---
name: "cvs-clean"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdesdk-scripts"
version: "4:18.08.0-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cvs-clean"
---

# cvs-clean(1)

delete all files and directories not registered with CVS

## NAME

cvs-clean - delete all files and directories not registered with CVS

## SYNOPSIS

**cvs-clean** \[ **-n, --dry-run** \] \[ **-h, --help** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**cvs-clean** recursively deletes everything in or beneath the current directory that is not known to CVS (i.e., that has not been checked out of or checked into a CVS repository).

A list of all files and directories that are deleted will be written to the console.

This script behaves similarly to the *cvs-clean* target from the file *admin/Makefile.common* found in most KDE application sources.

This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

## OPTIONS

- **-n, --dry-run**

  Print the intended actions to the console, but do not change anything on the filesystem.

- **-h, --help**

  Display usage information.

## SEE ALSO

[**cvs**(1)](/cvs/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This utility was written by Oswald Buddenhagen \<ossi@kde.org\>.\
 This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).