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.TH lintex 1 "22 June 1998" "lintex version 1.04"
.SH NAME
lintex \- removes TeX-related garbage files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lintex
[
.B \-i
]
[
.B \-r
]
[
.B \-b extension
]
[
.IR directories
\|.\|.\|.\|
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B lintex
is a program that removes TeX-related auxilliary files, normally not
needed after the TeX run (i.e. log, aux, dvi, ... files); they are
actually removed only if their modification time is more recent than
the one of the related TeX source.  In addition, all the backup files
that your favorite editor creates are also removed.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-i
Asks the user before actually removing any file.
.TP
.B \-r
The given directories are scanned recursively; i.e., if they contain
any subdirectory structure, all the tree will be cleaned up.
.TP
.B \-b extension
.B extension
is the trailer string that identifies editor backup files, e.g.
.B -b .bak
; defaults to ~ (the tilde character), i.e. to the
.IR emacs
convention.  If
.B extension
includes characters having a special meaning for the shell, it must be
enclosed in quotes to avoid expansion: e.g.
.B
-b "~"
(equivalent to the default).  Specifying the null string, as in
.B -b """""
, avoids cleanup of any special file.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.SM
.B directories
The name(s), separated by spaces, of one or more directories to be
cleaned; if not given, defaults to the current directory.
.SH AUTHOR
Maurizio Loreti <loreti@pd.infn.it>; feel free to EMail your comments,
suggestions and improvements (also about the bad english :-).
.SH COPYRIGHT
.B 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.
.LP
.B 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
for more details.
.LP
The distribution of
.B lintex
is explicitely permitted when only a nominal fee is charged; e.g. in
the CD-ROMs published by TUG and similar TeX distributions.