Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix store add-path
- add a path to the Nix store
Synopsis
nix store add-path
[option...] path
Description
Copy path to the Nix store, and print the resulting store path on standard output.
Warning
The resulting store path is not registered as a garbage collector root, so it could be deleted before you have a chance to register it.
Examples
Add a directory to the store:
# mkdir dir
# echo foo > dir/bar
# nix store add-path ./dir
/nix/store/6pmjx56pm94n66n4qw1nff0y1crm8nqg-dir
# cat /nix/store/6pmjx56pm94n66n4qw1nff0y1crm8nqg-dir/bar
foo
Options
-
--dry-run
Show what this command would do without doing it. -
--name
/-n
name Override the name component of the store path. It defaults to the base name of path.
Logging-related options:
-
--debug
Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. -
--log-format
format Set the format of log output; one ofraw
,internal-json
,bar
,bar-with-logs
,multiline
ormultiline-with-logs
. -
--print-build-logs
/-L
Print full build logs on standard error. -
--quiet
Decrease the logging verbosity level. -
--verbose
/-v
Increase the logging verbosity level.
Miscellaneous global options:
-
--help
Show usage information. -
--offline
Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. -
--option
name value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overridingnix.conf
). -
--refresh
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. -
--version
Show version information.
Note
See
man nix.conf
for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.