lix/src/libstore/gc.hh
Eelco Dolstra 818047881e * Put the garbage collector in nix-store: operation `--gc',
suboperations `--print-live', `--print-dead', and `--delete'.  The
  roots are not determined by nix-store; they are read from standard
  input.  This is to make it easy to customise what the roots are.

  The collector now no longer fails when store expressions are missing
  (which legally happens when using substitutes).  It never tries to
  fetch paths through substitutes.

  TODO: acquire a global lock on the store while garbage collecting.
  
* Removed `nix-store --delete'.
2004-08-25 11:43:49 +00:00

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#ifndef __GC_H
#define __GC_H
#include "storeexpr.hh"
/* Determine the set of "live" store paths, given a set of root store
expressions. The live store paths are those that are reachable
from the roots. The roots are reachable by definition. Any path
mentioned in a reachable store expression is also reachable. If a
derivation store expression is reachable, then its successor (if it
exists) if also reachable. It is not an error for store
expressions not to exist (since this can happen on derivation store
expressions, for instance, due to the substitute mechanism), but
successor links are followed even for non-existant derivations. */
PathSet findLivePaths(const Paths & roots);
/* Given a set of "live" store paths, determine the set of "dead"
store paths (which are simply all store paths that are not in the
live set). */
PathSet findDeadPaths(const PathSet & live);
#endif /* !__GC_H */