nixos-option 8 NixOS nixos-option inspect a NixOS configuration nixos-option -i v d l option.name nixos-option --install This command evaluates the configuration specified in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and returns the properties of the option name given as argument. By default, it returns the value of the option. When the option name is not an option, the command prints the list of attributes in contained in the attribute set. This could used to provide completion in some editors. When the option --install (or -i) is used with no option name, this command generates a template configuration with a scan of the target system. It produces a template configuration in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix, and a scan of the machine in /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix. The scan of the machine is produced by nixos-hardware-scan. This command accepts the following options: --install, -i Use the installation configuration instead of current system configuration. Generate a template configuration if no option name is specified. --value, -v Returns the value of the option. This is the default operation if no other options are defined. --description, -d Return the default value, the example and the description of the option when available. --lookup, -l Return the locations where the option is declared and where it is defined. This is extremely useful to find sources of errors in your configuration. mountPoint Location of the target file system. Defaults to /mnt. This environment variable is only used in combinaison with --install option. NIXOS Path to the NixOS source tree. Defaults to /etc/nixos/nixos. NIXPKGS Path to the Nixpkgs source tree. Defaults to /etc/nixos/nixpkgs. NIXOS_CONFIG Path to the main NixOS configuration module. Defaults to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. Investigate option values: $ nixos-option boot.loader This attribute set contains: generationsDir grub initScript $ nixos-option boot.loader.grub.enable true Prints option information: $ nixos-option -d networking.hostName Default: "nixos" Description: The name of the machine. Leave it empty if you want to obtain it from a DHCP server (if using DHCP). Find the locations which are declaring and defining an option: $ nixos-option -l hardware.firmware Declared by: /mnt/data/nix-sources/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix Defined by: /etc/nixos/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix /etc/nixos/nixos/modules/hardware/network/rt73.nix /etc/nixos/nixos/modules/hardware/network/intel-3945abg.nix /etc/nixos/nixos/modules/hardware/network/intel-2200bg.nix The author listed in the following section is wrong. If there is any other bug, please report to Nicolas Pierron.