From 558e8b11d77ed79c1ae0baf5fda66cfc083bab4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:45:27 +0200 Subject: gexp: Add 'plain-file'. * guix/gexp.scm (): New type. (plain-file, plain-file-compiler): New procedures. * tests/gexp.scm ("one plain file"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document 'plain-file'. --- doc/guix.texi | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2d10ec9b59..665bdb028d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2948,7 +2948,8 @@ derivations can be defined, such that these objects can also be inserted into gexps. Another useful type of high-level object that can be inserted in a gexp is @dfn{local files}, which allows files from the local file system to be added to the store and referred to by -derivations and such (see @code{local-file} below.) +derivations and such (see @code{local-file} and @code{plain-file} +below.) To illustrate the idea, here is an example of a gexp: @@ -3126,6 +3127,13 @@ This is the declarative counterpart of the @code{interned-file} monadic procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad, @code{interned-file}}). @end deffn +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} plain-file @var{name} @var{content} +Return an object representing a text file called @var{name} with the given +@var{content} (a string) to be added to the store. + +This is the declarative counterpart of @code{text-file}. +@end deffn + @deffn {Monadic Procedure} gexp->script @var{name} @var{exp} Return an executable script @var{name} that runs @var{exp} using @var{guile} with @var{modules} in its search path. -- cgit v1.2.3