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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py23
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index cb8847111..6ff0be00f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import optparse
import os
import random
import shlex
+import shutil
import sys
@@ -511,6 +512,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
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,
@@ -844,9 +848,26 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
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()