Manpages - nix3-store-gc.1

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

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Name

nix store gc - perform garbage collection on a Nix store

Synopsis

nix store gc [/option/…]

Examples

Delete unreachable paths in the Nix store:

# nix store gc

Delete up to 1 gigabyte of garbage:

# nix store gc --max 1G

Description

This command deletes unreachable paths in the Nix store.

Options

--dry-run Show what this command would do without doing it.
--max n Stop after freeing n bytes of disk space.

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--refresh Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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.