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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-copy-closure">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>nix-copy-closure</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-copy-closure</refname>
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<refpurpose>copy a closure to or from a remote machine via SSH</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-copy-closure</command>
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<group>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--to</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--from</option></arg>
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</group>
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<arg><option>--gzip</option></arg>
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<!--
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<arg><option>- -show-progress</option></arg>
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-->
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<arg><option>--include-outputs</option></arg>
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<group>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--use-substitutes</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>-s</option></arg>
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</group>
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<arg><option>-v</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'>
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<replaceable>user@</replaceable><replaceable>machine</replaceable>
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</arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsection><title>Description</title>
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<para><command>nix-copy-closure</command> gives you an easy and
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efficient way to exchange software between machines. Given one or
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more Nix store <replaceable>paths</replaceable> on the local
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machine, <command>nix-copy-closure</command> computes the closure of
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those paths (i.e. all their dependencies in the Nix store), and copies
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all paths in the closure to the remote machine via the
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<command>ssh</command> (Secure Shell) command. With the
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<option>--from</option>, the direction is reversed:
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the closure of <replaceable>paths</replaceable> on a remote machine is
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copied to the Nix store on the local machine.</para>
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<para>This command is efficient because it only sends the store paths
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that are missing on the target machine.</para>
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<para>Since <command>nix-copy-closure</command> calls
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<command>ssh</command>, you may be asked to type in the appropriate
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password or passphrase. In fact, you may be asked
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<emphasis>twice</emphasis> because <command>nix-copy-closure</command>
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currently connects twice to the remote machine, first to get the set
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of paths missing on the target machine, and second to send the dump of
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those paths. If this bothers you, use
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<command>ssh-agent</command>.</para>
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<refsection><title>Options</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--to</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Copy the closure of
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<replaceable>paths</replaceable> from the local Nix store to the
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Nix store on <replaceable>machine</replaceable>. This is the
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default.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--from</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Copy the closure of
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<replaceable>paths</replaceable> from the Nix store on
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<replaceable>machine</replaceable> to the local Nix
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store.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--gzip</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Enable compression of the SSH
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connection.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--include-outputs</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Also copy the outputs of store derivations
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included in the closure.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>--use-substitutes</option> / <option>-s</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Attempt to download missing paths on the target
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machine using Nix’s substitute mechanism. Any paths that cannot
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be substituted on the target are still copied normally from the
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source. This is useful, for instance, if the connection between
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the source and target machine is slow, but the connection between
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the target machine and <literal>nixos.org</literal> (the default
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binary cache server) is fast.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><option>-v</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Show verbose output.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Environment variables</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_SSHOPTS</envar></term>
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<listitem><para>Additional options to be passed to
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<command>ssh</command> on the command line.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsection>
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<refsection><title>Examples</title>
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<para>Copy Firefox with all its dependencies to a remote machine:
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<screen>
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$ nix-copy-closure --to alice@itchy.labs $(type -tP firefox)</screen>
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</para>
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<para>Copy Subversion from a remote machine and then install it into a
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user environment:
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<screen>
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$ nix-copy-closure --from alice@itchy.labs \
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/nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
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$ nix-env -i /nix/store/0dj0503hjxy5mbwlafv1rsbdiyx1gkdy-subversion-1.4.4
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</screen>
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</para>
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</refsection>
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</refsection>
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</refentry>
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