CLEAN-CRL(8)

NAME
clean-crl - remove orphaned CRL like files from a certificate directory

SYNOPSIS
clean-crl [-l crlpath] [-v] [-V] [-n] [-h]

DESCRIPTION
The clean-crl utility will remove CRL like files named hash.rn from the directory specified with the -l option if there is no corresponding .n file in the same. In effect, if the directory is solely used to hold CA certificates in the common OpenSSL format, it will thus remove CRL files for which the corresponding CA does not or no longer exists in the directory.

OPTIONS

-h --help
    Show help text.

-l --cadir metadata-directory
    The script will search this directory for files with the suffix .ri. There is no default - a common choice is /etc/pki/tls/certs, /etc/openldap/cacerts, or /etc/grid-security/certificates.

-V --version
    Display version number (same as corresponding fetch-crl)

-v --verbose
    Verbose mode

-n --dryrun
    Do not actually remove any files (useful primarily with -v)

CONFIGURATION
None.

NOTES
This tool does not check the contents of the files removed, and will blindly unlink any file which even remotely looks like an OpenSSL CRL file. Use with extreme caution.

SEE ALSO
fetch-crl(8), openssl(1), http://wiki.nikhef.nl/grid/FetchCRL3

DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is normally 0; if an error occurs, exit status is 1 and diagnostics will be written to standard error.

LICENSE
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

BUGS
Does not check the contents of the files removed.