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@@ -5456,7 +5456,8 @@ details on Bash start-up files.}.
@vindex GUIX_ENVIRONMENT
@command{guix environment} defines the @code{GUIX_ENVIRONMENT}
-variable in the shell it spawns. This allows users to, say, define a
+variable in the shell it spawns; its value is the file name of the
+profile of this environment. This allows users to, say, define a
specific prompt for development environments in their @file{.bashrc}
(@pxref{Bash Startup Files,,, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}):
@@ -5467,6 +5468,13 @@ then
fi
@end example
+@noindent
+... or to browse the profile:
+
+@example
+$ ls "$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/bin"
+@end example
+
Additionally, more than one package may be specified, in which case the
union of the inputs for the given packages are used. For example, the
command below spawns a shell where all of the dependencies of both Guile