The default excludes now cover caches that programs and package managers fill again on their own. On Linux: /var/cache and, in /root and in each home in /home, .cache, .npm, .cargo/registry and go/pkg/mod. On macOS: /private/var/folders, /Library/Caches and, in /private/var/root and in each home in /Users, Library/Caches plus the same four. README and scan --help list them; --no-default-excludes still turns them all off. Model: opus-5-5
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@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ walk"). As the file `/etc/cron.d/sfdupes`:
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- one line naming the database;
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- progress lines, as described under "Progress";
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- a warning for each path it skips;
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- a line for each system or temporary directory the walk leaves out (see
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"Rules for the walk");
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- a line for each system, temporary or cache directory the walk leaves out
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(see "Rules for the walk");
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- a line for each path left out because its filesystem is one the kernel,
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the core of the operating system, makes up or keeps in memory, such as
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`tmpfs`;
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@@ -300,8 +300,9 @@ The reference below is also the program's specification.
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of directories on other filesystems, as the same flag does for `du` and
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`rsync`. By default the walk also enters directories on other filesystems.
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- `--no-default-excludes` (`scan`, `dwim`) lets the walk enter the default
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excludes. Those are the system and temporary directories the walk otherwise
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leaves out, such as `/var/tmp` on Linux (see "Rules for the walk").
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excludes. Those are the system, temporary and cache directories the walk
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otherwise leaves out, such as `/var/tmp` and `/var/cache` on Linux (see "Rules
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for the walk").
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- `--exclude PATH` (`scan`, `dwim`) keeps the walk out of `PATH` and everything
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below it. `PATH` may be a directory or a file. The flag may be given more than
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once. The walk knows `PATH` by its device ID and inode number, as it knows the
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@@ -571,12 +572,17 @@ walk practical on large or busy storage pools.
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`--no-default-excludes` does not change this rule.
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- Below an operand, the walk does not enter a default exclude. On Linux, the
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default excludes hold temporary files and the kernel's view of the running
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system. They depend on the system, and `sfdupes scan --help` lists those of
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the system it runs on. On Linux they are:
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default excludes hold the kernel's view of the running system, temporary
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files, and caches. A cache here is data that programs and package managers
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download or build again on their own. The default excludes depend on the
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system, and `sfdupes scan --help` lists those of the system it runs on. In the
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lists, `*` stands for any one directory name, so `/home/*/.cache` matches
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`/home/alice/.cache`. On Linux they are:
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```
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/proc, /sys, /dev, /run, /tmp, /var/tmp
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/proc, /sys, /dev, /run, /tmp, /var/tmp, /var/cache
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/root/.cache, /root/.npm, /root/.cargo/registry, /root/go/pkg/mod
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/home/*/.cache, /home/*/.npm, /home/*/.cargo/registry, /home/*/go/pkg/mod
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```
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On macOS they are:
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@@ -584,13 +590,21 @@ walk practical on large or busy storage pools.
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```
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/dev, /private/tmp, /private/var/tmp, /private/var/vm
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/System/Volumes/VM, /System/Volumes/Data
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/private/var/folders, /Library/Caches
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/private/var/root/Library/Caches, /private/var/root/.cache
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/private/var/root/.npm, /private/var/root/.cargo/registry
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/private/var/root/go/pkg/mod
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/Users/*/Library/Caches, /Users/*/.cache, /Users/*/.npm
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/Users/*/.cargo/registry, /Users/*/go/pkg/mod
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```
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A walk of `/` on macOS reaches everything in `/System/Volumes/Data` already,
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through firmlinks. Firmlinks are the links macOS uses to show the data
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volume inside the system volume. Walking `/System/Volumes/Data` as well
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would record each of those files twice. Any other system has no default
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excludes.
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`/private/var/folders` holds each user's temporary files and caches on
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macOS. Root's home on macOS is `/var/root`, which the walk reaches as
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`/private/var/root`. A walk of `/` on macOS reaches everything in
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`/System/Volumes/Data` already, through firmlinks. Firmlinks are the links
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macOS uses to show the data volume inside the system volume. Walking
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`/System/Volumes/Data` as well would record each of those files twice. Any
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other system has no default excludes.
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An operand at or inside a default exclude is walked, so
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`sfdupes scan /tmp/x` works when `/tmp/x` is on a persistent filesystem.
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