Kesha.NAR

An implementation of the Nix ARchive format (NAR).

Documentation

data NAR

A packed NAR archive.

data PackError

Errors that can be raised when attempting to pack a path into a NAR archive.

Constructors

FileDoesNotExist FilePath

Attempted to pack a path that doesn't exist.

AmbiguousFileType FilePath

Heuristic for detecting the type of path failed. Where type is one: a regular file, a directory, or a symbolic link.

Instances

Eq PackError

Defined in Kesha.NAR

Methods

(==) :: PackError -> PackError -> Bool

(/=) :: PackError -> PackError -> Bool

Show PackError

Defined in Kesha.NAR

Methods

showsPrec :: Int -> PackError -> ShowS

show :: PackError -> String

showList :: [PackError] -> ShowS

localPack :: FilePath -> IO (Either PackError NAR)

Create a NAR archive for the given path in a local context.

See figure 5.2 of https://nixos.org/~eelco/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf

dump :: NAR -> ByteString

Serialize a NAR archive.