Name¶

nix store - manipulate a Nix store

Synopsis¶

nix store [option…] subcommand

where subcommand is one of the following:

• nix store add - Add a file or directory to the Nix store

• nix store add-file - Deprecated. Use nix store add --mode flat instead.

• nix store add-path - Deprecated alias to nix store add.

• nix store cat - print the contents of a file in the Nix store on stdout

• nix store copy-log - copy build logs between Nix stores

• nix store copy-sigs - copy store path signatures from substituters

• nix store delete - delete paths from the Nix store

• nix store diff-closures - show what packages and versions were added and removed between two closures

• nix store dump-path - serialise a store path to stdout in NAR format

• nix store gc - perform garbage collection on a Nix store

• nix store info - test whether a store can be accessed

• nix store ls - show information about a path in the Nix store

• nix store make-content-addressed - rewrite a path or closure to content-addressed form

• nix store optimise - replace identical files in the store by hard links

• nix store path-from-hash-part - get a store path from its hash part

• nix store ping - test whether a store can be accessed

• nix store prefetch-file - download a file into the Nix store

• nix store repair - repair store paths

• nix store sign - sign store paths with a local key

• nix store verify - verify the integrity of store paths

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