import os
import random
import shlex
+import shutil
import sys
general.add_option(
'--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
- general.add_option(
- '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
- help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
- general.add_option(
- '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
- help='Disable filesystem caching')
general.add_option(
'--socket-timeout', dest='socket_timeout',
type=float, default=None, help=u'Time to wait before giving up, in seconds')
help='Display sent and read HTTP traffic')
- filesystem.add_option('-t', '--title',
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='use title in file name (default)', default=False)
+ filesystem.add_option('-a', '--batch-file',
+ dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE', help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
filesystem.add_option('--id',
action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-l', '--literal',
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='[deprecated] alias of --title', default=False)
filesystem.add_option('-A', '--auto-number',
action='store_true', dest='autonumber',
help='number downloaded files starting from 00000', default=False)
filesystem.add_option('--restrict-filenames',
action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames',
help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames', default=False)
- filesystem.add_option('-a', '--batch-file',
- dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE', help='file containing URLs to download (\'-\' for stdin)')
- filesystem.add_option('--load-info',
- dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
- help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
+ filesystem.add_option('-t', '--title',
+ action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='[deprecated] use title in file name (default)', default=False)
+ filesystem.add_option('-l', '--literal',
+ action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='[deprecated] alias of --title', default=False)
filesystem.add_option('-w', '--no-overwrites',
action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', help='do not overwrite files', default=False)
filesystem.add_option('-c', '--continue',
filesystem.add_option('--no-continue',
action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
help='do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
- filesystem.add_option('--cookies',
- dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE', help='file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
filesystem.add_option('--no-part',
action='store_true', dest='nopart', help='do not use .part files', default=False)
filesystem.add_option('--no-mtime',
filesystem.add_option('--write-thumbnail',
action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail',
help='write thumbnail image to disk', default=False)
+ filesystem.add_option('--load-info',
+ dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
+ help='json file containing the video information (created with the "--write-json" option)')
+ filesystem.add_option('--cookies',
+ dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE', help='file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',
+ help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',
+ help='Disable filesystem caching')
+ filesystem.add_option(
+ '--rm-cache-dir', action='store_true', dest='rm_cachedir',
+ help='Delete all filesystem cache files')
postproc.add_option('-x', '--extract-audio', action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
if opts.update_self:
update_self(ydl.to_screen, opts.verbose)
+ # Remove cache dir
+ if opts.rm_cachedir:
+ if opts.cachedir is None:
+ ydl.to_screen(u'No cache dir specified (Did you combine --no-cache-dir and --rm-cache-dir?)')
+ else:
+ if ('.cache' not in opts.cachedir) or ('youtube-dl' not in opts.cachedir):
+ ydl.to_screen(u'Not removing directory %s - this does not look like a cache dir')
+ retcode = 141
+ else:
+ ydl.to_screen(
+ u'Removing cache dir %s .' % opts.cachedir,
+ skip_eol=True)
+ if os.path.exists(opts.cachedir):
+ ydl.to_screen(u'.', skip_eol=True)
+ shutil.rmtree(opts.cachedir)
+ ydl.to_screen(u'.')
+
# Maybe do nothing
if (len(all_urls) < 1) and (opts.load_info_filename is None):
- if not opts.update_self:
+ if not (opts.update_self or opts.rm_cachedir):
parser.error(u'you must provide at least one URL')
else:
sys.exit()