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Convert short nix options to long ones

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e.g. nix-env -e subversion => nix-env --uninstall subversion

The aim is to make the documentation less cryptic for newcomers and the
long options are more self-documenting.

The change was made with the following script:

<https://github.com/aschmolck/convert-short-nix-opts-to-long-ones>

and sanity checked visually.
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Alexander Schmolck 2023-04-30 14:52:38 +01:00
parent 5fd161189d
commit 8d4b6766e2
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doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-build.md
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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ except for `--arg` and `--attr` / `-A` which are passed to `nix-instantiate`.
# Examples
```console
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A firefox
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr firefox
store derivation is /nix/store/qybprl8sz2lc...-firefox-1.5.0.7.drv
/nix/store/d18hyl92g30l...-firefox-1.5.0.7
@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ If a derivation has multiple outputs, `nix-build` will build the default
(first) output. You can also build all outputs:
```console
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.all
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr openssl.all
```
This will create a symlink for each output named `result-outputname`.
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ outputs `out`, `bin` and `man`, `nix-build` will create symlinks
specific output:
```console
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A openssl.man
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --attr openssl.man
```
This will create a symlink `result-man`.
@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This will create a symlink `result-man`.
Build a Nix expression given on the command line:
```console
$ nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
$ nix-build --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "foo" { } "echo bar > $out"'
$ cat ./result
bar
```
@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ Build the GNU Hello package from the latest revision of the master
branch of Nixpkgs:
```console
$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz -A hello
$ nix-build https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/master.tar.gz --attr hello
```