nix-super/src/nix/store-dump-path.md

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Examples

• To get a NAR containing the GNU Hello package:

  # nix store dump-path nixpkgs#hello > hello.nar
  

• To get a NAR from the binary cache https://cache.nixos.org/:

  # nix store dump-path --store https://cache.nixos.org/ \
      /nix/store/7crrmih8c52r8fbnqb933dxrsp44md93-glibc-2.25 > glibc.nar
  

Description

This command generates a NAR file containing the serialisation of the store path installable. The NAR is written to standard output.

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