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Commit 8d5961ec authored by Massimiliano Culpo's avatar Massimiliano Culpo Committed by Todd Gamblin
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spack purge : updated documentation fixes #1938 (#2025)

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...@@ -3004,13 +3004,18 @@ Cleans up all of Spack's temporary and cached files. This can be used to ...@@ -3004,13 +3004,18 @@ Cleans up all of Spack's temporary and cached files. This can be used to
recover disk space if temporary files from interrupted or failed installs recover disk space if temporary files from interrupted or failed installs
accumulate in the staging area. accumulate in the staging area.
When called with ``--stage`` or ``--all`` (or without arguments, in which case When called with ``--stage`` or without arguments this removes all staged
the default is ``--all``) this removes all staged files; this is equivalent to files and will be equivalent to running ``spack clean`` for every package
running ``spack clean`` for every package you have fetched or staged. you have fetched or staged.
When called with ``--cache`` or ``--all`` this will clear all resources When called with ``--downloads`` this will clear all resources
:ref:`cached <caching>` during installs. :ref:`cached <caching>` during installs.
When called with ``--user-cache`` this will remove caches in the user home
directory, including cached virtual indices.
To remove all of the above, the command can be called with ``--all``.
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Keeping the stage directory on success Keeping the stage directory on success
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