From a2740c9ca23e748c3ab8ea61a135594a94c86aae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:33:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nix copy: Add examples --- src/nix/copy.cc | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/nix/copy.cc b/src/nix/copy.cc index fe963e794..bf9ffe755 100644 --- a/src/nix/copy.cc +++ b/src/nix/copy.cc @@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ struct CmdCopy : StorePathsCommand { return { Example{ - "To copy Firefox to the local store to a binary cache in file:///tmp/cache:", + "To copy Firefox from the local store to a binary cache in file:///tmp/cache:", "nix copy --to file:///tmp/cache -r $(type -p firefox)" }, + Example{ + "To copy the entire current NixOS system closure to another machine via SSH:", + "nix copy --to ssh://server -r /run/current-system" + }, + Example{ + "To copy a closure from another machine via SSH:", + "nix copy --from ssh://server -r /nix/store/a6cnl93nk1wxnq84brbbwr6hxw9gp2w9-blender-2.79-rc2" + }, }; }