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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md index 4ca12d2cc..24353525f 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-channel.md @@ -17,26 +17,26 @@ To see the list of official NixOS channels, visit This command has the following operations: - - `--add` *url* \[*name*\] + - `--add` *url* \[*name*\]\ Adds a channel named *name* with URL *url* to the list of subscribed channels. If *name* is omitted, it defaults to the last component of *url*, with the suffixes `-stable` or `-unstable` removed. - - `--remove` *name* + - `--remove` *name*\ Removes the channel named *name* from the list of subscribed channels. - - `--list` + - `--list`\ Prints the names and URLs of all subscribed channels on standard output. - - `--update` \[*names*…\] + - `--update` \[*names*…\]\ Downloads the Nix expressions of all subscribed channels (or only those included in *names* if specified) and makes them the default for `nix-env` operations (by symlinking them from the directory `~/.nix-defexpr`). - - `--rollback` \[*generation*\] + - `--rollback` \[*generation*\]\ Reverts the previous call to `nix-channel --update`. Optionally, you can specify a specific channel generation number to restore. @@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ $ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version' # Files - - `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/channels` + - `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/channels`\ `nix-channel` uses a `nix-env` profile to keep track of previous versions of the subscribed channels. Every time you run `nix-channel --update`, a new channel generation (that is, a symlink to the channel Nix expressions in the Nix store) is created. This enables `nix-channel --rollback` to revert to previous versions. - - `~/.nix-defexpr/channels` + - `~/.nix-defexpr/channels`\ This is a symlink to `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/username/channels`. It ensures that `nix-env` can find your channels. In a multi-user installation, you @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ $ nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version' A channel URL should point to a directory containing the following files: - - `nixexprs.tar.xz` + - `nixexprs.tar.xz`\ A tarball containing Nix expressions and files referenced by them (such as build scripts and patches). At the top level, the tarball should contain a single directory. That directory must contain a |