nix3-store-gc - (unknown subject)

Name  Synopsis  Examples  Description  Options  Logging-related options  Miscellaneous global options 

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Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix store gc - perform garbage collection on a Nix store

Synopsis

nix store gc [option…]

Examples

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Delete unreachable paths in the Nix store:

# nix store gc

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Delete up to 1 gigabyte of garbage:

# nix store gc --max 1G

Description

This command deletes unreachable paths in the Nix store.

Options

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--dry-run

Show what this command would do without doing it.

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--max n

Stop after freeing n bytes of disk space.

Logging-related options

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--debug

Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

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--log-format format

Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

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--print-build-logs / -L

Print full build logs on standard error.

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--quiet

Decrease the logging verbosity level.

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--verbose / -v

Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

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--help

Show usage information.

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--offline

Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

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--option name value

Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

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--refresh

Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

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--version

Show version information.

Note

See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.

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