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| author | Charles Strahan <charles.c.strahan@gmail.com> | 2015-04-27T04·59-0400 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2015-05-19T09·00+0200 |
| commit | 9c6328a7bfae5aa378ffc79ee271df633372c22b (patch) | |
| tree | 5e7c89fbc5105945363970a25436f5fc73ba4f34 /doc/manual/command-ref | |
| parent | a010c0ae0545babccb054f8f726b864b7cff0dcb (diff) | |
nix-env: document --set option
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml | 38 |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml index d37f4bcc1418..45a99b27d7bd 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml @@ -703,6 +703,44 @@ $ nix-env -e '.*' <lineannotation>(remove everything)</lineannotation></screen> <!--######################################################################--> +<refsection xml:id="rsec-nix-env-set"><title>Operation <option>--set</option></title> + +<refsection><title>Synopsis</title> + +<cmdsynopsis> + <command>nix-env</command> + <arg choice='plain'><option>--set</option></arg> + <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>drvname</replaceable></arg> +</cmdsynopsis> +</refsection> + +<refsection><title>Description</title> + +<para>The <option>--set</option> operation modifies the current generation of a +profile so that it contains exactly the specified derivation, and nothing else. +</para> + +</refsection> + +<refsection><title>Examples</title> + +<para> +The following updates a profile such that its current generation will contain +just Firefox: + +<screen> +$ nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set firefox</screen> + +</para> + +</refsection> + +</refsection> + + + +<!--######################################################################--> + <refsection xml:id="rsec-nix-env-set-flag"><title>Operation <option>--set-flag</option></title> <refsection><title>Synopsis</title> |