---
title: "Gentoo distribution files cleanup"
date: "2009-09-06"
path: "/42-gentoo-distribution-files-cleanup.html"
section: "/ramblings"
aliases:
  - "/42"
  - "/42-gentoo-distribution-files-cleanup"
  - "/42.html"
  - "/ramblings/42-gentoo-distribution-files-cleanup.html"
---

Here is a simple command set to clean up large distfiles directories:

```
eclean distfiles
eclean packages
```