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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md index bc8eb6796..47862bc09 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/opt-common.md @@ -2,56 +2,56 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: - - `--help` + - `--help`\ Prints out a summary of the command syntax and exits. - - `--version` + - `--version`\ Prints out the Nix version number on standard output and exits. - - `--verbose` / `-v` + - `--verbose` / `-v`\ Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed on standard error. For each Nix operation, the information printed on standard output is well-defined; any diagnostic information is printed on standard error, never on standard output. - + This option may be specified repeatedly. Currently, the following verbosity levels exist: - - - 0 + + - 0\ “Errors only”: only print messages explaining why the Nix invocation failed. - - - 1 + + - 1\ “Informational”: print *useful* messages about what Nix is doing. This is the default. - - - 2 + + - 2\ “Talkative”: print more informational messages. - - - 3 + + - 3\ “Chatty”: print even more informational messages. - - - 4 + + - 4\ “Debug”: print debug information. - - - 5 + + - 5\ “Vomit”: print vast amounts of debug information. - - `--quiet` + - `--quiet`\ Decreases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed on standard error. This is the inverse option to `-v` / `--verbose`. - + This option may be specified repeatedly. See the previous verbosity levels list. - - `--log-format` *format* + - `--log-format` *format*\ This option can be used to change the output of the log format, with *format* being one of: - - - raw + + - raw\ This is the raw format, as outputted by nix-build. - - - internal-json + + - internal-json\ Outputs the logs in a structured manner. > **Warning** @@ -60,30 +60,30 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: > the error-messages (namely of the `msg`-field) can change > between releases. - - bar + - bar\ Only display a progress bar during the builds. - - - bar-with-logs + + - bar-with-logs\ Display the raw logs, with the progress bar at the bottom. - - `--no-build-output` / `-Q` + - `--no-build-output` / `-Q`\ By default, output written by builders to standard output and standard error is echoed to the Nix command's standard error. This option suppresses this behaviour. Note that the builder's standard output and error are always written to a log file in `prefix/nix/var/log/nix`. - - `--max-jobs` / `-j` *number* + - `--max-jobs` / `-j` *number*\ Sets the maximum number of build jobs that Nix will perform in parallel to the specified number. Specify `auto` to use the number of CPUs in the system. The default is specified by the `max-jobs` configuration setting, which itself defaults to `1`. A higher value is useful on SMP systems or to exploit I/O latency. - + Setting it to `0` disallows building on the local machine, which is useful when you want builds to happen only on remote builders. - - `--cores` + - `--cores`\ Sets the value of the `NIX_BUILD_CORES` environment variable in the invocation of builders. Builders can use this variable at their discretion to control the maximum amount of parallelism. For @@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: means that the builder should use all available CPU cores in the system. - - `--max-silent-time` + - `--max-silent-time`\ Sets the maximum number of seconds that a builder can go without producing any data on standard output or standard error. The default is specified by the `max-silent-time` configuration setting. `0` means no time-out. - - `--timeout` + - `--timeout`\ Sets the maximum number of seconds that a builder can run. The default is specified by the `timeout` configuration setting. `0` means no timeout. - - `--keep-going` / `-k` + - `--keep-going` / `-k`\ Keep going in case of failed builds, to the greatest extent possible. That is, if building an input of some derivation fails, Nix will still build the other inputs, but not the derivation @@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: for builds of substitutes), possibly killing builds in progress (in case of parallel or distributed builds). - - `--keep-failed` / `-K` + - `--keep-failed` / `-K`\ Specifies that in case of a build failure, the temporary directory (usually in `/tmp`) in which the build takes place should not be deleted. The path of the build directory is printed as an informational message. - - `--fallback` + - `--fallback`\ Whenever Nix attempts to build a derivation for which substitutes are known for each output path, but realising the output paths through the substitutes fails, fall back on building the derivation. - + The most common scenario in which this is useful is when we have registered substitutes in order to perform binary distribution from, say, a network repository. If the repository is down, the @@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to a full build from source (with the related consumption of resources). - - `--readonly-mode` + - `--readonly-mode`\ When this option is used, no attempt is made to open the Nix database. Most Nix operations do need database access, so those operations will fail. - - `--arg` *name* *value* + - `--arg` *name* *value*\ This option is accepted by `nix-env`, `nix-instantiate`, `nix-shell` and `nix-build`. When evaluating Nix expressions, the expression evaluator will automatically try to call functions that @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: override a default value). That is, if the evaluator encounters a function with an argument named *name*, it will call it with value *value*. - + For instance, the top-level `default.nix` in Nixpkgs is actually a function: @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: ... }: ... ``` - + So if you call this Nix expression (e.g., when you do `nix-env -i pkgname`), the function will be called automatically using the value [`builtins.currentSystem`](../expressions/builtins.md) for @@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: since the argument is a Nix string literal, you have to escape the quotes.) - - `--argstr` *name* *value* + - `--argstr` *name* *value*\ This option is like `--arg`, only the value is not a Nix expression but a string. So instead of `--arg system \"i686-linux\"` (the outer quotes are to keep the shell happy) you can say `--argstr system i686-linux`. - - `--attr` / `-A` *attrPath* + - `--attr` / `-A` *attrPath*\ Select an attribute from the top-level Nix expression being evaluated. (`nix-env`, `nix-instantiate`, `nix-build` and `nix-shell` only.) The *attribute path* *attrPath* is a sequence @@ -185,34 +185,34 @@ Most Nix commands accept the following command-line options: would cause the expression `e.xorg.xorgserver` to be used. See [`nix-env --install`](nix-env.md#operation---install) for some concrete examples. - + In addition to attribute names, you can also specify array indices. For instance, the attribute path `foo.3.bar` selects the `bar` attribute of the fourth element of the array in the `foo` attribute of the top-level expression. - - `--expr` / `-E` + - `--expr` / `-E`\ Interpret the command line arguments as a list of Nix expressions to be parsed and evaluated, rather than as a list of file names of Nix expressions. (`nix-instantiate`, `nix-build` and `nix-shell` only.) - + For `nix-shell`, this option is commonly used to give you a shell in which you can build the packages returned by the expression. If you want to get a shell which contain the *built* packages ready for use, give your expression to the `nix-shell -p` convenience flag instead. - - `-I` *path* + - `-I` *path*\ Add a path to the Nix expression search path. This option may be given multiple times. See the `NIX_PATH` environment variable for information on the semantics of the Nix search path. Paths added through `-I` take precedence over `NIX_PATH`. - - `--option` *name* *value* + - `--option` *name* *value*\ Set the Nix configuration option *name* to *value*. This overrides settings in the Nix configuration file (see nix.conf5). - - `--repair` + - `--repair`\ Fix corrupted or missing store paths by redownloading or rebuilding them. Note that this is slow because it requires computing a cryptographic hash of the contents of every path in the closure of |