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authorJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2018-07-10 19:00:48 +0200
committerJan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>2018-07-12 06:22:04 +0200
commitf3a422511f793fb6c6cfeec2bb8735965a03294a (patch)
tree118a6969c6b95b652e50d7c5f43b34743c729f04 /doc
parent66413378e8eb68ebcfeb1e2f4154a4443dfa21ca (diff)
store: Add `binary-file'.
* guix/store.scm (binary-file): New function. * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Describe binary-file.
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Chris Marusich@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 John Darrington@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Nils Gillmann@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Clément Lassieur@*
@@ -4916,6 +4916,12 @@ containing @var{text}, a string. @var{references} is a list of store items that
resulting text file refers to; it defaults to the empty list.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} binary-file @var{name} @var{data} [@var{references}]
+Return as a monadic value the absolute file name in the store of the file
+containing @var{data}, a bytevector. @var{references} is a list of store
+items that the resulting binary file refers to; it defaults to the empty list.
+@end deffn
+
@deffn {Monadic Procedure} interned-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @
[#:recursive? #t] [#:select? (const #t)]
Return the name of @var{file} once interned in the store. Use