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authorSpencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com>2018-01-31T22·47+0000
committerSpencer Baugh <sbaugh@catern.com>2018-01-31T22·47+0000
commite5432574e2d54388eb52292da540f2d4de07e9dc (patch)
tree3f8f75c342a7cc9b268586ed40d32459ee42a17c /src/libstore/store-api.hh
parentc129fc6ee8a8bf6de633dc1b91869a0c428ca75c (diff)
document ability to set NIX_REMOTE=unix://path/to/socket
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diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
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+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ void removeTempRoots();
    * ‘daemon’: The Nix store accessed via a Unix domain socket
      connection to nix-daemon.
 
+   * ‘unix://<path>’: The Nix store accessed via a Unix domain socket
+     connection to nix-daemon, with the socket located at <path>.
+
    * ‘auto’ or ‘’: Equivalent to ‘local’ or ‘daemon’ depending on
      whether the user has write access to the local Nix
      store/database.