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authorJohn Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>2020-09-01 18:01:48 +0000
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-<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
- xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
- version="5.0"
- xml:id="sec-nix-hash">
-
-<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>nix-hash</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
-</refmeta>
-
-<refnamediv>
- <refname>nix-hash</refname>
- <refpurpose>compute the cryptographic hash of a path</refpurpose>
-</refnamediv>
-
-<refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>nix-hash</command>
- <arg><option>--flat</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--base32</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--truncate</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--type</option> <replaceable>hashAlgo</replaceable></arg>
- <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>nix-hash</command>
- <arg choice='plain'><option>--to-base16</option></arg>
- <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>hash</replaceable></arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>nix-hash</command>
- <arg choice='plain'><option>--to-base32</option></arg>
- <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>hash</replaceable></arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
-</refsynopsisdiv>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>The command <command>nix-hash</command> computes the
-cryptographic hash of the contents of each
-<replaceable>path</replaceable> and prints it on standard output. By
-default, it computes an MD5 hash, but other hash algorithms are
-available as well. The hash is printed in hexadecimal. To generate
-the same hash as <command>nix-prefetch-url</command> you have to
-specify multiple arguments, see below for an example.</para>
-
-<para>The hash is computed over a <emphasis>serialisation</emphasis>
-of each path: a dump of the file system tree rooted at the path. This
-allows directories and symlinks to be hashed as well as regular files.
-The dump is in the <emphasis>NAR format</emphasis> produced by <link
-linkend="refsec-nix-store-dump"><command>nix-store</command>
-<option>--dump</option></link>. Thus, <literal>nix-hash
-<replaceable>path</replaceable></literal> yields the same
-cryptographic hash as <literal>nix-store --dump
-<replaceable>path</replaceable> | md5sum</literal>.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Options</title>
-
-<variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--flat</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Print the cryptographic hash of the contents of
- each regular file <replaceable>path</replaceable>. That is, do
- not compute the hash over the dump of
- <replaceable>path</replaceable>. The result is identical to that
- produced by the GNU commands <command>md5sum</command> and
- <command>sha1sum</command>.</para></listitem>
-
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--base32</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Print the hash in a base-32 representation rather
- than hexadecimal. This base-32 representation is more compact and
- can be used in Nix expressions (such as in calls to
- <function>fetchurl</function>).</para></listitem>
-
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--truncate</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Truncate hashes longer than 160 bits (such as
- SHA-256) to 160 bits.</para></listitem>
-
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--type</option> <replaceable>hashAlgo</replaceable></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Use the specified cryptographic hash algorithm,
- which can be one of <literal>md5</literal>,
- <literal>sha1</literal>, and
- <literal>sha256</literal>.</para></listitem>
-
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--to-base16</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Don’t hash anything, but convert the base-32 hash
- representation <replaceable>hash</replaceable> to
- hexadecimal.</para></listitem>
-
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>--to-base32</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Don’t hash anything, but convert the hexadecimal
- hash representation <replaceable>hash</replaceable> to
- base-32.</para></listitem>
-
- </varlistentry>
-
-</variablelist>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Examples</title>
-
-<para>Computing the same hash as <command>nix-prefetch-url</command>:
-<screen>
-$ nix-prefetch-url file://&lt;(echo test)
-1lkgqb6fclns49861dwk9rzb6xnfkxbpws74mxnx01z9qyv1pjpj
-$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat --base32 &lt;(echo test)
-1lkgqb6fclns49861dwk9rzb6xnfkxbpws74mxnx01z9qyv1pjpj
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>Computing hashes:
-
-<screen>
-$ mkdir test
-$ echo "hello" > test/world
-
-$ nix-hash test/ <lineannotation>(MD5 hash; default)</lineannotation>
-8179d3caeff1869b5ba1744e5a245c04
-
-$ nix-store --dump test/ | md5sum <lineannotation>(for comparison)</lineannotation>
-8179d3caeff1869b5ba1744e5a245c04 -
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 test/
-e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --base32 test/
-nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat test/
-error: reading file `test/': Is a directory
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat test/world
-5891b5b522d5df086d0ff0b110fbd9d21bb4fc7163af34d08286a2e846f6be03</screen>
-
-</para>
-
-<para>Converting between hexadecimal and base-32:
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base32 e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
-nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
-
-$ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base16 nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
-e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6</screen>
-
-</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-</refentry>