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diff --git a/src/nix/nix.md b/src/nix/nix.md index 5da146fc6..0a90fa6c9 100644 --- a/src/nix/nix.md +++ b/src/nix/nix.md @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ The following types of installable are supported by most commands: - [Flake output attribute](#flake-output-attribute) - [Store path](#store-path) -- [Store derivation](#store-derivation) - [Nix file](#nix-file), optionally qualified by an attribute path - [Nix expression](#nix-expression), optionally qualified by an attribute path @@ -126,22 +125,17 @@ Example: `/nix/store/v5sv61sszx301i0x6xysaqzla09nksnd-hello-2.10` These are paths inside the Nix store, or symlinks that resolve to a path in the Nix store. -### Store derivation +A [store derivation] is also addressed by store path. Example: `/nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv` -By default, if you pass a [store derivation] path to a `nix` subcommand other than [`show-derivation`](./nix3-show-derivation.md), the command will operate on the [output path]s of the derivation. +If you want to refer to an output path of that store derivation, add the output name preceded by a caret (`^`). -[output path]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-output-path +Example: `/nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv^out` -For example, [`nix path-info`](./nix3-path-info.md) prints information about the output paths: +All outputs can be referred to at once with the special syntax `^*`. -```console -# nix path-info --json /nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv -[{"path":"/nix/store/v5sv61sszx301i0x6xysaqzla09nksnd-hello-2.10",…}] -``` - -If you want to operate on the store derivation itself, pass the `--derivation` flag. +Example: `/nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv^*` ### Nix file |