nix nar

Create or inspect NAR files.

Warning

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

Synopsis

nix nar [option...] subcommand

where subcommand is one of the following:

• nix nar cat - print the contents of a file inside a NAR file on stdout
• nix nar dump-path - serialise a path to stdout in NAR format
• nix nar ls - show information about a path inside a NAR file

Description

nix nar provides several subcommands for creating and inspecting Nix Archives (NARs).

File format

For the definition of the NAR file format, see Figure 5.2 in https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf.