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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-04-07 15:51:27 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-04-07 15:51:27 +0000
commitb9d8ecbc6a76779d0c63729a21628965cafcc4cc (patch)
treeec739f66295a9bca3eeabc71360cea71325e318c /doc/manual/nix-store.xml
parent7d876f8fa7b6c3ce120a66b59f69b70ae526538b (diff)
* More doc updates.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/nix-store.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/nix-store.xml28
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/nix-store.xml
index c67e20266..0fec253bd 100644
--- a/doc/manual/nix-store.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/nix-store.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ linkend="sec-nix-build"><command>nix-build</command></link> does.</para>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-store</command>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--gc</option></arg>
- <group choice='req'>
+ <group>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--print-roots</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--print-live</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--print-dead</option></arg>
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ most one query can be specified. The default query is
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-store</command>
- <arg choice='req'><option>--register-validity</option></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>--register-validity</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsection>
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ most one query can be specified. The default query is
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-store</command>
- <arg choice='req'><option>--substitute</option></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>--substitute</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain'
rep='repeat'><replaceable>srcpath</replaceable> <replaceable>subpath</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ deployment.</para>
<title>Synopsis</title>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-store</command>
- <arg choice='req'><option>--verify</option></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'><option>--verify</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--check-contents</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsection>
@@ -514,6 +515,25 @@ automatically repaired. Inconsistencies are generally the result of
the Nix store or database being modified by non-Nix tools, or of bugs
in Nix itself.</para>
+<para>There is one option:
+
+<variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--check-contents</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Checks that the contents of every valid store path
+ has not been altered by computing a SHA-256 hash of the contents
+ and comparing it with the hash stored in the Nix database at build
+ time. Paths that have been modified are printed out. For large
+ stores, <option>--check-contents</option> is obviously quite
+ slow.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+</para>
+
</refsection>
</refsection>