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| author | Alexander Schmolck <a.schmolck+git@gmail.com> | 2023-04-30 14:52:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alexander Schmolck <a.schmolck+git@gmail.com> | 2023-05-17 08:10:30 +0100 |
| commit | 8d4b6766e297314f69ee96b6c9d74c6c2637f84b (patch) | |
| tree | 87887a5594bb26729795157dea40168d29923699 /doc/manual/src/introduction.md | |
| parent | 5fd161189d2405353eef6b1e7eb9441d6be1911e (diff) | |
Convert short nix options to long ones
e.g. nix-env -e subversion => nix-env --uninstall subversion
The aim is to make the documentation less cryptic for newcomers and the
long options are more self-documenting.
The change was made with the following script:
<https://github.com/aschmolck/convert-short-nix-opts-to-long-ones>
and sanity checked visually.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/src/introduction.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/introduction.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/introduction.md b/doc/manual/src/introduction.md index b54346db8..76489bc1b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/introduction.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/introduction.md @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ there after an upgrade. This means that you can _roll back_ to the old version: ```console -$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.some-package +$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.some-package $ nix-env --rollback ``` @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Nix expressions generally describe how to build a package from source, so an installation action like ```console -$ nix-env --install -A nixpkgs.firefox +$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.firefox ``` _could_ cause quite a bit of build activity, as not only Firefox but @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Pan newsreader, as described by [its Nix expression](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix): ```console -$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan +$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan ``` You’re then dropped into a shell where you can edit, build and test |