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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xml:id="sec-nix-collect-garbage">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>nix-collect-garbage</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
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<refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>nix-collect-garbage</refname>
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<refpurpose>delete unreachable store paths</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-collect-garbage</command>
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<arg><option>--delete-old</option></arg>
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<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
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<group choice='opt'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--print-roots</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--print-live</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--print-dead</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--delete</option></arg>
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</group>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para>The command <command>nix-collect-garbage</command> is mostly an
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alias of <link linkend="rsec-nix-store-gc"><command>nix-store
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--gc</command></link>, that is, it deletes all unreachable paths in
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the Nix store to clean up your system. However, it provides an
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additional option <option>-d</option> (<option>--delete-old</option>)
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that deletes all old generations of all profiles in
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<filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles</filename> by invoking
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<literal>nix-env --delete-generations old</literal> on all profiles.
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Of course, this makes rollbacks to previous configurations
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impossible.</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Example</title>
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<para>To delete from the Nix store everything that is not used by the
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current generations of each profile, do
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<screen>
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$ nix-collect-garbage -d</screen>
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</para>
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</refsection>
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</refentry>
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