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Convert short nix options to long ones

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.
This commit is contained in:
Alexander Schmolck 2023-04-30 14:52:38 +01:00
parent 5fd161189d
commit 8d4b6766e2
35 changed files with 119 additions and 119 deletions

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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ With `nix-store
path (that is, the path and all its dependencies) to a file, and then
unpack that file into another Nix store. For example,
$ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR $(type -p firefox)) > firefox.closure
$ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites $(type -p firefox)) > firefox.closure
writes the closure of Firefox to a file. You can then copy this file to
another machine and install the closure:
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ store are ignored. It is also possible to pipe the export into another
command, e.g. to copy and install a closure directly to/on another
machine:
$ nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR $(type -p firefox)) | bzip2 | \
$ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites $(type -p firefox)) | bzip2 | \
ssh alice@itchy.example.org "bunzip2 | nix-store --import"
However, `nix-copy-closure` is generally more efficient because it only