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authorValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2023-04-26 13:57:42 +0200
committerValentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>2023-04-26 15:39:35 +0200
commitbb8e3b5d86635b318de7e2d24503eba4990d042e (patch)
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update description on how profiles work
adapt to the example listing
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@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ To migrate back to `nix-env` you can delete your current profile:
## Filesystem layout
-Profiles are versioned as follows. When using profile *path*, *path*
-is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*, where *N* is the current *version* of
-the profile. In turn, *path*`-`*N* is a symlink to a path in the Nix
-store. For example:
+Profiles are versioned as follows. When using a profile named *path*, *path* is a symlink to *path*`-`*N*`-link`, where *N* is the version of the profile.
+In turn, *path*`-`*N*`-link` is a symlink to a path in the Nix store.
+For example:
```console
$ ls -l ~alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile*