GARBAGE_COLLECT(nged)

🌸 GARBAGE_COLLECT(nged) 🌸

okay bestie, so this is a page from the BRL-CAD User Commands manual (the nged family, iykyk) and it's literally about cleaning out the junk in your database file. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

garbage_collect — eliminates unused space in a BRL-CAD database file. yes queen, it's the digital equivalent of cleaning out your closet 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

garbage_collect [-h | --help]
garbage_collect [-c | --confirm]

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Eliminates unused space in a BRL-CAD database file. that's the whole gig, no cap ✨

The operation is intentionally guarded — like, the actual rewrite only happens when you supply -c or --confirm. so it's not gonna just go off and do stuff behind your back, that's main character energy with boundaries 🫶

Invoking the command with no arguments just prints the help text. cute, low stakes, vibes only 😌

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

• -h, --help — print help and exit. the "wait what does this do again" button 🎀
• -c, --confirm — actually execute the garbage-collection operation. this is the one that makes it happen fr fr 💅

ngl, remember: the rewrite only goes down if you pass -c or --confirm. no confirm, no cleanup. the guard is the moment 👑

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

The example shows the use of the garbage_collect command to delete unused space in a BRL-CAD database file.

Example 1. Delete unused space in a BRL-CAD database file.

mged> garbage_collect
    -c Cleans out unused space in the database.

see how it's telling you the -c is what cleans out unused space in the database? that's the assist 🫶

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🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

BRL-CAD Team — icons, honestly 💜

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🍓 BUG REPORTS 🍓

Found a bug or a problem? don't gatekeep it, report it via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org 💖 they literally want to know, i promise ✨

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and that's the whole page bestie! source/version: BRL-CAD, and this is GARBAGE_COLLECT(nged) — go forth and collect that garbage responsibly, with your -c at the ready 💅🎀