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* Document nix-store --delete.

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@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ available as well. The hash is printed in hexadecimal.</para>
<para>The hash is computed over a <emphasis>serialisation</emphasis>
of each path: a dump of the file system tree rooted at the path. This
allows directories and symlinks to be hashed as well as regular files.
The dump is in the <emphasis>NAR format</emphasis> produced by
<command>nix-store</command> <option>--dump</option>. Thus,
<literal>nix-hash <replaceable>path</replaceable></literal> yields the
same cryptographic hash as <literal>nix-store --dump
The dump is in the <emphasis>NAR format</emphasis> produced by <link
linkend="refsec-nix-store-dump"><command>nix-store</command>
<option>--dump</option></link>. Thus, <literal>nix-hash
<replaceable>path</replaceable></literal> yields the same
cryptographic hash as <literal>nix-store --dump
<replaceable>path</replaceable> | md5sum</literal>.</para>
</refsection>