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| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix/path-info.cc | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix/path-info.md | 94 |
2 files changed, 100 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/path-info.cc b/src/nix/path-info.cc index 63cf885f9..30b6a50f8 100644 --- a/src/nix/path-info.cc +++ b/src/nix/path-info.cc @@ -29,38 +29,15 @@ struct CmdPathInfo : StorePathsCommand, MixJSON return "query information about store paths"; } - Category category() override { return catSecondary; } - - Examples examples() override + std::string doc() override { - return { - Example{ - "To show the closure sizes of every path in the current NixOS system closure, sorted by size:", - "nix path-info -rS /run/current-system | sort -nk2" - }, - Example{ - "To show a package's closure size and all its dependencies with human readable sizes:", - "nix path-info -rsSh nixpkgs#rust" - }, - Example{ - "To check the existence of a path in a binary cache:", - "nix path-info -r /nix/store/7qvk5c91...-geeqie-1.1 --store https://cache.nixos.org/" - }, - Example{ - "To print the 10 most recently added paths (using --json and the jq(1) command):", - "nix path-info --json --all | jq -r 'sort_by(.registrationTime)[-11:-1][].path'" - }, - Example{ - "To show the size of the entire Nix store:", - "nix path-info --json --all | jq 'map(.narSize) | add'" - }, - Example{ - "To show every path whose closure is bigger than 1 GB, sorted by closure size:", - "nix path-info --json --all -S | jq 'map(select(.closureSize > 1e9)) | sort_by(.closureSize) | map([.path, .closureSize])'" - }, - }; + return + #include "path-info.md" + ; } + Category category() override { return catSecondary; } + void printSize(uint64_t value) { if (!humanReadable) { diff --git a/src/nix/path-info.md b/src/nix/path-info.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b4ba5862d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/nix/path-info.md @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +R""( + +# Examples + +* Print the store path produced by `nixpkgs#hello`: + + ```console + # nix path-info nixpkgs#hello + /nix/store/v5sv61sszx301i0x6xysaqzla09nksnd-hello-2.10 + ``` + +* Show the closure sizes of every path in the current NixOS system + closure, sorted by size: + + ```console + # nix path-info -rS /run/current-system | sort -nk2 + /nix/store/hl5xwp9kdrd1zkm0idm3kkby9q66z404-empty 96 + /nix/store/27324qvqhnxj3rncazmxc4mwy79kz8ha-nameservers 112 + … + /nix/store/539jkw9a8dyry7clcv60gk6na816j7y8-etc 5783255504 + /nix/store/zqamz3cz4dbzfihki2mk7a63mbkxz9xq-nixos-system-machine-20.09.20201112.3090c65 5887562256 + ``` + +* Show a package's closure size and all its dependencies with human + readable sizes: + + ```console + # nix path-info -rsSh nixpkgs#rustc + /nix/store/01rrgsg5zk3cds0xgdsq40zpk6g51dz9-ncurses-6.2-dev 386.7K 69.1M + /nix/store/0q783wnvixpqz6dxjp16nw296avgczam-libpfm-4.11.0 5.9M 37.4M + … + ``` + +* Check the existence of a path in a binary cache: + + ```console + # nix path-info -r /nix/store/blzxgyvrk32ki6xga10phr4sby2xf25q-geeqie-1.5.1 --store https://cache.nixos.org/ + path '/nix/store/blzxgyvrk32ki6xga10phr4sby2xf25q-geeqie-1.5.1' is not valid + + ``` + +* Print the 10 most recently added paths (using --json and the jq(1) + command): + + ```console + # nix path-info --json --all | jq -r 'sort_by(.registrationTime)[-11:-1][].path' + ``` + +* Show the size of the entire Nix store: + + ```console + # nix path-info --json --all | jq 'map(.narSize) | add' + 49812020936 + ``` + +* Show every path whose closure is bigger than 1 GB, sorted by closure + size: + + ```console + # nix path-info --json --all -S \ + | jq 'map(select(.closureSize > 1e9)) | sort_by(.closureSize) | map([.path, .closureSize])' + [ + …, + [ + "/nix/store/zqamz3cz4dbzfihki2mk7a63mbkxz9xq-nixos-system-machine-20.09.20201112.3090c65", + 5887562256 + ] + ] + ``` + +* Print the path of the store derivation produced by `nixpkgs#hello`: + + ```console + # nix path-info --derivation nixpkgs#hello + /nix/store/s6rn4jz1sin56rf4qj5b5v8jxjm32hlk-hello-2.10.drv + ``` + +# Description + +This command shows information about the store paths produced by +*installables*, or about all paths in the store if you pass `--all`. + +By default, this command only prints the store paths. You can get +additional information by passing flags such as `--closure-size`, +--size`, `--sigs` or `--json`. + +> **Warning** +> +> Note that `nix path-info` does not build or substitute the +> *installables* you specify. Thus, if the corresponding store paths +> don't already exist, this command will fail. You can use `nix build` +> to ensure that they exist. + +)"" |