nix-store(1)

Usage

nix-store operation [options…] [arguments…] [--option name value] [--add-root path]

Overview

The command nix-store performs primitive operations on the Nix store. You generally do not need to run this command manually.

nix-store takes exactly one operation flag which indicates the subcommand to be performed. The following operations are available:

`•`	`--realise` ⟨./nix-store/realise.md⟩
`•`	`--serve` ⟨./nix-store/serve.md⟩
`•`	`--gc` ⟨./nix-store/gc.md⟩
`•`	`--delete` ⟨./nix-store/delete.md⟩
`•`	`--query` ⟨./nix-store/query.md⟩
`•`	`--add` ⟨./nix-store/add.md⟩
`•`	`--add-fixed` ⟨./nix-store/add-fixed.md⟩
`•`	`--verify` ⟨./nix-store/verify.md⟩
`•`	`--verify-path` ⟨./nix-store/verify-path.md⟩
`•`	`--repair-path` ⟨./nix-store/repair-path.md⟩
`•`	`--dump` ⟨./nix-store/dump.md⟩
`•`	`--restore` ⟨./nix-store/restore.md⟩
`•`	`--export` ⟨./nix-store/export.md⟩
`•`	`--import` ⟨./nix-store/import.md⟩
`•`	`--optimise` ⟨./nix-store/optimise.md⟩
`•`	`--read-log` ⟨./nix-store/read-log.md⟩
`•`	`--dump-db` ⟨./nix-store/dump-db.md⟩
`•`	`--load-db` ⟨./nix-store/load-db.md⟩
`•`	`--print-env` ⟨./nix-store/print-env.md⟩
`•`	`--generate-binary-cache-key` ⟨./nix-store/generate-binary-cache-key.md⟩

These pages can be viewed offline:

`•`	`man nix-store-<operation>`.
	Example: `man nix-store-realise`
`•`	`nix-store --help --<operation>`
	Example: `nix-store --help --realise`

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

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--add-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --attr until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --cores until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --expr until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --fallback until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --help until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --indirect until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --keep-failed until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --keep-going until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --max-jobs until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --max-silent-time until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-build-hook until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-build-output until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --quiet until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --readonly-mode until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --repair until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --timeout until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --verbose until Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -A until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -E until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -I until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -K until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -Q until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -j until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -k until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -v until Debian 11 (Bullseye).