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214 rpm(1) for rpm call
215 rpmorphan(1)
217 rpmdep(1)
219 rpmduplicates(1)
221 rpmextra(1)
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225 should be allways 0
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228 Copyright (C) 2006 by Eric Gerbier This program is free software; you
229 can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
230 Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
231 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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234 Eric Gerbier
235 you can report any bug or suggest to gerbier@users.sourceforge.net
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