Name

       nix-env --switch-generation - set user environment to given profile generation

Synopsis

       nix-env {--switch-generation | -G} generation

Description

       This  operation makes generation number generation the current generation of the active profile. That is,
       if the profile is the path to the active profile, then the symlink profile is made to point  to  profile-
       generation-link, which is in turn a symlink to the actual user environment in the Nix store.

       Switching will fail if the specified generation does not exist.

       {{#include ./opt-common.md}}

       {{#include ../opt-common.md}}

       {{#include ./env-common.md}}

       {{#include ../env-common.md}}

Examples

       $ nix-env --switch-generation 42
       switching from generation 50 to 42

                                                                                  nix-env --switch-generation(1)