Introduction

retain is a command-line utility that removes all files except the ones specified in its argument list. Conceptually, it's the opposite of rm (or del on Windows).

Usage

retain [OPTIONS] filename [...]

Options

--directory dir -d dir	The directory to operate on. Defaults to the current directory.
--no-exec -n	Show what would be done, but don't actually remove the files.
--recursive -r	Remove subdirectories, too (recursively).
--verbose -v	Display verbose messages while processing the directory.

Installation

The usual:

1. Unpack the tarball or Zip file.
2. Change your directory to the resulting retain-1.1.1 directory.
3. Run: python setup.py install

Author

Brian M. Clapper, <bmc @ clapper . org>

Copyright

© 2008 Brian M. Clapper

License

BSD-style license. See accompanying LICENSE file.