nix3-store-add-file(1)

    Warning
    This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix store add-file - add a regular file to the Nix store

Synopsis

nix store add-file [option…] path

Description

Copy the regular file 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 regular file to the store:

    # echo foo > bar
    # nix store add-file ./bar
    /nix/store/cbv2s4bsvzjri77s2gb8g8bpcb6dpa8w-bar
    # cat /nix/store/cbv2s4bsvzjri77s2gb8g8bpcb6dpa8w-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’.

•   --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 (overriding nix.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•   --refresh Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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.