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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6da7281566..39b76c7bf6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4538,11 +4538,12 @@ and Emacs are available: guix environment guile emacs @end example -Sometimes an interactive shell session is not desired. The -@code{--exec} option can be used to specify the command to run instead. +Sometimes an interactive shell session is not desired. An arbitrary +command may be invoked by placing the @code{--} token to separate the +command from the rest of the arguments: @example -guix environment guile --exec=make +guix environment guile -- make -j4 @end example In other situations, it is more convenient to specify the list of @@ -4551,7 +4552,7 @@ runs @command{python} from an environment containing Python@tie{}2.7 and NumPy: @example -guix environment --ad-hoc python2-numpy python-2.7 -E python +guix environment --ad-hoc python2-numpy python-2.7 -- python @end example The available options are summarized below. @@ -4582,11 +4583,6 @@ As an example, @var{file} might contain a definition like this @verbatiminclude environment-gdb.scm @end example - -@item --exec=@var{command} -@item -E @var{command} -Execute @var{command} in the new environment. - @item --ad-hoc Include all specified packages in the resulting environment, as if an @i{ad hoc} package were defined with them as inputs. This option is @@ -4596,7 +4592,7 @@ package expression to contain the desired inputs. For instance, the command: @example -guix environment --ad-hoc guile guile-sdl -E guile +guix environment --ad-hoc guile guile-sdl -- guile @end example runs @command{guile} in an environment where Guile and Guile-SDL are |