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authorRobert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>2017-01-15 23:32:57 +0100
committerRobert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>2017-01-16 00:16:19 +0100
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@@ -119,9 +119,18 @@ First create a file `~/.nixpkgs/home.nix` containing
To activate this configuration you can then run
```
-$ home-manager switch ~/.nixpkgs/home.nix
+$ home-manager switch
```
+or if you are not feeling so lucky,
+
+```
+$ home-manager build
+```
+
+which will create a `result` link to a directory containing an
+activation script and the generated home directory files.
+
[Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix/
[NixOS]: https://nixos.org/
[Nixpkgs]: https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/