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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libcmd/installables.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libcmd/installables.cc | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc index b7623d4ba..784117569 100644 --- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc +++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc @@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand() addFlag({ .longName = "file", .shortName = 'f', - .description = "Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression stored in *file*.", + .description = + "Interpret installables as attribute paths relative to the Nix expression stored in *file*. " + "If *file* is the character -, then a Nix expression will be read from standard input.", .category = installablesCategory, .labels = {"file"}, .handler = {&file}, @@ -695,7 +697,10 @@ std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Installable>> SourceExprCommand::parseInstallables( auto state = getEvalState(); auto vFile = state->allocValue(); - if (file) + if (file == "-") { + auto e = state->parseStdin(); + state->eval(e, *vFile); + } else if (file) state->evalFile(lookupFileArg(*state, *file), *vFile); else { auto e = state->parseExprFromString(*expr, absPath(".")); |