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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml deleted file mode 100644 index cbcb5add5..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ -<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="sec-nix-collect-garbage"> - -<refmeta> - <refentrytitle>nix-collect-garbage</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> - <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo> - <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo> -</refmeta> - -<refnamediv> - <refname>nix-collect-garbage</refname> - <refpurpose>delete unreachable store paths</refpurpose> -</refnamediv> - -<refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>nix-collect-garbage</command> - <arg><option>--delete-old</option></arg> - <arg><option>-d</option></arg> - <arg><option>--delete-older-than</option> <emphasis>period</emphasis></arg> - <arg><option>--max-freed</option> <emphasis>bytes</emphasis></arg> - <arg><option>--dry-run</option></arg> - </cmdsynopsis> -</refsynopsisdiv> - -<refsection><title>Description</title> - -<para>The command <command>nix-collect-garbage</command> is mostly an -alias of <link linkend="rsec-nix-store-gc"><command>nix-store ---gc</command></link>, that is, it deletes all unreachable paths in -the Nix store to clean up your system. However, it provides two -additional options: <option>-d</option> (<option>--delete-old</option>), -which deletes all old generations of all profiles in -<filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles</filename> by invoking -<literal>nix-env --delete-generations old</literal> on all profiles -(of course, this makes rollbacks to previous configurations -impossible); and -<option>--delete-older-than</option> <emphasis>period</emphasis>, -where period is a value such as <literal>30d</literal>, which deletes -all generations older than the specified number of days in all profiles -in <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles</filename> (except for the generations -that were active at that point in time). -</para> - -</refsection> - -<refsection><title>Example</title> - -<para>To delete from the Nix store everything that is not used by the -current generations of each profile, do - -<screen> -$ nix-collect-garbage -d</screen> - -</para> - -</refsection> - -</refentry> |