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<h1 id="built-in-functions">Built-in Functions</h1>
<p>This section lists the functions built into the Nix language evaluator.
All built-in functions are available through the global <a href="../builtin-constants/#builtins-builtins"><code>builtins</code></a> constant.</p>
<p>For convenience, some built-ins can be accessed directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#builtins-derivation"><code>derivation</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#builtins-import"><code>import</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#builtins-abort"><code>abort</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#builtins-throw"><code>throw</code></a></li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt id="builtins-derivation"><a href="#builtins-derivation"><code>derivation <var>attrs</var></code></a></dt>
<dd><p><var>derivation</var> is described in
<a href="derivations.md">its own section</a>.</p></dd>
<dt id="builtins-abort">
<a href="#builtins-abort"><code>abort <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Abort Nix expression evaluation and print the error message *s*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-add">
<a href="#builtins-add"><code>add <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the sum of the numbers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-addDrvOutputDependencies">
<a href="#builtins-addDrvOutputDependencies"><code>addDrvOutputDependencies <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Create a copy of the given string where a single constant string context element is turned into a "derivation deep" string context element.
The store path that is the constant string context element should point to a valid derivation, and end in `.drv`.
The original string context element must not be empty or have multiple elements, and it must not have any other type of element other than a constant or derivation deep element.
The latter is supported so this function is idempotent.
This is the opposite of [`builtins.unsafeDiscardOutputDependency`](#builtins-unsafeDiscardOutputDependency).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-all">
<a href="#builtins-all"><code>all <var>pred</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if the function *pred* returns `true` for all elements
of *list*, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-any">
<a href="#builtins-any"><code>any <var>pred</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if the function *pred* returns `true` for at least one
element of *list*, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-attrNames">
<a href="#builtins-attrNames"><code>attrNames <var>set</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the names of the attributes in the set *set* in an
alphabetically sorted list. For instance, `builtins.attrNames { y
= 1; x = "foo"; }` evaluates to `[ "x" "y" ]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-attrValues">
<a href="#builtins-attrValues"><code>attrValues <var>set</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the values of the attributes in the set *set* in the order
corresponding to the sorted attribute names.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-baseNameOf">
<a href="#builtins-baseNameOf"><code>baseNameOf <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the *base name* of the string *s*, that is, everything
following the final slash in the string. This is similar to the GNU
`basename` command.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-bitAnd">
<a href="#builtins-bitAnd"><code>bitAnd <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the bitwise AND of the integers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-bitOr">
<a href="#builtins-bitOr"><code>bitOr <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the bitwise OR of the integers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-bitXor">
<a href="#builtins-bitXor"><code>bitXor <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the bitwise XOR of the integers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-break">
<a href="#builtins-break"><code>break <var>v</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
In debug mode (enabled using `--debugger`), pause Nix expression evaluation and enter the REPL.
Otherwise, return the argument `v`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-catAttrs">
<a href="#builtins-catAttrs"><code>catAttrs <var>attr</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Collect each attribute named *attr* from a list of attribute
sets. Attrsets that don't contain the named attribute are
ignored. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>catAttrs <span class="s2">&quot;a&quot;</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="ss">a</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;}</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="ss">b</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;}</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="ss">a</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">;}]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to `[1 2]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-ceil">
<a href="#builtins-ceil"><code>ceil <var>double</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Converts an IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number (*double*) to
the next higher integer.
If the datatype is neither an integer nor a "float", an evaluation error will be
thrown.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-compareVersions">
<a href="#builtins-compareVersions"><code>compareVersions <var>s1</var> <var>s2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Compare two strings representing versions and return `-1` if
version *s1* is older than version *s2*, `0` if they are the same,
and `1` if *s1* is newer than *s2*. The version comparison
algorithm is the same as the one used by [`nix-env
-u`](../Command-Reference/nix-env/index.md#operation---upgrade).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-concatLists">
<a href="#builtins-concatLists"><code>concatLists <var>lists</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Concatenate a list of lists into a single list.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-concatMap">
<a href="#builtins-concatMap"><code>concatMap <var>f</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
This function is equivalent to `builtins.concatLists (map f list)`
but is more efficient.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-concatStringsSep">
<a href="#builtins-concatStringsSep"><code>concatStringsSep <var>separator</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Concatenate a list of strings with a separator between each
element, e.g. `concatStringsSep "/" ["usr" "local" "bin"] ==
"usr/local/bin"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-deepSeq">
<a href="#builtins-deepSeq"><code>deepSeq <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
This is like `seq e1 e2`, except that *e1* is evaluated *deeply*:
if its a list or set, its elements or attributes are also
evaluated recursively.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-dirOf">
<a href="#builtins-dirOf"><code>dirOf <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the directory part of the string *s*, that is, everything
before the final slash in the string. This is similar to the GNU
`dirname` command.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-div">
<a href="#builtins-div"><code>div <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the quotient of the numbers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-elem">
<a href="#builtins-elem"><code>elem <var>x</var> <var>xs</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if a value equal to *x* occurs in the list *xs*, and
`false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-elemAt">
<a href="#builtins-elemAt"><code>elemAt <var>xs</var> <var>n</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return element *n* from the list *xs*. Elements are counted starting
from 0. A fatal error occurs if the index is out of bounds.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-fetchClosure">
<a href="#builtins-fetchClosure"><code>fetchClosure <var>args</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Fetch a store path [closure](../glossary.md#gloss-closure) from a binary cache, and return the store path as a string with context.
This function can be invoked in three ways, that we will discuss in order of preference.
**Fetch a content-addressed store path**
Example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchClosure <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">fromStore</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://cache.nixos.org&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">fromPath</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="l">/nix/store/ldbhlwhh39wha58rm61bkiiwm6j7211j-git-2.33.1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
This is the simplest invocation, and it does not require the user of the expression to configure [`trusted-public-keys`](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-trusted-public-keys) to ensure their authenticity.
If your store path is [input addressed](../glossary.md#gloss-input-addressed-store-object) instead of content addressed, consider the other two invocations.
**Fetch any store path and rewrite it to a fully content-addressed store path**
Example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchClosure <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">fromStore</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://cache.nixos.org&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">fromPath</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="l">/nix/store/r2jd6ygnmirm2g803mksqqjm4y39yi6i-git-2.33.1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">toPath</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="l">/nix/store/ldbhlwhh39wha58rm61bkiiwm6j7211j-git-2.33.1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
This example fetches `/nix/store/r2jd...` from the specified binary cache,
and rewrites it into the content-addressed store path
`/nix/store/ldbh...`.
Like the previous example, no extra configuration or privileges are required.
To find out the correct value for `toPath` given a `fromPath`,
use [`nix store make-content-addressed`](../Command-Reference/New-CLI/nix3-store-make-content-addressed.md):
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="gp">#</span><span class="c1"># nix store make-content-addressed --from https://cache.nixos.org /nix/store/r2jd6ygnmirm2g803mksqqjm4y39yi6i-git-2.33.1</span>
<span class="go">rewrote &#39;/nix/store/r2jd6ygnmirm2g803mksqqjm4y39yi6i-git-2.33.1&#39; to &#39;/nix/store/ldbhlwhh39wha58rm61bkiiwm6j7211j-git-2.33.1&#39;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Alternatively, set `toPath = ""` and find the correct `toPath` in the error message.
**Fetch an input-addressed store path as is**
Example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchClosure <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">fromStore</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://cache.nixos.org&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">fromPath</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="l">/nix/store/r2jd6ygnmirm2g803mksqqjm4y39yi6i-git-2.33.1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">inputAddressed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="no">true</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
It is possible to fetch an [input-addressed store path](../glossary.md#gloss-input-addressed-store-object) and return it as is.
However, this is the least preferred way of invoking `fetchClosure`, because it requires that the input-addressed paths are trusted by the Lix configuration.
**`builtins.storePath`**
`fetchClosure` is similar to [`builtins.storePath`](#builtins-storePath) in that it allows you to use a previously built store path in a Nix expression.
However, `fetchClosure` is more reproducible because it specifies a binary cache from which the path can be fetched.
Also, using content-addressed store paths does not require users to configure [`trusted-public-keys`](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-trusted-public-keys) to ensure their authenticity.
This function is only available if the [fetch-closure](../contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-fetch-closure) experimental feature is enabled.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-fetchGit">
<a href="#builtins-fetchGit"><code>fetchGit <var>args</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Fetch a path from git. *args* can be a URL, in which case the HEAD
of the repo at that URL is fetched. Otherwise, it can be an
attribute with the following attributes (all except `url` optional):
- `url`
The URL of the repo.
- `name` (default: *basename of the URL*)
The name of the directory the repo should be exported to in the store.
- `rev` (default: *the tip of `ref`*)
The [Git revision] to fetch.
This is typically a commit hash.
[Git revision]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse#_specifying_revisions
- `ref` (default: `HEAD`)
The [Git reference] under which to look for the requested revision.
This is often a branch or tag name.
[Git reference]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References
By default, the `ref` value is prefixed with `refs/heads/`.
As of 2.3.0, Nix will not prefix `refs/heads/` if `ref` starts with `refs/`.
- `submodules` (default: `false`)
A Boolean parameter that specifies whether submodules should be checked out.
- `shallow` (default: `false`)
A Boolean parameter that specifies whether fetching from a shallow remote repository is allowed.
This still performs a full clone of what is available on the remote.
- `allRefs`
Whether to fetch all references of the repository.
With this argument being true, it's possible to load a `rev` from *any* `ref`
(by default only `rev`s from the specified `ref` are supported).
Here are some examples of how to use `fetchGit`.
- To fetch a private repository over SSH:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;git@github.com:my-secret/repository.git&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;master&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">rev</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;adab8b916a45068c044658c4158d81878f9ed1c3&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
- To fetch an arbitrary reference:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;refs/heads/0.5-release&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
- If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch of
the git repository you don't strictly need to specify the branch
name in the `ref` attribute.
However, if the revision you're looking for is in a future
branch for the non-default branch you will need to specify the
the `ref` attribute as well.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://github.com/nixos/nix.git&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">rev</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;1.11-maintenance&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
!!! note
> It is nice to always specify the branch which a revision
> belongs to. Without the branch being specified, the fetcher
> might fail if the default branch changes. Additionally, it can
> be confusing to try a commit from a non-default branch and see
> the fetch fail. If the branch is specified the fault is much
> more obvious.
- If the revision you're looking for is in the default branch of
the git repository you may omit the `ref` attribute.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://github.com/nixos/nix.git&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">rev</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;841fcbd04755c7a2865c51c1e2d3b045976b7452&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
- To fetch a specific tag:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://github.com/nixos/nix.git&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;refs/tags/1.9&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
- To fetch the latest version of a remote branch:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;ssh://git@github.com/nixos/nix.git&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;master&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
Nix will refetch the branch according to the [`tarball-ttl`](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-tarball-ttl) setting.
This behavior is disabled in [pure evaluation mode](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval).
- To fetch the content of a checked-out work directory:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fetchGit <span class="l">./work-dir</span>
</code></pre></div>
If the URL points to a local directory, and no `ref` or `rev` is
given, `fetchGit` will use the current content of the checked-out
files, even if they are not committed or added to Git's index. It will
only consider files added to the Git repository, as listed by `git ls-files`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-fetchTarball">
<a href="#builtins-fetchTarball"><code>fetchTarball <var>args</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Download the specified URL, unpack it and return the path of the
unpacked tree. The file must be a tape archive (`.tar`) compressed
with `gzip`, `bzip2` or `xz`. The top-level path component of the
files in the tarball is removed, so it is best if the tarball
contains a single directory at top level. The typical use of the
function is to obtain external Nix expression dependencies, such as
a particular version of Nixpkgs, e.g.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">with</span> <span class="nb">import</span> <span class="p">(</span>fetchTarball <span class="s2">&quot;https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{};</span>
stdenv<span class="o">.</span>mkDerivation <span class="p">{</span> <span class="err"></span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
The fetched tarball is cached for a certain amount of time (1
hour by default) in `~/.cache/nix/tarballs/`. You can change the
cache timeout either on the command line with `--tarball-ttl`
*number-of-seconds* or in the Nix configuration file by adding
the line `tarball-ttl = ` *number-of-seconds*.
Note that when obtaining the hash with `nix-prefetch-url` the
option `--unpack` is required.
This function can also verify the contents against a hash. In that
case, the function takes a set instead of a URL. The set requires
the attribute `url` and the attribute `sha256`, e.g.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">with</span> <span class="nb">import</span> <span class="p">(</span>fetchTarball <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">sha256</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;1jppksrfvbk5ypiqdz4cddxdl8z6zyzdb2srq8fcffr327ld5jj2&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">})</span> <span class="p">{};</span>
stdenv<span class="o">.</span>mkDerivation <span class="p">{</span> <span class="err"></span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
Not available in [restricted evaluation mode](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-fetchurl">
<a href="#builtins-fetchurl"><code>fetchurl <var>url</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Download the specified URL and return the path of the downloaded file.
Not available in [restricted evaluation mode](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-filter">
<a href="#builtins-filter"><code>filter <var>f</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a list consisting of the elements of *list* for which the
function *f* returns `true`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-filterSource">
<a href="#builtins-filterSource"><code>filterSource <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
!!! warning
>
> `filterSource` should not be used to filter store paths. Since
> `filterSource` uses the name of the input directory while naming
> the output directory, doing so will produce a directory name in
> the form of `<hash2>-<hash>-<name>`, where `<hash>-<name>` is
> the name of the input directory. Since `<hash>` depends on the
> unfiltered directory, the name of the output directory will
> indirectly depend on files that are filtered out by the
> function. This will trigger a rebuild even when a filtered out
> file is changed. Use `builtins.path` instead, which allows
> specifying the name of the output directory.
This function allows you to copy sources into the Nix store while
filtering certain files. For instance, suppose that you want to use
the directory `source-dir` as an input to a Nix expression, e.g.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>stdenv<span class="o">.</span>mkDerivation <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
<span class="ss">src</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="l">./source-dir</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
However, if `source-dir` is a Subversion working copy, then all
those annoying `.svn` subdirectories will also be copied to the
store. Worse, the contents of those directories may change a lot,
causing lots of spurious rebuilds. With `filterSource` you can
filter out the `.svn` directories:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="ss">src</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>filterSource
<span class="p">(</span>path<span class="p">:</span> type<span class="p">:</span> type <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;directory&quot;</span> <span class="o">||</span> <span class="nb">baseNameOf</span> path <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;.svn&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="l">./source-dir</span><span class="p">;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Thus, the first argument *e1* must be a predicate function that is
called for each regular file, directory or symlink in the source
tree *e2*. If the function returns `true`, the file is copied to the
Nix store, otherwise it is omitted. The function is called with two
arguments. The first is the full path of the file. The second is a
string that identifies the type of the file, which is either
`"regular"`, `"directory"`, `"symlink"` or `"unknown"` (for other
kinds of files such as device nodes or fifos — but note that those
cannot be copied to the Nix store, so if the predicate returns
`true` for them, the copy will fail). If you exclude a directory,
the entire corresponding subtree of *e2* will be excluded.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-findFile">
<a href="#builtins-findFile"><code>findFile <var>search path</var> <var>lookup path</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Look up the given path with the given search path.
A search path is represented list of [attribute sets](./values.md#attribute-set) with two attributes, `prefix`, and `path`.
`prefix` is a relative path.
`path` denotes a file system location; the exact syntax depends on the command line interface.
Examples of search path attribute sets:
- ```
{
prefix = "nixos-config";
path = "/etc/nixos/configuration.nix";
}
```
- ```
{
prefix = "";
path = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels";
}
```
The lookup algorithm checks each entry until a match is found, returning a [path value](../language/values.md#type-path) of the match.
This is the process for each entry:
If the lookup path matches `prefix`, then the remainder of the lookup path (the "suffix") is searched for within the directory denoted by `patch`.
Note that the `path` may need to be downloaded at this point to look inside.
If the suffix is found inside that directory, then the entry is a match;
the combined absolute path of the directory (now downloaded if need be) and the suffix is returned.
The syntax
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="l">&lt;nixpkgs&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div>
is equivalent to:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>findFile <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>nixPath <span class="s2">&quot;nixpkgs&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-flakeRefToString">
<a href="#builtins-flakeRefToString"><code>flakeRefToString <var>attrs</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Convert a flake reference from attribute set format to URL format.
For example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>flakeRefToString <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">dir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;lib&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">owner</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;NixOS&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;23.05&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">repo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;nixpkgs&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;github&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="s2">&quot;github:NixOS/nixpkgs/23.05?dir=lib&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
This function is only available if the [flakes](../contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes) experimental feature is enabled.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-floor">
<a href="#builtins-floor"><code>floor <var>double</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Converts an IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number (*double*) to
the next lower integer.
If the datatype is neither an integer nor a "float", an evaluation error will be
thrown.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-foldl'">
<a href="#builtins-foldl'"><code>foldl' <var>op</var> <var>nul</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Reduce a list by applying a binary operator, from left to right,
e.g. `foldl' op nul [x0 x1 x2 ...] = op (op (op nul x0) x1) x2)
...`. For example, `foldl' (x: y: x + y) 0 [1 2 3]` evaluates to 6.
The return value of each application of `op` is evaluated immediately,
even for intermediate values.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-fromJSON">
<a href="#builtins-fromJSON"><code>fromJSON <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Convert a JSON string to a Nix value. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fromJSON <span class="s s-Multiline">&#39;&#39;{&quot;x&quot;: [1, 2, 3], &quot;y&quot;: null}&#39;&#39;</span>
</code></pre></div>
returns the value `{ x = [ 1 2 3 ]; y = null; }`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-fromTOML">
<a href="#builtins-fromTOML"><code>fromTOML <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Convert a TOML string to a Nix value. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>fromTOML <span class="s s-Multiline">&#39;&#39;</span>
<span class="s s-Multiline"> x=1</span>
<span class="s s-Multiline"> s=&quot;a&quot;</span>
<span class="s s-Multiline"> [table]</span>
<span class="s s-Multiline"> y=2</span>
<span class="s s-Multiline">&#39;&#39;</span>
</code></pre></div>
returns the value `{ s = "a"; table = { y = 2; }; x = 1; }`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-functionArgs">
<a href="#builtins-functionArgs"><code>functionArgs <var>f</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a set containing the names of the formal arguments expected
by the function *f*. The value of each attribute is a Boolean
denoting whether the corresponding argument has a default value. For
instance, `functionArgs ({ x, y ? 123}: ...) = { x = false; y =
true; }`.
"Formal argument" here refers to the attributes pattern-matched by
the function. Plain lambdas are not included, e.g. `functionArgs (x:
...) = { }`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-genList">
<a href="#builtins-genList"><code>genList <var>generator</var> <var>length</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Generate list of size *length*, with each element *i* equal to the
value returned by *generator* `i`. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>genList <span class="p">(</span>x<span class="p">:</span> x <span class="o">*</span> x<span class="p">)</span> <span class="mi">5</span>
</code></pre></div>
returns the list `[ 0 1 4 9 16 ]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-genericClosure">
<a href="#builtins-genericClosure"><code>genericClosure <var>attrset</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Take an *attrset* with values named `startSet` and `operator` in order to
return a *list of attrsets* by starting with the `startSet` and recursively
applying the `operator` function to each `item`. The *attrsets* in the
`startSet` and the *attrsets* produced by `operator` must contain a value
named `key` which is comparable. The result is produced by calling `operator`
for each `item` with a value for `key` that has not been called yet including
newly produced `item`s. The function terminates when no new `item`s are
produced. The resulting *list of attrsets* contains only *attrsets* with a
unique key. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>builtins.genericClosure {
startSet = [ {key = 5;} ];
operator = item: [{
key = if (item.key / 2 ) * 2 == item.key
then item.key / 2
else 3 * item.key + 1;
}];
}
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>[ { key = 5; } { key = 16; } { key = 8; } { key = 4; } { key = 2; } { key = 1; } ]
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-getAttr">
<a href="#builtins-getAttr"><code>getAttr <var>s</var> <var>set</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
`getAttr` returns the attribute named *s* from *set*. Evaluation
aborts if the attribute doesnt exist. This is a dynamic version of
the `.` operator, since *s* is an expression rather than an
identifier.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-getContext">
<a href="#builtins-getContext"><code>getContext <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the string context of *s*.
The string context tracks references to derivations within a string.
It is represented as an attribute set of [store derivation](../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) paths mapping to output names.
Using [string interpolation](../language/string-interpolation.md) on a derivation will add that derivation to the string context.
For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>getContext <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="si">${</span><span class="nb">derivation</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;a&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">builder</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;b&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">system</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;c&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>{ &quot;/nix/store/arhvjaf6zmlyn8vh8fgn55rpwnxq0n7l-a.drv&quot; = { outputs = [ &quot;out&quot; ]; }; }
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-getEnv">
<a href="#builtins-getEnv"><code>getEnv <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
`getEnv` returns the value of the environment variable *s*, or an
empty string if the variable doesnt exist. This function should be
used with care, as it can introduce all sorts of nasty environment
dependencies in your Nix expression.
`getEnv` is used in Nix Packages to locate the file
`~/.nixpkgs/config.nix`, which contains user-local settings for Nix
Packages. (That is, it does a `getEnv "HOME"` to locate the users
home directory.)
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-getFlake">
<a href="#builtins-getFlake"><code>getFlake <var>args</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Fetch a flake from a flake reference, and return its output attributes and some metadata. For example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>getFlake <span class="s2">&quot;nix/55bc52401966fbffa525c574c14f67b00bc4fb3a&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span>packages<span class="o">.</span>x86_64-linux<span class="o">.</span>nix
</code></pre></div>
Unless impure evaluation is allowed (`--impure`), the flake reference
must be "locked", e.g. contain a Git revision or content hash. An
example of an unlocked usage is:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>getFlake <span class="s2">&quot;github:edolstra/dwarffs&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span>rev
</code></pre></div>
This function is only available if the [flakes](../contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes) experimental feature is enabled.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-groupBy">
<a href="#builtins-groupBy"><code>groupBy <var>f</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Groups elements of *list* together by the string returned from the
function *f* called on each element. It returns an attribute set
where each attribute value contains the elements of *list* that are
mapped to the same corresponding attribute name returned by *f*.
For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>groupBy <span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>substring <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">b</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;baz&quot;</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="ss">f</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-hasAttr">
<a href="#builtins-hasAttr"><code>hasAttr <var>s</var> <var>set</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
`hasAttr` returns `true` if *set* has an attribute named *s*, and
`false` otherwise. This is a dynamic version of the `?` operator,
since *s* is an expression rather than an identifier.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-hasContext">
<a href="#builtins-hasContext"><code>hasContext <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if string *s* has a non-empty context.
The context can be obtained with
[`getContext`](#builtins-getContext).
> **Example**
>
> Many operations require a string context to be empty because they are intended only to work with "regular" strings, and also to help users avoid unintentionally losing track of string context elements.
> `builtins.hasContext` can help create better domain-specific errors in those case.
>
> <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>name<span class="p">:</span> meta<span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>hasContext name
<span class="k">then</span> <span class="nb">throw</span> <span class="s2">&quot;package name cannot contain string context&quot;</span>
<span class="k">else</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="si">${</span>name<span class="si">}</span> <span class="o">=</span> meta<span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-hashFile">
<a href="#builtins-hashFile"><code>hashFile <var>type</var> <var>p</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a base-16 representation of the cryptographic hash of the
file at path *p*. The hash algorithm specified by *type* must be one
of `"md5"`, `"sha1"`, `"sha256"` or `"sha512"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-hashString">
<a href="#builtins-hashString"><code>hashString <var>type</var> <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a base-16 representation of the cryptographic hash of string
*s*. The hash algorithm specified by *type* must be one of `"md5"`,
`"sha1"`, `"sha256"` or `"sha512"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-head">
<a href="#builtins-head"><code>head <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the first element of a list; abort evaluation if the argument
isnt a list or is an empty list. You can test whether a list is
empty by comparing it with `[]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-import">
<a href="#builtins-import"><code>import <var>path</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Load, parse and return the Nix expression in the file *path*.
The value *path* can be a path, a string, or an attribute set with an
`__toString` attribute or a `outPath` attribute (as derivations or flake
inputs typically have).
If *path* is a directory, the file `default.nix` in that directory
is loaded.
Evaluation aborts if the file doesnt exist or contains
an incorrect Nix expression. `import` implements Nixs module
system: you can put any Nix expression (such as a set or a
function) in a separate file, and use it from Nix expressions in
other files.
!!! note
Unlike some languages, `import` is a regular function in Nix.
Paths using the angle bracket syntax (e.g., `import` *<foo>*)
are normal [path values](../language/values.md#type-path).
A Nix expression loaded by `import` must not contain any *free
variables* (identifiers that are not defined in the Nix expression
itself and are not built-in). Therefore, it cannot refer to
variables that are in scope at the call site. For instance, if you
have a calling expression
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">rec</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">123</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">import</span> <span class="l">./foo.nix</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
then the following `foo.nix` will give an error:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>x <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">456</span>
</code></pre></div>
since `x` is not in scope in `foo.nix`. If you want `x` to be
available in `foo.nix`, you should pass it as a function argument:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">rec</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">123</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">import</span> <span class="l">./foo.nix</span> x<span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
and
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>x<span class="p">:</span> x <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">456</span>
</code></pre></div>
(The function argument doesnt have to be called `x` in `foo.nix`;
any name would work.)
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-intersectAttrs">
<a href="#builtins-intersectAttrs"><code>intersectAttrs <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a set consisting of the attributes in the set *e2* which have the
same name as some attribute in *e1*.
Performs in O(*n* log *m*) where *n* is the size of the smaller set and *m* the larger set's size.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isAttrs">
<a href="#builtins-isAttrs"><code>isAttrs <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a set, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isBool">
<a href="#builtins-isBool"><code>isBool <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a bool, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isFloat">
<a href="#builtins-isFloat"><code>isFloat <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a float, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isFunction">
<a href="#builtins-isFunction"><code>isFunction <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a function, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isInt">
<a href="#builtins-isInt"><code>isInt <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to an integer, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isList">
<a href="#builtins-isList"><code>isList <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a list, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isNull">
<a href="#builtins-isNull"><code>isNull <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to `null`, and `false` otherwise.
This is equivalent to `e == null`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isPath">
<a href="#builtins-isPath"><code>isPath <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a path, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-isString">
<a href="#builtins-isString"><code>isString <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if *e* evaluates to a string, and `false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-length">
<a href="#builtins-length"><code>length <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the length of the list *e*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-lessThan">
<a href="#builtins-lessThan"><code>lessThan <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if the number *e1* is less than the number *e2*, and
`false` otherwise. Evaluation aborts if either *e1* or *e2* does not
evaluate to a number.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-listToAttrs">
<a href="#builtins-listToAttrs"><code>listToAttrs <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Construct a set from a list specifying the names and values of each
attribute. Each element of the list should be a set consisting of a
string-valued attribute `name` specifying the name of the attribute,
and an attribute `value` specifying its value.
In case of duplicate occurrences of the same name, the first
takes precedence.
Example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>listToAttrs
<span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">123</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">456</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">420</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">foo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">123</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">bar</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">456</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-map">
<a href="#builtins-map"><code>map <var>f</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Apply the function *f* to each element in the list *list*. For
example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">map</span> <span class="p">(</span>x<span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span> x<span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;bla&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span> <span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to `[ "foobar" "foobla" "fooabc" ]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-mapAttrs">
<a href="#builtins-mapAttrs"><code>mapAttrs <var>f</var> <var>attrset</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Apply function *f* to every element of *attrset*. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>mapAttrs <span class="p">(</span>name<span class="p">:</span> value<span class="p">:</span> value <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">a</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">b</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to `{ a = 10; b = 20; }`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-match">
<a href="#builtins-match"><code>match <var>regex</var> <var>str</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Returns a list if the [extended POSIX regular
expression](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04)
*regex* matches *str* precisely, otherwise returns `null`. Each item
in the list is a regex group.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>match <span class="s2">&quot;ab&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `null`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>match <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ ]`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>match <span class="s2">&quot;a(b)(c)&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ "b" "c" ]`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>match <span class="s2">&quot;[[:space:]]+([[:upper:]]+)[[:space:]]+&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot; FOO &quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ "FOO" ]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-mul">
<a href="#builtins-mul"><code>mul <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the product of the numbers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-outputOf">
<a href="#builtins-outputOf"><code>outputOf <var>derivation-reference</var> <var>output-name</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the output path of a derivation, literally or using a placeholder if needed.
If the derivation has a statically-known output path (i.e. the derivation output is input-addressed, or fixed content-addresed), the output path will just be returned.
But if the derivation is content-addressed or if the derivation is itself not-statically produced (i.e. is the output of another derivation), a placeholder will be returned instead.
*`derivation reference`* must be a string that may contain a regular store path to a derivation, or may be a placeholder reference. If the derivation is produced by a derivation, you must explicitly select `drv.outPath`.
This primop can be chained arbitrarily deeply.
For instance,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>outputOf
<span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>outputOf myDrv <span class="s2">&quot;out)</span>
<span class="s2"> &quot;</span>out<span class="s2">&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
will return a placeholder for the output of the output of `myDrv`.
This primop corresponds to the `^` sigil for derivable paths, e.g. as part of installable syntax on the command line.
This function is only available if the [dynamic-derivations](../contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-dynamic-derivations) experimental feature is enabled.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-parseDrvName">
<a href="#builtins-parseDrvName"><code>parseDrvName <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Split the string *s* into a package name and version. The package
name is everything up to but not including the first dash not followed
by a letter, and the version is everything following that dash. The
result is returned in a set `{ name, version }`. Thus,
`builtins.parseDrvName "nix-0.12pre12876"` returns `{ name =
"nix"; version = "0.12pre12876"; }`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-parseFlakeRef">
<a href="#builtins-parseFlakeRef"><code>parseFlakeRef <var>flake-ref</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Parse a flake reference, and return its exploded form.
For example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>parseFlakeRef <span class="s2">&quot;github:NixOS/nixpkgs/23.05?dir=lib&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">dir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;lib&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">owner</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;NixOS&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">ref</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;23.05&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">repo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;nixpkgs&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;github&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
This function is only available if the [flakes](../contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes) experimental feature is enabled.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-partition">
<a href="#builtins-partition"><code>partition <var>pred</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Given a predicate function *pred*, this function returns an
attrset containing a list named `right`, containing the elements
in *list* for which *pred* returned `true`, and a list named
`wrong`, containing the elements for which it returned
`false`. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>partition <span class="p">(</span>x<span class="p">:</span> x <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">23</span> <span class="mi">9</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">right</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">23</span> <span class="mi">42</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="ss">wrong</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">9</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-path">
<a href="#builtins-path"><code>path <var>args</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
An enrichment of the built-in path type, based on the attributes
present in *args*. All are optional except `path`:
- path
The underlying path.
- name
The name of the path when added to the store. This can used to
reference paths that have nix-illegal characters in their names,
like `@`.
- filter
A function of the type expected by `builtins.filterSource`,
with the same semantics.
- recursive
When `false`, when `path` is added to the store it is with a
flat hash, rather than a hash of the NAR serialization of the
file. Thus, `path` must refer to a regular file, not a
directory. This allows similar behavior to `fetchurl`. Defaults
to `true`.
- sha256
When provided, this is the expected hash of the file at the
path. Evaluation will fail if the hash is incorrect, and
providing a hash allows `builtins.path` to be used even when the
`pure-eval` nix config option is on.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-pathExists">
<a href="#builtins-pathExists"><code>pathExists <var>path</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return `true` if the path *path* exists at evaluation time, and
`false` otherwise.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-placeholder">
<a href="#builtins-placeholder"><code>placeholder <var>output</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a placeholder string for the specified *output* that will be
substituted by the corresponding output path at build time. Typical
outputs would be `"out"`, `"bin"` or `"dev"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-readDir">
<a href="#builtins-readDir"><code>readDir <var>path</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the contents of the directory *path* as a set mapping
directory entries to the corresponding file type. For instance, if
directory `A` contains a regular file `B` and another directory
`C`, then `builtins.readDir ./A` will return the set
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">B</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;regular&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">C</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;directory&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
The possible values for the file type are `"regular"`,
`"directory"`, `"symlink"` and `"unknown"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-readFile">
<a href="#builtins-readFile"><code>readFile <var>path</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the contents of the file *path* as a string.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-readFileType">
<a href="#builtins-readFileType"><code>readFileType <var>p</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Determine the directory entry type of a filesystem node, being
one of "directory", "regular", "symlink", or "unknown".
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-removeAttrs">
<a href="#builtins-removeAttrs"><code>removeAttrs <var>set</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Remove the attributes listed in *list* from *set*. The attributes
dont have to exist in *set*. For instance,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">removeAttrs</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">z</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">&quot;a&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;x&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;z&quot;</span> <span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to `{ y = 2; }`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-replaceStrings">
<a href="#builtins-replaceStrings"><code>replaceStrings <var>from</var> <var>to</var> <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Given string *s*, replace every occurrence of the strings in *from*
with the corresponding string in *to*.
The argument *to* is lazy, that is, it is only evaluated when its corresponding pattern in *from* is matched in the string *s*
Example:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>replaceStrings <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;oo&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;a&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;a&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;i&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="s2">&quot;foobar&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to `"fabir"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-seq">
<a href="#builtins-seq"><code>seq <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Evaluate *e1*, then evaluate and return *e2*. This ensures that a
computation is strict in the value of *e1*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-sort">
<a href="#builtins-sort"><code>sort <var>comparator</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return *list* in sorted order. It repeatedly calls the function
*comparator* with two elements. The comparator should return `true`
if the first element is less than the second, and `false` otherwise.
For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>sort <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>lessThan <span class="p">[</span> <span class="mi">483</span> <span class="mi">249</span> <span class="mi">526</span> <span class="mi">147</span> <span class="mi">42</span> <span class="mi">77</span> <span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
produces the list `[ 42 77 147 249 483 526 ]`.
This is a stable sort: it preserves the relative order of elements
deemed equal by the comparator.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-split">
<a href="#builtins-split"><code>split <var>regex</var> <var>str</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved with the
lists of the [extended POSIX regular
expression](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04)
*regex* matches of *str*. Each item in the lists of matched
sequences is a regex group.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>split <span class="s2">&quot;(a)b&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ "" [ "a" ] "c" ]`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>split <span class="s2">&quot;([ac])&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ "" [ "a" ] "b" [ "c" ] "" ]`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>split <span class="s2">&quot;(a)|(c)&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;abc&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ "" [ "a" null ] "b" [ null "c" ] "" ]`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>split <span class="s2">&quot;([[:upper:]]+)&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot; FOO &quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Evaluates to `[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-splitVersion">
<a href="#builtins-splitVersion"><code>splitVersion <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Split a string representing a version into its components, by the
same version splitting logic underlying the version comparison in
[`nix-env -u`](../Command-Reference/nix-env/index.md#operation---upgrade).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-storePath">
<a href="#builtins-storePath"><code>storePath <var>path</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
This function allows you to define a dependency on an already
existing store path. For example, the derivation attribute `src
= builtins.storePath /nix/store/f1d18v1y…-source` causes the
derivation to depend on the specified path, which must exist or
be substitutable. Note that this differs from a plain path
(e.g. `src = /nix/store/f1d18v1y…-source`) in that the latter
causes the path to be *copied* again to the Nix store, resulting
in a new path (e.g. `/nix/store/ld01dnzc…-source-source`).
Not available in [pure evaluation mode](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval).
See also [`builtins.fetchClosure`](#builtins-fetchClosure).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-stringLength">
<a href="#builtins-stringLength"><code>stringLength <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the length of the string *e*. If *e* is not a string,
evaluation is aborted.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-sub">
<a href="#builtins-sub"><code>sub <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the difference between the numbers *e1* and *e2*.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-substring">
<a href="#builtins-substring"><code>substring <var>start</var> <var>len</var> <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the substring of *s* from character position *start*
(zero-based) up to but not including *start + len*. If *start* is
greater than the length of the string, an empty string is returned,
and if *start + len* lies beyond the end of the string, only the
substring up to the end of the string is returned. *start* must be
non-negative. For example,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>substring <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="s2">&quot;nixos&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to `"nix"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-tail">
<a href="#builtins-tail"><code>tail <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return the second to last elements of a list; abort evaluation if
the argument isnt a list or is an empty list.
!!! warning
>
> This function should generally be avoided since it's inefficient:
> unlike Haskell's `tail`, it takes O(n) time, so recursing over a
> list by repeatedly calling `tail` takes O(n^2) time.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-throw">
<a href="#builtins-throw"><code>throw <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Throw an error message *s*. This usually aborts Nix expression
evaluation, but in `nix-env -qa` and other commands that try to
evaluate a set of derivations to get information about those
derivations, a derivation that throws an error is silently skipped
(which is not the case for `abort`).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-toFile">
<a href="#builtins-toFile"><code>toFile <var>name</var> <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Store the string *s* in a file in the Nix store and return its
path. The file has suffix *name*. This file can be used as an
input to derivations. One application is to write builders
“inline”. For instance, the following Nix expression combines the
Nix expression for GNU Hello and its build script into one file:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> stdenv<span class="p">,</span> fetchurl<span class="p">,</span> perl <span class="p">}:</span>
stdenv<span class="o">.</span>mkDerivation <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;hello-2.1.1&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">builder</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;builder.sh&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;</span>
<span class="s2"> source $stdenv/setup</span>
<span class="s2"> PATH=$perl/bin:$PATH</span>
<span class="s2"> tar xvfz $src</span>
<span class="s2"> cd hello-*</span>
<span class="s2"> ./configure --prefix=$out</span>
<span class="s2"> make</span>
<span class="s2"> make install</span>
<span class="s2"> &quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">src</span> <span class="o">=</span> fetchurl <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/hello/hello-2.1.1.tar.gz&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">sha256</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;1md7jsfd8pa45z73bz1kszpp01yw6x5ljkjk2hx7wl800any6465&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">};</span>
<span class="k">inherit</span> perl<span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div>
It is even possible for one file to refer to another, e.g.,
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="ss">builder</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">let</span>
<span class="ss">configFile</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;foo.conf&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;</span>
<span class="s2"> ## This is some dummy configuration file.</span>
<span class="s2"> ...</span>
<span class="s2"> &quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">in</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;builder.sh&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;</span>
<span class="s2"> source $stdenv/setup</span>
<span class="s2"> ...</span>
<span class="s2"> cp </span><span class="si">${</span>configFile<span class="si">}</span><span class="s2"> $out/etc/foo.conf</span>
<span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Note that `${configFile}` is a
[string interpolation](../language/values.md#type-string), so the result of the
expression `configFile`
(i.e., a path like `/nix/store/m7p7jfny445k...-foo.conf`) will be
spliced into the resulting string.
It is however *not* allowed to have files mutually referring to each
other, like so:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="k">let</span>
<span class="ss">foo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;foo&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;...</span><span class="si">${</span>bar<span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">...&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">bar</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;bar&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;...</span><span class="si">${</span>foo<span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">...&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">in</span> foo
</code></pre></div>
This is not allowed because it would cause a cyclic dependency in
the computation of the cryptographic hashes for `foo` and `bar`.
It is also not possible to reference the result of a derivation. If
you are using Nixpkgs, the `writeTextFile` function is able to do
that.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-toJSON">
<a href="#builtins-toJSON"><code>toJSON <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a string containing a JSON representation of *e*. Strings,
integers, floats, booleans, nulls and lists are mapped to their JSON
equivalents. Sets (except derivations) are represented as objects.
Derivations are translated to a JSON string containing the
derivations output path. Paths are copied to the store and
represented as a JSON string of the resulting store path.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-toPath">
<a href="#builtins-toPath"><code>toPath <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
**DEPRECATED.** Use `/. + "/path"` to convert a string into an absolute
path. For relative paths, use `./. + "/path"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-toString">
<a href="#builtins-toString"><code>toString <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Convert the expression *e* to a string. *e* can be:
- A string (in which case the string is returned unmodified).
- A path (e.g., `toString /foo/bar` yields `"/foo/bar"`.
- A set containing `{ __toString = self: ...; }` or `{ outPath = ...; }`.
- An integer.
- A list, in which case the string representations of its elements
are joined with spaces.
- A Boolean (`false` yields `""`, `true` yields `"1"`).
- `null`, which yields the empty string.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-toXML">
<a href="#builtins-toXML"><code>toXML <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a string containing an XML representation of *e*. The main
application for `toXML` is to communicate information with the
builder in a more structured format than plain environment
variables.
Here is an example where this is the case:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="p">{</span> stdenv<span class="p">,</span> fetchurl<span class="p">,</span> libxslt<span class="p">,</span> jira<span class="p">,</span> uberwiki <span class="p">}:</span>
stdenv<span class="o">.</span>mkDerivation <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">rec</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;web-server&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">buildInputs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> libxslt <span class="p">];</span>
<span class="ss">builder</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;builder.sh&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;</span>
<span class="s2"> source $stdenv/setup</span>
<span class="s2"> mkdir $out</span>
<span class="s2"> echo &quot;</span><span class="err">$</span>servlets<span class="s2">&quot; | xsltproc </span><span class="si">${</span>stylesheet<span class="si">}</span><span class="s2"> - &gt; $out/server-conf.xml ①</span>
<span class="s2"> &quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">stylesheet</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toFile <span class="s2">&quot;stylesheet.xsl&quot;</span> <span class="err"></span>
<span class="s2">&quot;&lt;?xml version=&#39;1.0&#39; encoding=&#39;UTF-8&#39;?&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=&#39;http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&#39; version=&#39;1.0&#39;&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;xsl:template match=&#39;/&#39;&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;Configure&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;xsl:for-each select=&#39;/expr/list/attrs&#39;&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;Call name=&#39;addWebApplication&#39;&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;Arg&gt;&lt;xsl:value-of select=&quot;</span>attr<span class="p">[@</span><span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="err">&#39;</span>path&#39;<span class="p">]</span><span class="l">/string</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="p">@</span>value<span class="s2">&quot; /&gt;&lt;/Arg&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;Arg&gt;&lt;xsl:value-of select=&quot;</span>attr<span class="p">[@</span><span class="ss">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="err">&#39;</span>war&#39;<span class="p">]</span><span class="l">/path</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="p">@</span>value<span class="s2">&quot; /&gt;&lt;/Arg&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;/Call&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;/xsl:for-each&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;/Configure&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;/xsl:template&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &lt;/xsl:stylesheet&gt;</span>
<span class="s2"> &quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="ss">servlets</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>toXML <span class="p">[</span> <span class="err"></span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;/bugtracker&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">war</span> <span class="o">=</span> jira <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s2">&quot;/lib/atlassian-jira.war&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;/wiki&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">war</span> <span class="o">=</span> uberwiki <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s2">&quot;/uberwiki.war&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">];</span>
<span class="p">})</span>
</code></pre></div>
The builder is supposed to generate the configuration file for a
[Jetty servlet container](http://jetty.mortbay.org/). A servlet
container contains a number of servlets (`*.war` files) each
exported under a specific URI prefix. So the servlet configuration
is a list of sets containing the `path` and `war` of the servlet
(①). This kind of information is difficult to communicate with the
normal method of passing information through an environment
variable, which just concatenates everything together into a
string (which might just work in this case, but wouldnt work if
fields are optional or contain lists themselves). Instead the Nix
expression is converted to an XML representation with `toXML`,
which is unambiguous and can easily be processed with the
appropriate tools. For instance, in the example an XSLT stylesheet
(at point ②) is applied to it (at point ①) to generate the XML
configuration file for the Jetty server. The XML representation
produced at point ③ by `toXML` is as follows:
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="cp">&lt;?xml version=&#39;1.0&#39; encoding=&#39;utf-8&#39;?&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;expr&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;list&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;attrs&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;attr</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">&quot;path&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">&quot;/bugtracker&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/attr&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;attr</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">&quot;war&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">&quot;/nix/store/d1jh9pasa7k2...-jira/lib/atlassian-jira.war&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/attr&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/attrs&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;attrs&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;attr</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">&quot;path&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">&quot;/wiki&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/attr&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;attr</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">&quot;war&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">&quot;/nix/store/y6423b1yi4sx...-uberwiki/uberwiki.war&quot;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/attr&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/attrs&gt;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&lt;/list&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;/expr&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div>
Note that we used the `toFile` built-in to write the builder and
the stylesheet “inline” in the Nix expression. The path of the
stylesheet is spliced into the builder using the syntax `xsltproc
${stylesheet}`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-trace">
<a href="#builtins-trace"><code>trace <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Evaluate *e1* and print its abstract syntax representation on
standard error. Then return *e2*. This function is useful for
debugging.
If the
[`debugger-on-trace`](../Command-Reference/conf-file.md#conf-debugger-on-trace)
option is set to `true` and the `--debugger` flag is given, the
interactive debugger will be started when `trace` is called (like
[`break`](../language/builtins.md#builtins-break)).
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-traceVerbose">
<a href="#builtins-traceVerbose"><code>traceVerbose <var>e1</var> <var>e2</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Evaluate *e1* and print its abstract syntax representation on standard
error if `--trace-verbose` is enabled. Then return *e2*. This function
is useful for debugging.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-tryEval">
<a href="#builtins-tryEval"><code>tryEval <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Try to shallowly evaluate *e*. Return a set containing the
attributes `success` (`true` if *e* evaluated successfully,
`false` if an error was thrown) and `value`, equalling *e* if
successful and `false` otherwise. `tryEval` will only prevent
errors created by `throw` or `assert` from being thrown.
Errors `tryEval` will not catch are for example those created
by `abort` and type errors generated by builtins. Also note that
this doesn't evaluate *e* deeply, so `let e = { x = throw ""; };
in (builtins.tryEval e).success` will be `true`. Using
`builtins.deepSeq` one can get the expected result:
`let e = { x = throw ""; }; in
(builtins.tryEval (builtins.deepSeq e e)).success` will be
`false`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-typeOf">
<a href="#builtins-typeOf"><code>typeOf <var>e</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Return a string representing the type of the value *e*, namely
`"int"`, `"bool"`, `"string"`, `"path"`, `"null"`, `"set"`,
`"list"`, `"lambda"` or `"float"`.
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-unsafeDiscardOutputDependency">
<a href="#builtins-unsafeDiscardOutputDependency"><code>unsafeDiscardOutputDependency <var>s</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Create a copy of the given string where every "derivation deep" string context element is turned into a constant string context element.
This is the opposite of [`builtins.addDrvOutputDependencies`](#builtins-addDrvOutputDependencies).
This is unsafe because it allows us to "forget" store objects we would have otherwise refered to with the string context,
whereas Nix normally tracks all dependencies consistently.
Safe operations "grow" but never "shrink" string contexts.
[`builtins.addDrvOutputDependencies`] in contrast is safe because "derivation deep" string context element always refers to the underlying derivation (among many more things).
Replacing a constant string context element with a "derivation deep" element is a safe operation that just enlargens the string context without forgetting anything.
[`builtins.addDrvOutputDependencies`]: #builtins-addDrvOutputDependencies
</dd>
<dt id="builtins-zipAttrsWith">
<a href="#builtins-zipAttrsWith"><code>zipAttrsWith <var>f</var> <var>list</var></code></a>
</dt>
<dd>
Transpose a list of attribute sets into an attribute set of lists,
then apply `mapAttrs`.
`f` receives two arguments: the attribute name and a non-empty
list of all values encountered for that attribute name.
The result is an attribute set where the attribute names are the
union of the attribute names in each element of `list`. The attribute
values are the return values of `f`.
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nb">builtins</span><span class="o">.</span>zipAttrsWith
<span class="p">(</span>name<span class="p">:</span> values<span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">inherit</span> name values<span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">})</span>
<span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">a</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;x&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="ss">a</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;y&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="ss">b</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;z&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div>
evaluates to
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>{
a = { name = &quot;a&quot;; values = [ &quot;x&quot; &quot;y&quot; ]; };
b = { name = &quot;b&quot;; values = [ &quot;z&quot; ]; };
}
</code></pre></div>
</dd>
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