import os
import random
import shlex
+import shutil
import sys
action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames',
help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames', default=False)
filesystem.add_option('-t', '--title',
- action='store_true', dest='usetitle', help='use title in file name (default)', default=False)
+ 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',
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()