cleanmymac 0.1.14

A simple utility to clean your mac of old stuff

cleanmymac

A simple command line tool to clean old stuff from your mac.

documentation

http://cleanmymac.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

usage

$ cleanmymac -h
Usage: cleanmymac [OPTIONS] TARGETS

  the main **run** method, responsible for creating the parser and executing
  the main logic in **cleanmymac**

  :param bool update: perform update of targets (if applicable) :param
      dry_run: do not execute the actions, but log the result :param quiet:
      quiet mode (no output), show a progressbar instead :param strict: if set
      enforce strict(er) rules when validating targets :param list_targets: list
      the installed targets :param stop_on_error: abort the execution on first
      error :param config: the configuration path :param targets_path: extra
      targets paths :param targets: the targets

    Options:
      -L, --log-level LVL      Either CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO or DEBUG
      -u, --update             update the target if applicable
      -d, --dry_run            describe the actions to be performed, do not
                               execute them
      -q, --quiet              run in quiet mode
      --strict / --no-strict   strict mode: enforce strict(er) rules when
                               validating targets
      -l, --list               list registered cleanup targets
      -s, --stop_on_error      stop execution when first error is detected
      -c, --config TEXT        specify the configuration path
      -t, --targets_path PATH  specify extra yaml defined targets path
      --version                Show the version and exit.
      -?, -h, --help           Show this message and exit.

a typical usage pattern is:

$ cleanmymac

or (in quiet mode)

$ cleanmymac -q

installation

install from pypi:

$ pip install cleanmymac

clone the repository locally and issue

$ python setup.py install

configuration

the cleanmymac utility accepts a configuration file by specifying the -c option. If not specified the file is assumed to be at the following location ~/.cleanmymac.yaml

the global configuration can be used (for now) to pass specific env vars to shell commands, for example assume that anaconda is not in the main path:

cleanmymac: {
  targets_path: ['.']
}
anaconda: {
  env: {
    PATH: '~/anaconda/bin',
  },
}

extensibility

one can add more cleanup targets either by installing them as python classes registered to the following entry-point: cleanmymac.target like this (in setup.py):

entry_points={
    # ....
    'cleanmymac.target': [
        'my_target_name = my.python.package.MyTargetClass'
    ]
    # ...
}

alternatively for shell based commands simply create yaml files with the following schema:

type: 'cmd'
spec: {
  update_commands: [
    'brew update',
    'brew outdated | brew upgrade'
  ],
  clean_commands: [
    'brew cleanup'
  ]
}

or for cleaning up directories (removing all but the latest version):

type: 'dir'
spec: {
    update_message: 'Get the latest MacTex version from https://www.tug.org/mactex/',
    entries: [
        {
            dir: '/usr/local/texlive/',
            pattern: '\d+'
        },
    ]
}

note: see the cleanmymac.builtins module for more details

and point cleanmymac to the folder where the yaml files reside with the -t command line option

builtin targets

to see a list of builtin targets run:

$ cleanmymac -l

currently the following are supported:

• homebrew

• java jdk

• mactex

• anaconda

• trash

disclaimer

I created this utility in the hope that others may find it useful, as I found it annoying to always remember how and what to clean from my mac. This is work in progress, so use at your own risk!