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.TH PORT_CUTLEAVES 8 "January 2009" MacPorts "BSD System Manager's Manual"

.SH NAME
\fBport_cutleaves\fR \-\- uninstall \fIleaves\fR
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBport_cutleaves\fR [\fB\-b\fR] [\fB\-F\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-l\fR] [\fB\-t\fR \fIpath\fR] [\fB\-V\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Inspired by FreeBSD's pkg_cutleaves, \fBport_cutleaves\fR is an interactive script
that eases the uninstallation of \fIleaves\fR \- installed ports that are
unrequested and have no dependents.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-b\fR
Don't count ports as leaves when they are needed (only) at build time
.TP
\fB\-F\fR \fIfile\fR
Specify a different file to read exclusions from <\fI~/.port_leaves.exclude\fR>
.TP
\fB\-l\fR
List leaves and exit
.TP
\fB\-t\fR \fIpath\fR
Specify a different location for the base MacPorts Tcl file
<\fI@prefix@/share/macports/Tcl\fR or \fI/Library/Tcl\fR>
.TP
\fB\-V\fR
Display version information and exit
.SH FILES
.TP
\fB~/.port_leaves.exclude\fR
This file is checked for exclusions by default. Leaves that match against an
exclusion are ignored. Exclusions can be listed in one of two forms: full name
(e.g., \fImercurial @1.1.2_0+bash_completion\fR) or regular expression
(e.g., \fI^mercurial\fR).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
\fBport_cutleaves\fR exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.SH AUTHOR
Perry Lee <perry@macports.org>