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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><command>nixos-option</command></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="source">NixOS</refmiscinfo>
<!-- <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo> -->
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname><command>nixos-option</command></refname>
<refpurpose>inspect a NixOS configuration</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>nixos-option</command>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>option.name</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection><title>Description</title>
<para>This command evaluates the configuration specified in
<filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename> and returns the properties
of the option name given as argument.</para>
<para>When the option name is not an option, the command prints the list of
attributes contained in the attribute set.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection><title>Environment</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>NIXOS_CONFIG</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>Path to the main NixOS configuration module. Defaults to
<filename>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsection>
<refsection><title>Examples</title>
<para>Investigate option values:
<screen>$ nixos-option boot.loader
This attribute set contains:
generationsDir
grub
initScript
$ nixos-option boot.loader.grub.enable
Value:
true
Default:
true
Description:
Whether to enable the GNU GRUB boot loader.
Declared by:
"/path/to/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix"
Defined by:
"/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix"
</screen></para>
</refsection>
<refsection><title>Bugs</title>
<para>The author listed in the following section is wrong. If there is any
other bug, please report to Nicolas Pierron.</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>