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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/conf-file.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/nix-store.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/quick-start.xml | 2 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml index ec64e8b114f7..cb47b99418b6 100644 --- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin</programlisting> Nix store metadata (in <filename>/nix/var/nix/db</filename>) are synchronously flushed to disk. This improves robustness in case of system crashes, but reduces performance. The default is - <literal>false</literal>.</para></listitem> + <literal>true</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/nix-store.xml index 10bb3eda5774..a32559c033f4 100644 --- a/doc/manual/nix-store.xml +++ b/doc/manual/nix-store.xml @@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ error: cannot delete path `/nix/store/zq0h41l75vlb4z45kzgjjmsjxvcv1qk7-mesa-6.4' <arg choice='plain'><option>--tree</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--binding</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--hash</option></arg> + <arg choice='plain'><option>--size</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--roots</option></arg> </group> <arg><option>--use-output</option></arg> @@ -587,9 +588,21 @@ query is applied to the target of the symlink.</para> <varlistentry><term><option>--hash</option></term> <listitem><para>Prints the SHA-256 hash of the contents of the - store paths <replaceable>paths</replaceable>. Since the hash is - stored in the Nix database, this is a fast - operation.</para></listitem> + store paths <replaceable>paths</replaceable> (that is, the hash of + the output of <command>nix-store --dump</command> on the given + paths). Since the hash is stored in the Nix database, this is a + fast operation.</para></listitem> + + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>--size</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Prints the size in bytes of the contents of the + store paths <replaceable>paths</replaceable> โ to be precise, the + size of the output of <command>nix-store --dump</command> on the + given paths. Note that the actual disk space required by the + store paths may be higher, especially on filesystems with large + cluster sizes.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/manual/quick-start.xml b/doc/manual/quick-start.xml index 6d96cb5ac0bc..d2431151f360 100644 --- a/doc/manual/quick-start.xml +++ b/doc/manual/quick-start.xml @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ available remotely.</para></listitem> in the channel: <screen> -$ nix-env -qa โ*โ <lineannotation>(mind the quotes!)</lineannotation> +$ nix-env -qa \* docbook-xml-4.2 firefox-1.0pre-PR-0.10.1 hello-2.1.1 |