---
name: "nix-store-verify-path"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nix-bin"
version: "2.26.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nix-store-verify-path"
---

# nix-store-verify-path(1)

check path contents against Nix database

## Name

`nix-store --verify-path` - check path contents against Nix database

### Synopsis

`nix-store` `--verify-path` *paths…*

### Description

The operation `--verify-path` compares the contents of the given store paths to their cryptographic hashes stored in Nix’s database. For every changed path, it prints a warning message. The exit status is 0 if no path has changed, and 1 otherwise.

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### Example

To verify the integrity of the `svn` command and all its dependencies:

```
$ nix-store --verify-path $(nix-store --query --requisites $(which svn))
```