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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/nix-copy-closure.xml | 11 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/nix-copy-closure.in | 10 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-copy-closure.xml b/doc/manual/nix-copy-closure.xml index 584e713f14..3f2f12320f 100644 --- a/doc/manual/nix-copy-closure.xml +++ b/doc/manual/nix-copy-closure.xml @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ </group> <arg><option>--sign</option></arg> <arg><option>--gzip</option></arg> + <arg><option>--bzip2</option></arg> + <arg><option>--xz</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'> <arg><replaceable>user@</replaceable></arg><replaceable>machine</replaceable> </arg> @@ -96,10 +98,13 @@ those paths. If this bothers you, use </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><option>--gzip</option></term> + <varlistentry><term><option>--gzip</option> / <option>--bzip2</option> / <option>--xz</option></term> - <listitem><para>Compress the dump of each path with - <command>gzip</command> before sending it.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Compress the dump of each path with respectively + <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or + <command>xz</command> before sending it. The corresponding + decompression program must be installed on the target + machine.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/scripts/nix-copy-closure.in b/scripts/nix-copy-closure.in index 2eac56e3f2..9191de59e3 100755 --- a/scripts/nix-copy-closure.in +++ b/scripts/nix-copy-closure.in @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Nix::CopyClosure; if (scalar @ARGV < 1) { print STDERR <<EOF -Usage: nix-copy-closure [--from | --to] HOSTNAME [--sign] [--gzip] PATHS... +Usage: nix-copy-closure [--from | --to] HOSTNAME [--sign] [--gzip] [--bzip2] [--xz] PATHS... EOF ; exit 1; @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ while (@ARGV) { $compressor = "gzip"; $decompressor = "gunzip"; } + elsif ($arg eq "--bzip2") { + $compressor = "bzip2"; + $decompressor = "bunzip2"; + } + elsif ($arg eq "--xz") { + $compressor = "xz"; + $decompressor = "xz -d"; + } elsif ($arg eq "--from") { $toMode = 0; } |