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

Name

nix nar dump-path - serialise a path to stdout in NAR format

Synopsis

nix nar dump-path [option...] path

Examples

• To serialise directory foo as a Nix Archive (NAR):

  # nix nar pack ./foo > foo.nar
  

Description

This command generates a Nix Archive (NAR) file containing the serialisation of path, which must contain only regular files, directories and symbolic links. The NAR is written to standard output.

Options

Logging-related options

• --debug

  Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.

• --log-format format

  Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

• --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 Nix 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  Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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.