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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md index 3de8ba9eb..ea8420c72 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Common Environment Variables -Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: +Most commands in Lix interpret the following environment variables: - <span id="env-IN_NIX_SHELL">[`IN_NIX_SHELL`](#env-IN_NIX_SHELL)</span>\ Indicator that tells if the current environment was set up by @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the [`-I` option](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-I). - If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Nix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode: + If `NIX_PATH` is not set at all, Lix will fall back to the following list in [impure](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval) and [unrestricted](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval) evaluation mode: 1. `$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels` 2. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs` @@ -50,28 +50,28 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: Overrides the location of the Nix store (default `prefix/store`). - <span id="env-NIX_DATA_DIR">[`NIX_DATA_DIR`](#env-NIX_DATA_DIR)</span>\ - Overrides the location of the Nix static data directory (default + Overrides the location of the Lix static data directory (default `prefix/share`). - <span id="env-NIX_LOG_DIR">[`NIX_LOG_DIR`](#env-NIX_LOG_DIR)</span>\ - Overrides the location of the Nix log directory (default + Overrides the location of the Lix log directory (default `prefix/var/log/nix`). - <span id="env-NIX_STATE_DIR">[`NIX_STATE_DIR`](#env-NIX_STATE_DIR)</span>\ - Overrides the location of the Nix state directory (default + Overrides the location of the Lix state directory (default `prefix/var/nix`). - <span id="env-NIX_CONF_DIR">[`NIX_CONF_DIR`](#env-NIX_CONF_DIR)</span>\ - Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration directory + Overrides the location of the system Lix configuration directory (default `prefix/etc/nix`). - <span id="env-NIX_CONFIG">[`NIX_CONFIG`](#env-NIX_CONFIG)</span>\ - Applies settings from Nix configuration from the environment. - The content is treated as if it was read from a Nix configuration file. + Applies settings from Lix configuration from the environment. + The content is treated as if it was read from a Lix configuration file. Settings are separated by the newline character. - <span id="env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES">[`NIX_USER_CONF_FILES`](#env-NIX_USER_CONF_FILES)</span>\ - Overrides the location of the Nix user configuration files to load from. + Overrides the location of the Lix user configuration files to load from. The default are the locations according to the [XDG Base Directory Specification]. See the [XDG Base Directories](#xdg-base-directories) sub-section for details. @@ -84,19 +84,19 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: substantial amounts of disk space. The default is `/tmp`. - <span id="env-NIX_REMOTE">[`NIX_REMOTE`](#env-NIX_REMOTE)</span>\ - This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Nix + This variable should be set to `daemon` if you want to use the Lix daemon to execute Nix operations. This is necessary in [multi-user - Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Nix + Nix installations](@docroot@/installation/multi-user.md). If the Lix daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path, this variable should be set to `unix://path/to/socket`. Otherwise, it should be left unset. - <span id="env-NIX_SHOW_STATS">[`NIX_SHOW_STATS`](#env-NIX_SHOW_STATS)</span>\ - If set to `1`, Nix will print some evaluation statistics, such as + If set to `1`, Lix will print some evaluation statistics, such as the number of values allocated. - <span id="env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS">[`NIX_COUNT_CALLS`](#env-NIX_COUNT_CALLS)</span>\ - If set to `1`, Nix will print how often functions were called during + If set to `1`, Lix will print how often functions were called during Nix expression evaluation. This is useful for profiling your Nix expressions. @@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables: ## XDG Base Directories -Nix follows the [XDG Base Directory Specification]. +Lix follows the [XDG Base Directory Specification]. -For backwards compatibility, Nix commands will follow the standard only when [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is enabled. +For backwards compatibility, commands in Lix will follow the standard only when [`use-xdg-base-directories`] is enabled. [New Nix commands](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix.md) (experimental) conform to the standard by default. The following environment variables are used to determine locations of various state and configuration files: |