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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-11-12T23·22+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-11-12T23·22+0000
commitc2b0d6b02ffaaa6e47eb24c3dca30beeea387aff (patch)
tree507eb77247f02981b6720c9f63d4b585b900f0e3 /doc/manual/opt-common.xml
parent32c73268502e35af54953e23038018edb8ce5685 (diff)
* Document --eval-only and --parse-only options in nix-instantiate.
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@@ -171,3 +171,14 @@
   </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
+
+<varlistentry>
+  <term><option>--readonly-mode</option></term>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>
+      When this option is used, no attempt is made to open the Nix
+      database.  Most Nix operations do need database access, so those
+      operations will fail.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+</varlistentry>