verify-path.md

Name

nix-store --verify-path - check path contents against Nix database

Synopsis

nix-store --verify-path paths…

Description

The operation --verify-path compares the contents of the given store paths to their cryptographic hashes stored in Nix’s database. For every changed path, it prints a warning message. The exit status is 0 if no path has changed, and 1 otherwise.

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Example

To verify the integrity of the svn command and all its dependencies:

$ nix-store --verify-path $(nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn))