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.TH GUIX "1" "November 2022" "GNU" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
guix \- manual page for guix gc (GNU Guix) 1.3.0.27848-a3264
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B guix
\fI\,gc \/\fR[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,PATHS\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Invoke the garbage collector.
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-collect\-garbage\fR[=\fI\,MIN\/\fR]
collect at least MIN bytes of garbage
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-free\-space\fR=\fI\,FREE\/\fR
attempt to reach FREE available space in the store
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delete\-generations\fR[=\fI\,PATTERN\/\fR]
delete profile generations matching PATTERN
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-delete\fR
attempt to delete PATHS
.TP
\fB\-\-list\-roots\fR
list the user's garbage collector roots
.TP
\fB\-\-list\-busy\fR
list store items used by running processes
.TP
\fB\-\-optimize\fR
optimize the store by deduplicating identical files
.TP
\fB\-\-list\-dead\fR
list dead paths
.TP
\fB\-\-list\-live\fR
list live paths
.TP
\fB\-\-references\fR
list the references of PATHS
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-requisites\fR
list the requisites of PATHS
.TP
\fB\-\-referrers\fR
list the referrers of PATHS
.TP
\fB\-\-derivers\fR
list the derivers of PATHS
.TP
\fB\-\-verify\fR[=\fI\,OPTS\/\fR]
verify the integrity of the store; OPTS is a
comma\-separated combination of 'repair' and
\&'contents'
.TP
\fB\-\-list\-failures\fR
list cached build failures
.TP
\fB\-\-clear\-failures\fR
remove PATHS from the set of cached failures
.TP
\fB\-\-vacuum\-database\fR
repack the sqlite database tracking the store
using less space
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-guix@gnu.org.
.br
GNU Guix home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/>
.br
General help using Guix and GNU software: <https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2022 the Guix authors
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B guix
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B guix
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info guix
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.