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guix-gc - manual page for guix gc (GNU Guix) 1.3.0.27848-a3264

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  REPORTING BUGS  COPYRIGHT  SEE ALSO 

NAME

guix − manual page for guix gc (GNU Guix) 1.3.0.27848-a3264

SYNOPSIS

guix gc [OPTION]... PATHS...

DESCRIPTION

Invoke the garbage collector.
−C
, −−collect−garbage[=MIN]

collect at least MIN bytes of garbage

−F, −−free−space=FREE

attempt to reach FREE available space in the store

−d, −−delete−generations[=PATTERN]

delete profile generations matching PATTERN

−D, −−delete

attempt to delete PATHS

−−list−roots

list the user’s garbage collector roots

−−list−busy

list store items used by running processes

−−optimize

optimize the store by deduplicating identical files

−−list−dead

list dead paths

−−list−live

list live paths

−−references

list the references of PATHS

−R, −−requisites

list the requisites of PATHS

−−referrers

list the referrers of PATHS

−−derivers

list the derivers of PATHS

−−verify[=OPTS]

verify the integrity of the store; OPTS is a comma−separated combination of ’repair’ and ’contents’

−−list−failures

list cached build failures

−−clear−failures

remove PATHS from the set of cached failures

−−vacuum−database

repack the sqlite database tracking the store using less space

−h, −−help

display this help and exit

−V, −−version

display version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug−[email protected].
GNU Guix home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/>
General help using Guix and GNU software: <https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 the Guix authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for guix is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and guix programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info guix

should give you access to the complete manual.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se