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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index d2c9145e0505..6c0af39ecda9 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ <refsection><title>Description</title> <para>A number of persistent settings of Nix are stored in the file -<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename>. +<filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/nix.conf</filename> or +<filename>$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf</filename> if <envar>NIX_CONF_DIR</envar> is set. This file is a list of <literal><replaceable>name</replaceable> = <replaceable>value</replaceable></literal> pairs, one per line. Comments start with a <literal>#</literal> character. Here is an example |