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diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-pull.xml b/doc/manual/nix-pull.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 8e4a505e1d..0000000000 --- a/doc/manual/nix-pull.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - xml:id="sec-nix-pull"> - -<refmeta> - <refentrytitle>nix-pull</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> - <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo> - <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo> -</refmeta> - -<refnamediv> - <refname>nix-pull</refname> - <refpurpose>pull substitutes from a network cache</refpurpose> -</refnamediv> - -<refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>nix-pull</command> - <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>url</replaceable></arg> - </cmdsynopsis> -</refsynopsisdiv> - - -<refsection><title>Description</title> - -<para>The command <command>nix-pull</command> obtains a list of -pre-built store paths from the URL <replaceable>url</replaceable>, and -for each of these store paths, registers a substitute derivation that -downloads and unpacks it into the Nix store. This is used to speed up -installations: if you attempt to install something that has already -been built and stored into the network cache, Nix can transparently -re-use the pre-built store paths.</para> - -<para>The file at <replaceable>url</replaceable> must be compatible -with the files created by <replaceable>nix-push</replaceable>.</para> - -</refsection> - - -<refsection><title>Examples</title> - -<screen> -$ nix-pull http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nixpkgs-0.5pre753/MANIFEST</screen> - -</refsection> - - -</refentry> |