Technical Notes

Manpages - nix3-config-show.1

Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

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Name

nix config show - show the Nix configuration or the value of a specific setting

Synopsis

nix config show [/option/…] name

Options

  • --json Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program.

Logging-related options

  • --debug Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug'.
  • --log-format format Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
  • --print-build-logs / -L Print full build logs on standard error.
  • --quiet Decrease the logging verbosity level.
  • --verbose / -v Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

  • --help Show usage information.
  • --offline Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
  • --option name value Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
  • --refresh Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
  • --version Show version information. Note See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.