contao:automator

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This command is an interface to the Automator class of Contao. It mainly consists of common tasks around the maintenance of a Contao installation.

php vendor/bin/contao-console contao:automator [<task>]

The command will prompt you for which task should be executed, if no specific task is provided. The following tasks are available.

Task	Description
`purgeSearchTables`	Clears the search index by deleting the tables `tl_search` and `tl_search_index`.
`purgeUndoTable`	Removes the temporarily stored undo entries, which allows for restoring deleted entries.
`purgeVersionTable`	Purges the version table `tl_version` which holds different versions for rows in tables that have the versioning feature enabled.
`purgeSystemLog`	Deletes entries in the system log.
`purgeImageCache`	Purges the image cache by deleting all processed and resized images in the configurable `image.target_dir`.
`purgeScriptCache`	Removes processed and/or minified JavaScript files and Stylesheets.
`purgePageCache`	Clears the page cache by removing cached html responses.
`purgeSearchCache`	Clears the search result cache.
`purgeInternalCache`	Clears Contao’s internal cache for DCA and language files.
`purgeTempFolder`	Purges the `system/tmp` directory.
`purgeRegistrations`	Purges the inactivated member registrations.
`purgeOptInTokens`	Purges the expired double opt-in tokens.
`purgeXmlFiles`	Removes XML files generated by `generateXmlFiles` task.
`generateSitemap`	Generates the sitemap.xml files based on the page tree and the settings on the root page.
`generateXmlFiles`	Generates the sitemap.xml files and calls the hook `generateXmlFiles` for other bundles to use. The `ContaoNewsBundle` uses it to generate RSS feeds.
`generateSymlinks`	Creates various symlinks to the web directory, for example publicly reachable file directories, the assets directory or `system/themes`.
`generateInternalCache`	Warms up Contao’s internal cache for DCA and language files.