NAME¶

guix gc (GNU Guix) - manual page for guix gc (GNU Guix) 1.0.1.21935-f5bec3

SYNOPSIS¶

guix gc [OPTION]... PATHS...

DESCRIPTION¶

Invoke the garbage collector.

-C, --collect-garbage[=MIN]

collect at least MIN bytes of garbage

-F, --free-space=FREE

attempt to reach FREE available space in the store

-d, --delete-generations[=PATTERN]

delete profile generations matching PATTERN

-D, --delete

attempt to delete PATHS

--list-roots

list the user's garbage collector roots

--list-busy

list store items used by running processes

--optimize

optimize the store by deduplicating identical files

--list-dead

list dead paths

--list-live

list live paths

--references

list the references of PATHS

-R, --requisites

list the requisites of PATHS

--referrers

list the referrers of PATHS

--derivers

list the derivers of PATHS

--verify[=OPTS]

verify the integrity of the store; OPTS is a comma-separated combination of 'repair' and 'contents'

--list-failures

list cached build failures

--clear-failures

remove PATHS from the set of cached failures

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

display version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to: bug-guix@gnu.org.
GNU Guix home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/>
General help using Guix and GNU software: <https://guix.gnu.org/help/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2020 the Guix authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for guix gc (GNU Guix) is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and guix gc (GNU Guix) programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info guix

should give you access to the complete manual.