SYSCLEAN(8) - System Manager's Manual
sysclean - list obsolete files between OpenBSD upgrades
sysclean [-a | -p] [-i]
sysclean is a perl(1) script designed to help remove obsolete files between OpenBSD upgrades.
sysclean compares a reference root directory against the currently installed files, taking files from both the base system and packages into account.
sysclean does not remove any files on the system. It only reports obsolete filenames or packages using out-of-date libraries.
By default, sysclean lists obsolete filenames on the system. It excludes any used dynamic libraries. It will report base libraries with versions newer than what's expected.
The options are as follows:
-a
All files mode. sysclean will not exclude filenames used by installed packages from output.
-p
Package mode. sysclean will output package names that are using obsolete files.
-i
With ignored. sysclean will include filenames that are ignored by default, using /etc/sysclean.ignore.
PKG_DBDIR
The standard package database directory, /var/db/pkg, can be overridden by specifying an alternative directory in the
PKG_DBDIRenvironment variable.
/etc/sysclean.ignore
Files to ignore, one per line, with absolute pathnames. Shell globbing is supported in pathnames; see File::Glob(3p). If the pattern matches a directory, sysclean will not inspect it or any files contained within. For compatibility with the changelist(5) file format, the character '+' is skipped at the beginning of a line.
/etc/changelist is implictly included.
Obtain a list of outdated files (without libraries used by packages):
# sysclean
/usr/lib/libc.so.83.0
Obtain a list of old libraries and the package using them:
# sysclean -p
/usr/lib/libc.so.84.1 git-2.7.0
/usr/lib/libc.so.84.1 gmake-4.1p0
Obtain a list of all outdated files (including used libraries):
# sysclean -a
/usr/lib/libc.so.83.0
/usr/lib/libc.so.84.1
pkg_info(1), sysmerge(8)
The first version of sysclean was written as ksh(1) script in 2015, and rewritten using perl(1) in 2016.
sysclean was written by Sebastien Marie <semarie@online.fr>.
OpenBSD 6.2 - June 18, 2017