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Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
- - `IN_NIX_SHELL`
+ - `IN_NIX_SHELL`\
Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by
`nix-shell`. Since Nix 2.0 the values are `"pure"` and `"impure"`
- - `NIX_PATH`
+ - `NIX_PATH`\
A colon-separated list of directories used to look up Nix
expressions enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`). For
instance, the value
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
The search path can be extended using the `-I` option, which takes
precedence over `NIX_PATH`.
- - `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`
+ - `NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`\
Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
allowed to contain any symlink components. This is to prevent
“impure” builds. Builders sometimes “canonicalise” paths by
@@ -62,41 +62,41 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
Consult the mount 8 manual page for details.
- - `NIX_STORE_DIR`
+ - `NIX_STORE_DIR`\
Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`).
- - `NIX_DATA_DIR`
+ - `NIX_DATA_DIR`\
Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default
`prefix/share`).
- - `NIX_LOG_DIR`
+ - `NIX_LOG_DIR`\
Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default
`prefix/var/log/nix`).
- - `NIX_STATE_DIR`
+ - `NIX_STATE_DIR`\
Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default
`prefix/var/nix`).
- - `NIX_CONF_DIR`
+ - `NIX_CONF_DIR`\
Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory
(default `prefix/etc/nix`).
- - `NIX_CONFIG`
+ - `NIX_CONFIG`\
Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment.
The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file.
Settings are separated by the newline character.
- - `NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`
+ - `NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`\
Overrides the location of the user Nix configuration files to load
from (defaults to the XDG spec locations). The variable is treated
as a list separated by the `:` token.
- - `TMPDIR`
+ - `TMPDIR`\
Use the specified directory to store temporary files. In particular,
this includes temporary build directories; these can take up
substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`.
- - `NIX_REMOTE`
+ - `NIX_REMOTE`\
This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix
daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user
Nix installations](../installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be
left unset.
- - `NIX_SHOW_STATS`
+ - `NIX_SHOW_STATS`\
If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as
the number of values allocated.
- - `NIX_COUNT_CALLS`
+ - `NIX_COUNT_CALLS`\
If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during
Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix
expressions.
- - `GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`
+ - `GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE`\
If Nix has been configured to use the Boehm garbage collector, this
variable sets the initial size of the heap in bytes. It defaults to
384 MiB. Setting it to a low value reduces memory consumption, but