---
name: "debspawn-maintain"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "debspawn"
version: "0.6.4-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/debspawn-maintain"
---

# debspawn-maintain(1)

Run various maintenance actions

## NAME

debspawn-maintain - Run various maintenance actions

## SYNOPSIS

**debspawn maintain** \[-h\|--help\] \[-y\|--yes\] \[--migrate\] \[--update-all\] \[--clear-caches\] \[--purge\] \[--status\]

## DESCRIPTION

Perform various maintenance actions on **debspawn**. Actions this subcommand allows will affect generic settings of **debspawn** or all of its container images at once. It can also be used to display general, useful information about the system and **debspawn** installation to help with finding setup issues.

## EXAMPLES

You can update all container images that **debspawn** knows of in one go:

$ **debspawn maintain** --update-all

If you want to get information about the current **debspawn** installation (useful when reporting an issue against it), the **--status** option will print a status summary and highlight issues:

$ **debspawn maintain** --status

You can clear all caches for all images to free up disk space (missing data will be downloaded or regenerated again when it is needed):

$ **debspawn maintain** --clear-caches

## OPTIONS

\-h\|--help

Print brief help information about available commands.

\-y\|--yes

Perform dangerous actions without asking twice.

- \--migrate

  Migrate any settings or configuration changes to the current version of debspawn.

- \--update-all

  Update all container images that we know.

- \--clear-caches

  Delete all cached packages for all images.

- \--purge

  Remove all images as well as any data associated with them.

- \--status

  Display a status summary about this installation, highlighting potential issues.

## SEE ALSO

[debspawn-build(1)](/debspawn-build/1.md), debootstrap(1), [systemd-nspawn(1)](/systemd-nspawn/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp \<mak@debian.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018-2022 Matthias Klumpp\