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* Documented nix-hash.

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doc/manual/Makefile.am
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nix-collect-garbage.1 nix-push.1 nix-pull.1 \
nix-prefetch-url.1 nix-channel.1 \
nix-pack-closure.1 nix-unpack-closure.1 \
nix-install-package.1
nix-install-package.1 nix-hash.1
FIGURES = figures/user-environments.png

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<title>nix-collect-garbage</title>
<xi:include href="nix-collect-garbage.xml" />
</section>
<section xml:id="sec-nix-hash">
<title>nix-hash</title>
<xi:include href="nix-hash.xml" />
</section>
<section xml:id="sec-nix-install-package">
<title>nix-install-package</title>
<xi:include href="nix-install-package.xml" />

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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>nix-hash</refname>
<refpurpose>compute the cryptographic hash of a path</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-hash</command>
<arg><option>--flat</option></arg>
<arg><option>--base32</option></arg>
<arg><option>--truncate</option></arg>
<arg><option>--type</option> <replaceable>hashAlgo</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-hash</command>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--to-base16</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>hash</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nix-hash</command>
<arg choice='plain'><option>--to-base32</option></arg>
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>hash</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection><title>Description</title>
<para>The command <command>nix-hash</command> computes the
cryptographic hash of the contents of each
<replaceable>path</replaceable> and prints it on standard output. By
default, it computes an MD5 hash, but other hash algorithms are
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
<replaceable>path</replaceable> | md5sum</literal>.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><option>--flat</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print the cryptographic hash of the contents of
each regular file <replaceable>path</replaceable>. That is, do
not compute the hash over the dump of
<replaceable>path</replaceable>. The result is identical to that
produced by the GNU commands <command>md5sum</command> and
<command>sha1sum</command>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--base32</option></term>
<listitem><para>Print the hash in a base-32 representation rather
than hexadecimal. This base-32 representation is more compact and
can be used in Nix expressions (such as in calls to
<function>fetchurl</function>).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--truncate</option></term>
<listitem><para>Truncate hashes longer than 160 bits (such as
SHA-256) to 160 bits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--type</option> <replaceable>hashAlgo</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Specify a cryptographic hash, which can be one of
<literal>md5</literal>, <literal>sha1</literal>, and
<literal>sha256</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--to-base16</option></term>
<listitem><para>Don’t hash anything, but convert the base-32 hash
representation <replaceable>hash</replaceable> to
hexadecimal.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--to-base32</option></term>
<listitem><para>Don’t hash anything, but convert the hexadecimal
hash representation <replaceable>hash</replaceable> to
base-32.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsection>
<refsection><title>Examples</title>
<para>Computing hashes:
<screen>
$ mkdir test
$ echo "hello" > test/world
$ nix-hash test/ <lineannotation>(MD5 hash; default)</lineannotation>
8179d3caeff1869b5ba1744e5a245c04
$ nix-store --dump test/ | md5sum <lineannotation>(for comparison)</lineannotation>
8179d3caeff1869b5ba1744e5a245c04 -
$ nix-hash --type sha1 test/
e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
$ nix-hash --type sha1 --base32 test/
nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat test/
error: reading file `test/': Is a directory
$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat test/world
5891b5b522d5df086d0ff0b110fbd9d21bb4fc7163af34d08286a2e846f6be03</screen>
</para>
<para>Converting between hexadecimal and base-32:
<screen>
$ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base32 e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6
nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
$ nix-hash --type sha1 --to-base16 nvd61k9nalji1zl9rrdfmsmvyyjqpzg4
e4fd8ba5f7bbeaea5ace89fe10255536cd60dab6</screen>
</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>

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</refsection>
<refsection><title>Examples</title>
<para></para>
<para>To install <filename>subversion-1.4.0.nixpkg</filename> into the
user’s current profile, without any prompting:

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</refsection>
</refsection>
<!-- TODO: dump / restore -->
</refentry>