R: Clean up the output files and directories from the book

clean_book {bookdown} | R Documentation

## Clean up the output files and directories from the book

### Description

After a book is rendered, there will be a series of output files and directories created in the book root directory, typically including ‘*_files/’, ‘*_cache/’, ‘_book/’, and some HTML/LaTeX auxiliary files. These filenames depend on the book configurations. This function identifies these files and directories, and delete them if desired, so you can rebuild the book with a clean source.

### Usage

    clean_book(clean = getOption("bookdown.clean_book", FALSE))

### Arguments

`clean` | Whether to delete the possible output files. If `FALSE`, simply print out a list of files/directories that should probably be deleted. You can set the global option `bookdown.clean_book = TRUE` to force this function to delete files. You are recommended to take a look at the list of files at least once before actually deleting them, i.e. run `clean_book(FALSE)` before `clean_book(TRUE)`.

[Package bookdown version 0.7 Index]