NAME

       guix - manual page for guix gc (GNU Guix) 1.3.0.27848-a3264

SYNOPSIS

       guix gc [OPTION]... PATHS...

DESCRIPTION

       Invoke the garbage collector.

       -C, --collect-garbage[=MIN]
              collect at least MIN bytes of garbage

       -F, --free-space=FREE
              attempt to reach FREE available space in the store

       -d, --delete-generations[=PATTERN]
              delete profile generations matching PATTERN

       -D, --delete
              attempt to delete PATHS

       --list-roots
              list the user's garbage collector roots

       --list-busy
              list store items used by running processes

       --optimize
              optimize the store by deduplicating identical files

       --list-dead
              list dead paths

       --list-live
              list live paths

       --references
              list the references of PATHS

       -R, --requisites
              list the requisites of PATHS

       --referrers
              list the referrers of PATHS

       --derivers
              list the derivers of PATHS

       --verify[=OPTS]
              verify  the  integrity  of  the  store;  OPTS  is  a  comma-separated  combination of 'repair' and
              'contents'

       --list-failures
              list cached build failures

       --clear-failures
              remove PATHS from the set of cached failures

       --vacuum-database
              repack the sqlite database tracking the store using less space

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              display version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to: bug-guix@gnu.org.
       GNU Guix home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/>
       General help using Guix and GNU software: <https://guix.gnu.org/en/help/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright   ©   2022   the   Guix   authors   License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version    3    or    later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
       permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for guix is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  guix  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info guix

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU                                               November 2022                                          GUIX(1)