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<appendix>
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<title>Troubleshooting</title>
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<sect1>
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<title>Database hangs</title>
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<para>
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If Nix or Fix appear to hang immediately after they are started, Nix's
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database is probably <quote>wedged</quote>, i.e., some process died while
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it held a lock on the database. The solution is to ensure that no other
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processes are accessing the database and then run the following command:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ db_recover -e -h <replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/db</screen>
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<para>
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Here, <replaceable>prefix</replaceable> should be replaced by Nix's
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installation prefix.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<title>Database logfile removal</title>
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<para>
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Every time a Nix database transaction takes place, Nix writes a record of
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this transaction to a <emphasis>log</emphasis> in its database directory
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to ensure that the operation can be replayed in case of a application or
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system crash. However, without manual intervention, the log grows
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indefinitely. Hence, unused log files should be deleted periodically.
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This can be accomplished using the following command:
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</para>
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<screen>
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$ rm `db_archive -a -h
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<replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/db`</screen>
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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