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nixos-option: List all remote builders.
$ nixos-option nix.buildMachines
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The command "nixos-option nix.buildMachines" is used in the NixOS operating system to retrieve the value of the "nix.buildMachines" option from the NixOS configuration.

In NixOS, the "nix.buildMachines" option determines the maximum number of build machines that are allowed to be used simultaneously when building Nix packages. It is used to control the level of parallelism in the build process.

By running the "nixos-option nix.buildMachines" command, you can view the current value of this option in your NixOS configuration. This can be useful to check and adjust the maximum number of build machines to optimize the build process according to the available hardware resources.

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