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diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-collect-garbage.xml b/doc/manual/nix-collect-garbage.xml index a13e365a4e00..a97e3b7c6ba5 100644 --- a/doc/manual/nix-collect-garbage.xml +++ b/doc/manual/nix-collect-garbage.xml @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ <command>nix-collect-garbage</command> <arg><option>--delete-old</option></arg> <arg><option>-d</option></arg> + <arg><option>--delete-older-than</option> <replaceable>period</replaceable></arg> <group choice='opt'> <arg choice='plain'><option>--print-roots</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--print-live</option></arg> @@ -35,13 +36,18 @@ <para>The command <command>nix-collect-garbage</command> is mostly an alias of <link linkend="rsec-nix-store-gc"><command>nix-store --gc</command></link>, that is, it deletes all unreachable paths in -the Nix store to clean up your system. However, it provides an -additional option <option>-d</option> (<option>--delete-old</option>) -that deletes all old generations of all profiles in +the Nix store to clean up your system. However, it provides two +additional options: <option>-d</option> (<option>--delete-old</option>), +which deletes all old generations of all profiles in <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles</filename> by invoking -<literal>nix-env --delete-generations old</literal> on all profiles. -Of course, this makes rollbacks to previous configurations -impossible.</para> +<literal>nix-env --delete-generations old</literal> on all profiles +(of course, this makes rollbacks to previous configurations +impossible); and +<option>--delete-older-than</option> <replaceable>period</replaceable>, +where period is a value such as <literal>30d</literal>, which deletes +all non-current generations that are older than the specified number of +days in all profiles in <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles</filename>. +</para> </refsection> |