AMCLEANUPDISK(8)

🧹✨ AMCLEANUPDISK — the holding-disk glow-up page (section 8, system admin commands, bestie)

okay so this is amcleanupdisk, and it lives in section 8 of the manual — the system administration commands zone. it's a whole little icon and it does exactly one job, but it does it so well. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

amcleanupdisk — cleanup holding disk directory. yes bestie, that's the whole vibe: it tidies up your holding disk situation. 🧼

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

amcleanupdisk [-r] [-v] config

that's it. that's the summoning ritual. one config argument and two lil optional flags, and you're off. ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: amcleanupdisk lists and/or removes invalid file from the holding disk directories. like, it goes through your holding disk dirs and it's like "hmm, this one's not valid" and it shows you — and if you ask nicely, it removes them. main character energy for real. 🗑️✨

and ngl, this program isn't usually the one sliding into your DMs directly — it's run by amcleanup. so amcleanup is the one calling the shots, and amcleanupdisk is the loyal bestie doing the actual cleanup. 🫶

if you want the full Amanda lore (and there is so much lore), go read the amanda(8) man page — it's got more details about Amanda. highly recommend, it's giving encyclopedia but make it backup software. 📚

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -r — remove invalid file from holding disk. this is the "actually do the thing" flag — without it you're just looking, with it you're acting. no cap, this is the one that makes the mess disappear. 🔥
• -v — generate verbose output. it's the "tell me everything" flag. she's chatty, she's informative, she's literally narrating her whole cleanup journey to you. obsessed. 💬

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

okay so this example right here runs the Amanda holding disk cleanup process. watch and learn:

% amcleanupdisk daily -v -r

see what's happening? daily is the config, -v says "be verbose about it", and -r says "actually remove the invalid files". she's thorough AND she's loud about it. iconic. 👑

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

go read these next, fr fr — they're the whole friend group:

• amanda(8)
• amcleanup(8)
• amdump(8)

also, the Amanda Wiki is out here at: http://wiki.zmanda.com/ — go browse, it's a whole vibe. 🦋

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

these two legends made this happen, show some respect bestie:

• James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
• Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>

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quick reminder in case you skimmed: -r is the one that actually removes stuff. if you don't pass it, you're just getting the list, not the cleanup. read before you yeet. 💀

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and that's the page!! 💖 this whole thing is from Amanda 3.5.4, dated 07/23/2025 — so she's recent, she's current, she's serving. go clean that holding disk bestie, you got this 🎀✨🌸