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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2014-12-14 01:33:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2014-12-14 01:33:16 +0100 |
| commit | 6466d56f42aac8e3a4857ca22a9d5f70d8b7b7fe (patch) | |
| tree | 8893faa31034982948b59454e4aa6c6b0b2c7138 /doc/manual/packages/garbage-collection.xml | |
| parent | e90e7b5e0adb5f11f5679db7784b30d946ea6b2e (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/packages/garbage-collection.xml b/doc/manual/packages/garbage-collection.xml index 05a06d6f4..03b8e4c97 100644 --- a/doc/manual/packages/garbage-collection.xml +++ b/doc/manual/packages/garbage-collection.xml @@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ generations, e.g., <screen> $ nix-env --delete-generations 10 11 14</screen> -</para> +To delete all generations older than a specified number of days +(except the current generation), use the <literal>d</literal> +suffix. For example, + +<screen> +$ nix-env --delete-generations 14d</screen> + +deletes all generations older than two weeks.</para> <para>After removing appropriate old generations you can run the garbage collector as follows: |