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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md index 43de7a6e6..49c6f3f55 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ [`--dry-run`] [{`--out-link` | `-o`} *outlink*] +# Disambiguation + +This man page describes the command `nix-build`, which is distinct from `nix +build`. For documentation on the latter, run `nix build --help` or see `man +nix3-build`. + # Description The `nix-build` command builds the derivations described by the Nix @@ -47,16 +53,16 @@ All options not listed here are passed to `nix-store --realise`, except for `--arg` and `--attr` / `-A` which are passed to `nix-instantiate`. - - `--no-out-link`\ + - [`--no-out-link`]{#opt-no-out-link}\ Do not create a symlink to the output path. Note that as a result the output does not become a root of the garbage collector, and so might be deleted by `nix-store --gc`. - - `--dry-run`\ + - [`--dry-run`]{#opt-dry-run}\ Show what store paths would be built or downloaded. - - `--out-link` / `-o` *outlink*\ + - [`--out-link`]{#opt-out-link} / `-o` *outlink*\ Change the name of the symlink to the output path created from `result` to *outlink*. |