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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions doc/manual/src/command-ref/env-common.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ Most Nix commands interpret the following environment variables:
A colon-separated list of directories used to look up the location of Nix
expressions using [paths](../language/values.md#type-path)
enclosed in angle brackets (i.e., `<path>`),
e.g. `/home/eelco/Dev:/etc/nixos`. It can be extended using the
[`-I` option](./opt-common.md#opt-I).
e.g. `nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos:nixos-config=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`
will enable to use `<nixpkgs>` and `<nixos-config>` as search path, for
example `"${(import <nixpkgs> {}).nodejs}/bin/node"`.
It can be extended using the
[`-I` option](./opt-common.md#opt-I) when invoking `nix` directly.

- [`NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE`]{#env-NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE}\
Normally, the Nix store directory (typically `/nix/store`) is not
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