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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-10-10 17:22:26 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-10-10 17:22:26 +0000
commit597bec226dcb46cf6b65390d78f5363f1b084aef (patch)
tree8ced0195685162aeb4a3b211dedd9d34177a4345
parent25738bd1aa879fbd8d4d9b0d65a2805c7bd67956 (diff)
doc tweak
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@20040 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
-rwxr-xr-xMaster/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl24
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index 78754d16df0..4dab26632b4 100755
--- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -5019,11 +5019,11 @@ writable directory. If C<--backupdir> is not given, the C<backupdir>
option setting in the TLPDB is used, if present. If both are missing,
no backups are made.
-If the C<--clean> option is specified, backups are cleaned (pruned)
-instead of saved. The optional value I<N> may be specified to set the
-number of backups that will be retained when cleaning. If C<N> is not
-given, the value of the C<autobackup> option is used. If both are
-missing, an error is issued. For more details of backup cleaning, see
+If the C<--clean> option is specified, backups are pruned (removed)
+instead of saved. The optional integer value I<N> may be specified to
+set the number of backups that will be retained when cleaning. If C<N>
+is not given, the value of the C<autobackup> option is used. If both are
+missing, an error is issued. For more details of backup pruning, see
the C<option> action.
Options:
@@ -5034,20 +5034,20 @@ Options:
Overrides the C<backupdir> option setting in the TLPDB.
The I<directory> argument is required and must specify an existing,
-writeable directory where backups are to be placed.
+writable directory where backups are to be placed.
=item B<--all>
-If C<--clean> is not specified, this will make a backup of all packages
-in the TeX Live installation; this will take quite a lot of space and time.
-If C<--clean> is specified, all packages will be cleaned.
+If C<--clean> is not specified, make a backup of all packages in the TeX
+Live installation; this will take quite a lot of space and time. If
+C<--clean> is specified, all packages are pruned.
=item B<--clean>[=I<N>]
Instead of making backups, prune the backup directory of old backups, as
-explained above. Use the I<N> argument to override the C<autobackup> option
-set in the TLPDB. Note that you must also use C<--all> or a list of
-packages, as appropriate.
+explained above. The optional integer argument I<N> overrides the
+C<autobackup> option set in the TLPDB. You must use C<--all> or a list
+of packages together with this option, as desired.
=item B<--dry-run>