nix3-nar-pack(1)

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

Name

nix nar pack - serialise a path to stdout in NAR format

Synopsis

nix nar pack [option…] path

Examples

•   To serialise directory foo as a Nix Archive (NAR):

    # nix nar pack ./foo > foo.nar

Description

This command generates a Nix Archive (NAR) file containing the serialisation of path, which must contain only regular files, directories and symbolic links. The NAR is written to standard output.

Options

  Logging-related options

•   --debug

    Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

•   --log-format format

    Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

•   --print-build-logs / -L

    Print full build logs on standard error.

•   --quiet

    Decrease the logging verbosity level.

•   --verbose / -v

    Increase the logging verbosity level.

  Miscellaneous global options

•   --help

    Show usage information.

•   --offline

    Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

•   --option name value

    Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

•   --refresh

    Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

•   --version

    Show version information.

    Note

    See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.