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