nix-store

Manipulate or query the Nix store.

Synopsis

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

Description

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
• --serve
• --gc
• --delete
• --query
• --add
• --add-fixed
• --verify
• --verify-path
• --repair-path
• --dump
• --restore
• --export
• --import
• --optimise
• --read-log
• --dump-db
• --load-db
• --print-env
• --generate-binary-cache-key

These pages can be viewed offline:

• man nix-store-<operation>.

Example: man nix-store-realise

• nix-store --help --<operation>

Example: nix-store --help --realise