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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index bac73890e1..0ff5cfc523 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2004,8 +2004,30 @@ useful to Guix developers. The @command{guix archive} command allows users to @dfn{export} files from the store into a single archive, and to later @dfn{import} them. In particular, it allows store files to be transferred from one machine -to the store on another machine. For example, to transfer the @code{emacs} -package to a machine connected over SSH, one would run: +to the store on another machine. + +To export store files as an archive to standard output, run: + +@example +guix archive --export @var{options} @var{specifications}... +@end example + +@var{specifications} may be either store file names or package +specifications, as for @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix +package}). For instance, the following command creates an archive +containing the @code{gui} output of the @code{git} package and the main +output of @code{emacs}: + +@example +guix archive --export git:gui /gnu/store/...-emacs-24.3 > great.nar +@end example + +If the specified packages are not built yet, @command{guix archive} +automatically builds them. The build process may be controlled with the +common build options (@pxref{Common Build Options}). + +To transfer the @code{emacs} package to a machine connected over SSH, +one would run: @example guix archive --export -r emacs | ssh the-machine guix archive --import @@ -2127,26 +2149,6 @@ archive contents coming from possibly untrusted substitute servers. @end table -To export store files as an archive to standard output, run: - -@example -guix archive --export @var{options} @var{specifications}... -@end example - -@var{specifications} may be either store file names or package -specifications, as for @command{guix package} (@pxref{Invoking guix -package}). For instance, the following command creates an archive -containing the @code{gui} output of the @code{git} package and the main -output of @code{emacs}: - -@example -guix archive --export git:gui /gnu/store/...-emacs-24.3 > great.nar -@end example - -If the specified packages are not built yet, @command{guix archive} -automatically builds them. The build process may be controlled with the -common build options (@pxref{Common Build Options}). - @c ********************************************************************* @include emacs.texi |