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Expand Up @@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ This command has the following operations:
Download the Nix expressions of subscribed channels and create a new generation.
Update all channels if none is specified, and only those included in *names* otherwise.

> **Note**
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> Downloaded channel contents are cached.
> Use `--tarball-ttl` or the [`tarball-ttl` configuration option](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-tarball-ttl) to change the validity period of cached downloads.

- `--list-generations`

Prints a list of all the current existing generations for the
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