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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-10-05 23:13:15 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-10-05 23:13:15 +0000
commitbeee18de881040e3d7861be694fc3c66e9bf4159 (patch)
tree85c92347d64ff24344dea387b1f2969c11be31ec /doc/manual/nix-hash.xml
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* Document nix-store --delete.
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@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ available as well. The hash is printed in hexadecimal.</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
-<command>nix-store</command> <option>--dump</option>. Thus,
-<literal>nix-hash <replaceable>path</replaceable></literal> yields the
-same cryptographic hash as <literal>nix-store --dump
+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>