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<refentry>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>nix-instantiate</refname>
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<refpurpose>instantiate store expressions from Nix expressions</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>nix-instantiate</command>
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&opt-common-syn;
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<group choice='opt'>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--parse-only</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><option>--eval-only</option></arg>
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</group>
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<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>files</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsection>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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The command <command>nix-instantiate</command> generates
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(low-level) store expressions from (high-level) Nix expressions.
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It loads and evaluates the Nix expressions in each of
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<replaceable>files</replaceable>. Each top-level expression
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should evaluate to a derivation, a list of derivations, or a set
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of derivations. The paths of the resulting store expressions
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are printed on standard output.
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</para>
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<para>
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This command is generally used for testing Nix expression before
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they are used with <command>nix-env</command>.
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</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection>
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<title>Options</title>
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<variablelist>
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&opt-common;
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--parse-only</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Just parse the input files, and print their abstract
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syntax trees on standard output in ATerm format.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--eval-only</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Just parse and evaluate the input files, and print the
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resulting values on standard output. No instantiation of
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store expressions takes place.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsection>
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<refsection>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<screen>
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$ nix-instantiate gcc.nix <lineannotation>(instantiate)</lineannotation>
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/nix/store/468abdcb93aa22bb721142615b97698b-d-gcc-3.3.2.store
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$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate gcc.nix) <lineannotation>(build)</lineannotation>
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$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate gcc.nix) <lineannotation>(print output path)</lineannotation>
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/nix/store/9afa718cddfdfe94b5b9303d0430ceb1-gcc-3.3.2
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$ ls -l /nix/store/9afa718cddfdfe94b5b9303d0430ceb1-gcc-3.3.2
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dr-xr-xr-x 2 eelco users 360 2003-12-01 16:12 bin
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dr-xr-xr-x 3 eelco users 72 2003-12-01 16:12 include
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...</screen>
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</refsection>
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</refentry>
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