Add `guix-gc'.

* guix-gc.in, tests/guix-gc.sh: New files.
* configure.ac: Output `guix-gc', and make it executable.
* Makefile.am (bin_SCRIPTS): Add `guix-gc'.
  (TESTS): Add `tests/guix-gc.sh'.
* doc/guix.texi (Features): Add xref to "Invoking guix-gc".
  (Invoking guix-gc): New node.
* po/POTFILES.in: Add `guix-gc.in'.

.gitignore

@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ stamp-h[0-9]
 /nix/scripts/list-runtime-roots
 /test-env
 /nix/nix-setuid-helper/nix-setuid-helper.cc
+/guix-gc

Makefile.am

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 #
 # This file is part of Guix.
 #
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ bin_SCRIPTS =					\
   guix-build					\
   guix-download					\
   guix-import					\
-  guix-package
+  guix-package					\
+  guix-gc
 
 MODULES =					\
   guix/base32.scm				\
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ TESTS =						\
   tests/union.scm				\
   tests/guix-build.sh				\
   tests/guix-download.sh			\
+  tests/guix-gc.sh				\
   tests/guix-package.sh
 
 TEST_EXTENSIONS = .scm .sh

configure.ac

@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 guix-download
 		 guix-import
 		 guix-package
+		 guix-gc
 		 pre-inst-env
 		 test-env])
 
 AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([commands-exec],
-  [chmod +x guix-build guix-download guix-import guix-package pre-inst-env test-env])
+  [chmod +x guix-build guix-download guix-import guix-package guix-gc \
+            pre-inst-env test-env])
 
 AC_OUTPUT

doc/guix.texi

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Documentation License''.
 @copying
 This manual documents GNU Guix version @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès
+Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ management tools it provides.
 @menu
 * Features::                    How Guix will make your life brighter.
 * Invoking guix-package::       Package installation, removal, etc.
+* Invoking guix-gc::            Running the garbage collector.
 @end menu
 
 @node Features
@@ -172,9 +173,10 @@ of their profile, which was known to work well.
 
 All those packages in the package store may be @emph{garbage-collected}.
 Guix can determine which packages are still referenced by the user
-profiles, and remove those that are provably no longer referenced.
+profiles, and remove those that are provably no longer referenced
-Users may also explicitly remove old generations of their profile so
+(@pxref{Invoking guix-gc}).  Users may also explicitly remove old
-that the packages they refer to can be collected.
+generations of their profile so that the packages they refer to can be
+collected.
 
 Finally, Guix takes a @dfn{purely functional} approach to package
 management, as described in the introduction (@pxref{Introduction}).
@@ -275,6 +277,53 @@ its version string, and the source location of its definition.
 @end table
 
 
+@node Invoking guix-gc
+@section Invoking @command{guix-gc}
+
+@cindex garbage collector
+Packages that are installed but not used may be @dfn{garbage-collected}.
+The @command{guix-gc} command allows users to explicitly run the garbage
+collector to reclaim space from the @file{/nix/store} directory.
+
+The garbage collector has a set of known @dfn{roots}: any file under
+@file{/nix/store} reachable from a root is considered @dfn{live} and
+cannot be deleted; any other file is considered @dfn{dead} and may be
+deleted.  The set of garbage collector roots includes default user
+profiles, and may be augmented with @command{guix-build --root}, for
+example (@pxref{Invoking guix-build}).
+
+The @command{guix-gc} command has three mode of operations: it can be
+used to garbage-collect any dead files (the default), to delete specific
+files (the @code{--delete} option), or to print garbage-collector
+information.  The available options are listed below:
+
+@table @code
+@item --collect-garbage[=@var{min}]
+@itemx -C [@var{min}]
+Collect garbage---i.e., unreachable @file{/nix/store} files and
+sub-directories.  This is the default operation when no option is
+specified.
+
+When @var{min} is given, stop once @var{min} bytes have been collected.
+@var{min} may be a number of bytes, or it may include a unit as a
+suffix, such as @code{MiB} for mebibytes and @code{GB} for gigabytes.
+
+When @var{min} is omitted, collect all the garbage.
+
+@item --delete
+@itemx -d
+Attempt to delete all the store files and directories specified as
+arguments.  This fails if some of the files are not in the store, or if
+they are still live.
+
+@item --list-dead
+Show the list of dead files and directories still present in the
+store---i.e., files and directories no longer reachable from any root.
+
+@item --list-live
+Show the list of live store files and directories.
+@end table
+
 
 @c *********************************************************************
 @node Programming Interface

guix-gc.in

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# aside from this initial boilerplate, this is actually -*- scheme -*- code
+
+prefix="@prefix@"
+datarootdir="@datarootdir@"
+
+GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH="@guilemoduledir@:$GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH"
+export GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH
+
+main='(module-ref (resolve-interface '\''(guix-gc)) '\'guix-gc')'
+exec ${GUILE-@GUILE@} -L "@guilemoduledir@" -l "$0"    \
+         -c "(apply $main (cdr (command-line)))" "$@"
+!#
+;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+;;; Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of Guix.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix-gc)
+  #:use-module (guix ui)
+  #:use-module (guix store)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-37)
+  #:export (guix-gc))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; Command-line options.
+;;;
+
+(define %default-options
+  ;; Alist of default option values.
+  `((action . collect-garbage)))
+
+(define (show-help)
+  (display (_ "Usage: guix-gc [OPTION]... PATHS...
+Invoke the garbage collector.\n"))
+  (display (_ "
+  -C, --collect-garbage[=MIN]
+                         collect at least MIN bytes of garbage"))
+  (display (_ "
+  -d, --delete           attempt to delete PATHS"))
+  (display (_ "
+      --list-dead        list dead paths"))
+  (display (_ "
+      --list-live        list live paths"))
+  (newline)
+  (display (_ "
+  -h, --help             display this help and exit"))
+  (display (_ "
+  -V, --version          display version information and exit"))
+  (newline)
+  (show-bug-report-information))
+
+(define (size->number str)
+  "Convert STR, a storage measurement representation such as \"1024\" or
+\"1MiB\", to a number of bytes.  Raise an error if STR could not be
+interpreted."
+  (define unit-pos
+    (string-rindex str char-set:digit))
+
+  (define unit
+    (and unit-pos (substring str (+ 1 unit-pos))))
+
+  (let* ((numstr (if unit-pos
+                     (substring str 0 (+ 1 unit-pos))
+                     str))
+         (num    (string->number numstr)))
+    (if num
+        (* num
+           (match unit
+             ("KiB" (expt 2 10))
+             ("MiB" (expt 2 20))
+             ("GiB" (expt 2 30))
+             ("TiB" (expt 2 40))
+             ("KB"  (expt 10 3))
+             ("MB"  (expt 10 6))
+             ("GB"  (expt 10 9))
+             ("TB"  (expt 10 12))
+             (""    1)
+             (_
+              (format (current-error-port) (_ "error: unknown unit: ~a~%")
+                      unit)
+              (exit 1))))
+        (begin
+          (format (current-error-port)
+                  (_ "error: invalid number: ~a") numstr)
+          (exit 1)))))
+
+(define %options
+  ;; Specification of the command-line options.
+  (list (option '(#\h "help") #f #f
+                (lambda args
+                  (show-help)
+                  (exit 0)))
+        (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
+                (lambda args
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix-gc")))
+
+        (option '(#\C "collect-garbage") #f #t
+                (lambda (opt name arg result)
+                  (let ((result (alist-cons 'action 'collect-garbage
+                                            (alist-delete 'action result))))
+                   (match arg
+                     ((? string?)
+                      (let ((amount (size->number arg)))
+                        (if arg
+                            (alist-cons 'min-freed amount result)
+                            (begin
+                              (format (current-error-port)
+                                      (_ "error: invalid amount of storage: ~a~%")
+                                      arg)
+                              (exit 1)))))
+                     (#f result)))))
+        (option '(#\d "delete") #f #f
+                (lambda (opt name arg result)
+                  (alist-cons 'action 'delete
+                              (alist-delete 'action result))))
+        (option '("list-dead") #f #f
+                (lambda (opt name arg result)
+                  (alist-cons 'action 'list-dead
+                              (alist-delete 'action result))))
+        (option '("list-live") #f #f
+                (lambda (opt name arg result)
+                  (alist-cons 'action 'list-live
+                              (alist-delete 'action result))))))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; Entry point.
+;;;
+
+(define (guix-gc . args)
+  (define (parse-options)
+    ;; Return the alist of option values.
+    (args-fold args %options
+               (lambda (opt name arg result)
+                 (leave (_ "~A: unrecognized option~%") name))
+               (lambda (arg result)
+                 (alist-cons 'argument arg result))
+               %default-options))
+
+  (setlocale LC_ALL "")
+  (textdomain "guix")
+  (setvbuf (current-output-port) _IOLBF)
+  (setvbuf (current-error-port) _IOLBF)
+
+  (with-error-handling
+    (let ((opts  (parse-options))
+          (store (open-connection)))
+      (case (assoc-ref opts 'action)
+        ((collect-garbage)
+         (let ((min-freed (assoc-ref opts 'min-freed)))
+           (if min-freed
+               (collect-garbage store min-freed)
+               (collect-garbage store))))
+        ((delete)
+         (let ((paths (filter-map (match-lambda
+                                   (('argument . arg) arg)
+                                   (_ #f))
+                                  opts)))
+           (delete-paths store paths)))
+        ((list-dead)
+         (for-each (cut simple-format #t "~a~%" <>)
+                   (dead-paths store)))
+        ((list-live)
+         (for-each (cut simple-format #t "~a~%" <>)
+                   (live-paths store)))))))

po/POTFILES.in

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ guix/ui.scm
 guix-build.in
 guix-download.in
 guix-package.in
+guix-gc.in

tests/guix-gc.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+#
+# This file is part of Guix.
+#
+# Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#
+# Test the `guix-gc' command-line utility.
+#
+
+guix-gc --version
+
+trap "rm -f guix-gc-root" EXIT
+rm -f guix-gc-root
+
+# Add then reclaim a .drv file.
+drv="`guix-build idutils -d`"
+test -f "$drv"
+
+guix-gc --list-dead | grep "$drv"
+guix-gc --delete "$drv"
+! test -f "$drv"
+
+# Add a .drv, register it as a root.
+drv="`guix-build --root=guix-gc-root lsh -d`"
+test -f "$drv" && test -L guix-gc-root
+
+guix-gc --list-live | grep "$drv"
+if guix-gc --delete "$drv";
+then false; else true; fi
+
+rm guix-gc-root
+guix-gc --list-dead | grep "$drv"
+guix-gc --delete "$drv"
+! test -f "$drv"
+
+# Try a random collection.
+guix-gc -C 1KiB
+
+# Check trivial error cases.
+if guix-gc --delete /dev/null;
+then false; else true; fi