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* Documented a bunch of nix-store commands.
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<refsection xml:id='refsec-nix-store-export'><title>Operation <option>--export</option></title>
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<refsection>
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<title>Synopsis</title>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-store</command>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--export</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para>The operation <option>--export</option> writes a serialisation
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of the specified store paths to standard output in a format that can
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be imported into another Nix store with <command
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linkend="refsec-nix-store-import">nix-store --import</command>. This
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is like <command linkend="refsec-nix-store-dump">nix-store
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--dump</command>, except that the NAR archive produced by that command
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doesn’t contain the necessary meta-information to allow it to be
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imported into another Nix store (namely, the set of references of the
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path).</para>
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<para>This command does not produce a <emphasis>closure</emphasis> of
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the specified paths, so if a store path references other store paths
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that are missing in the target Nix store, the import will fail. To
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copy a whole closure, do something like
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<screen>
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$ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR <replaceable>paths</replaceable>) > out</screen>
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</para>
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<para>For an example of how <option>--export</option> and
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<option>--import</option> can be used, see the source of the <command
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linkend="sec-nix-copy-closure">nix-copy-closure</command>
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command.</para>
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<refsection xml:id='refsec-nix-store-import'><title>Operation <option>--import</option></title>
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<refsection>
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<title>Synopsis</title>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-store</command>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--import</option></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para>The operation <option>--export</option> reads a serialisation of
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a set of store paths produced by <command
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linkend="refsec-nix-store-export">nix-store --import</command> from
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standard input and adds those store paths to the Nix store. Paths
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that already exist in the Nix store are ignored. If a path refers to
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another path that doesn’t exist in the Nix store, the import
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fails.</para>
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<refsection><title>Operation <option>--optimise</option></title>
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<refsection>
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<title>Synopsis</title>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-store</command>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--optimise</option></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para>The operation <option>--optimise</option> reduces Nix store disk
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space usage by finding identical files in the store and hard-linking
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them to each other. It typically reduces the size of the store by
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something like 25-35%. Only regular files and symlinks are
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hard-linked in this manner. Files are considered identical when they
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have the same NAR archive serialisation: that is, regular files must
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have the same contents and permission (executable or non-executable),
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and symlinks must have the same contents.</para>
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<para>After completion, or when the command is interrupted, a report
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on the achieved savings is printed on standard error.</para>
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<para>Use <option>-vv</option> or <option>-vvv</option> to get some
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progress indication.</para>
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<refsection><title>Example</title>
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<screen>
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$ nix-store --optimise
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hashing files in `/nix/store/qhqx7l2f1kmwihc9bnxs7rc159hsxnf3-gcc-4.1.1'
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<replaceable>...</replaceable>
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541838819 bytes (516.74 MiB) freed by hard-linking 54143 files;
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there are 114486 files with equal contents out of 215894 files in total
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<refsection><title>Operation <option>--read-log</option></title>
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<refsection>
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<title>Synopsis</title>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-store</command>
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<group choice='req'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--read-log</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-l</option></arg>
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</group>
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<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para>The operation <option>--read-log</option> prints the build log
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of the specified store paths on standard output. The build log is
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whatever the builder of a derivation wrote to standard output and
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standard error. If a store path is not a derivation, the deriver of
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the store path is used.</para>
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<para>Build logs are kept in
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<filename>/nix/var/log/nix/drvs</filename>. However, there is no
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guarantee that a build log is available for any particular store
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path. For instance, if the path was downloaded as a pre-built binary
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through a substitute, then the log is unavailable.</para>
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<refsection><title>Example</title>
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$ nix-store -l $(which ktorrent)
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building /nix/store/dhc73pvzpnzxhdgpimsd9sw39di66ph1-ktorrent-2.2.1
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unpacking sources
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unpacking source archive /nix/store/p8n1jpqs27mgkjw07pb5269717nzf5f8-ktorrent-2.2.1.tar.gz
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ktorrent-2.2.1/
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ktorrent-2.2.1/NEWS
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