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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-02-14T21·44+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2004-02-14T21·44+0000
commit76c0e85929dc747288a8fe66a7bb77673cf2aa7e (patch)
treea470529f9acd56ac6af84bf426628c33a8affebf /src/nix-store/help.txt
parent6f5a5ea5ea7fa80bc709c4a2b14ea4395ebe7469 (diff)
* The environment variable NIX_ROOT can now be set to execute Nix in a
  chroot() environment.
* A operation `--validpath' to register path validity.  Useful for
  bootstrapping in a pure Nix environment.
* Safety checks: ensure that files involved in store operations are in
  the store.

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@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ Operations:
   --add / -A: copy a path to the Nix store
   --query / -q: query information
 
-  --successor: register a successor expression
-  --substitute: register a substitute expression
+  --successor: register a successor expression (dangerous!)
+  --substitute: register a substitute expression (dangerous!)
+  --validpath: register path validity (dangerous!)
+  --isvalid: check path validity
 
   --dump: dump a path as a Nix archive
   --restore: restore a path from a Nix archive