Merge pull request #2464 from Profpatsch/docs-builtins-add-ids
manual: add XML IDs to all builtin list entries
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term><function>abort</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-abort'>
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<term><function>abort</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Abort Nix expression evaluation, print error
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message <replaceable>s</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.add</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-add'>
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<term><function>builtins.add</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable>
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</term>
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<listitem><para>Return the sum of the numbers
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.all</function>
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<replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-all'>
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<term><function>builtins.all</function>
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<replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the function
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<replaceable>pred</replaceable> returns <literal>true</literal>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.any</function>
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<replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-any'>
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<term><function>builtins.any</function>
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<replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the function
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<replaceable>pred</replaceable> returns <literal>true</literal>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrNames</function>
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<replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-attrNames'>
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<term><function>builtins.attrNames</function>
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<replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the names of the attributes in the set
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<replaceable>set</replaceable> in an alphabetically sorted list. For instance,
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrValues</function>
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<replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-attrValues'>
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<term><function>builtins.attrValues</function>
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<replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the values of the attributes in the set
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<replaceable>set</replaceable> in the order corresponding to the
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-baseNameOf'>
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<term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the <emphasis>base name</emphasis> of the
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string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, that is, everything following
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitAnd</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitAnd'>
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<term><function>builtins.bitAnd</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the bitwise AND of the integers
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitOr</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitOr'>
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<term><function>builtins.bitOr</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the bitwise OR of the integers
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitXor</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitXor'>
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<term><function>builtins.bitXor</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the bitwise XOR of the integers
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><varname>builtins</varname></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-builtins'>
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<term><varname>builtins</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>The set <varname>builtins</varname> contains all
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the built-in functions and values. You can use
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function>
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<replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-compareVersions'>
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<term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function>
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<replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Compare two strings representing versions and
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return <literal>-1</literal> if version
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.splitVersion</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-splitVersion'>
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<term><function>builtins.splitVersion</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Split a string representing a version into its
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components, by the same version splitting logic underlying the
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.concatLists</function>
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<replaceable>lists</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-concatLists'>
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<term><function>builtins.concatLists</function>
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<replaceable>lists</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Concatenate a list of lists into a single
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list.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.concatStringsSep</function>
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<replaceable>separator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-concatStringsSep'>
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<term><function>builtins.concatStringsSep</function>
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<replaceable>separator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Concatenate a list of strings with a separator
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between each element, e.g. <literal>concatStringsSep "/"
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry
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xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'><term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'>
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<term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>The built-in value <varname>currentSystem</varname>
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evaluates to the Nix platform identifier for the Nix installation
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-->
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.deepSeq</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-deepSeq'>
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<term><function>builtins.deepSeq</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>This is like <literal>seq
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>derivation</function>
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<replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-derivation'>
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<term><function>derivation</function>
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<replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para><function>derivation</function> is described in
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<xref linkend='ssec-derivation' />.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>dirOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-dirOf'>
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<term><function>dirOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the directory part of the string
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<replaceable>s</replaceable>, that is, everything before the final
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.div</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-div'>
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<term><function>builtins.div</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the quotient of the numbers
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elem</function>
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<replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-elem'>
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<term><function>builtins.elem</function>
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<replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if a value equal to
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<replaceable>x</replaceable> occurs in the list
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elemAt</function>
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<replaceable>xs</replaceable> <replaceable>n</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-elemAt'>
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<term><function>builtins.elemAt</function>
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<replaceable>xs</replaceable> <replaceable>n</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return element <replaceable>n</replaceable> from
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the list <replaceable>xs</replaceable>. Elements are counted
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fetchurl</function>
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<replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchurl'>
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<term><function>builtins.fetchurl</function>
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<replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Download the specified URL and return the path of
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the downloaded file. This function is not available if <link
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>fetchTarball</function>
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<replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchTarball'>
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<term><function>fetchTarball</function>
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<replaceable>url</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Download the specified URL, unpack it and return
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the path of the unpacked tree. The file must be a tape archive
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchGit'>
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<term>
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<function>builtins.fetchGit</function>
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<replaceable>args</replaceable>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.foldl’</function>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-foldl-prime'>
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<term><function>builtins.foldl’</function>
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<replaceable>op</replaceable> <replaceable>nul</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Reduce a list by applying a binary operator, from
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-functionArgs'>
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<term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function>
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<replaceable>f</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fromJSON'>
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<term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Convert a JSON string to a Nix
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.genList</function>
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<replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-genList'>
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<term><function>builtins.genList</function>
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<replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Generate list of size
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<replaceable>length</replaceable>, with each element
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getAttr</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-getAttr'>
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<term><function>builtins.getAttr</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para><function>getAttr</function> returns the attribute
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named <replaceable>s</replaceable> from
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getEnv</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-getEnv'>
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<term><function>builtins.getEnv</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para><function>getEnv</function> returns the value of
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hasAttr</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-hasAttr'>
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<term><function>builtins.hasAttr</function>
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<replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para><function>hasAttr</function> returns
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<literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>set</replaceable> has an
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hashString</function>
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<replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-hashString'>
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<term><function>builtins.hashString</function>
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<replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return a base-16 representation of the
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cryptographic hash of string <replaceable>s</replaceable>. The
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.head</function>
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<replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-head'>
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<term><function>builtins.head</function>
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<replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return the first element of a list; abort
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evaluation if the argument isn’t a list or is an empty list. You
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<varlistentry><term><function>import</function>
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<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-import'>
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<term><function>import</function>
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<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Load, parse and return the Nix expression in the
|
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file <replaceable>path</replaceable>. If <replaceable>path
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|
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@ -733,8 +767,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
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</varlistentry>
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||||
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.intersectAttrs</function>
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||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-intersectAttrs'>
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<term><function>builtins.intersectAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return a set consisting of the attributes in the
|
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set <replaceable>e2</replaceable> that also exist in the set
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||||
|
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@ -743,8 +778,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
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</varlistentry>
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||||
|
||||
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||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isAttrs'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.isAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a set, and
|
||||
|
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@ -753,8 +789,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
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|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isList</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isList'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.isList</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a list, and
|
||||
|
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@ -763,7 +800,7 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
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</varlistentry>
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||||
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||||
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||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFunction</function>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isFunction'><term><function>builtins.isFunction</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
|
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@ -773,8 +810,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isString</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isString'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.isString</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a string, and
|
||||
|
|
@ -783,8 +821,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isInt</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isInt'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.isInt</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to an int, and
|
||||
|
|
@ -793,8 +832,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFloat</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isFloat'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.isFloat</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a float, and
|
||||
|
|
@ -803,8 +843,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isBool</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isBool'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.isBool</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a bool, and
|
||||
|
|
@ -813,8 +854,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>isNull</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isNull'>
|
||||
<term><function>isNull</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to <literal>null</literal>,
|
||||
|
|
@ -828,8 +870,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.length</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-length'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.length</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the length of the list
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
|
@ -837,8 +880,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.lessThan</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-lessThan'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.lessThan</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the number
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the number
|
||||
|
|
@ -850,8 +894,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.listToAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-listToAttrs'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.listToAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Construct a set from a list specifying the names
|
||||
and values of each attribute. Each element of the list should be
|
||||
|
|
@ -877,8 +922,9 @@ builtins.listToAttrs
|
|||
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>map</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>f</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-map'>
|
||||
<term><function>map</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>f</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Apply the function <replaceable>f</replaceable> to
|
||||
each element in the list <replaceable>list</replaceable>. For
|
||||
|
|
@ -893,14 +939,15 @@ map (x: "foo" + x) [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.match</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-match'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.match</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Returns a list if the <link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
|
||||
POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable>
|
||||
matches <replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns
|
||||
<literal>null</literal>. Each item in the list is a regex group.
|
||||
<listitem><para>Returns a list if the <link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
|
||||
POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable>
|
||||
matches <replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns
|
||||
<literal>null</literal>. Each item in the list is a regex group.
|
||||
|
||||
<programlisting>
|
||||
builtins.match "ab" "abc"
|
||||
|
|
@ -926,11 +973,12 @@ builtins.match "[[:space:]]+([[:upper:]]+)[[:space:]]+" " FOO "
|
|||
|
||||
Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
|
||||
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.mul</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-mul'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.mul</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the product of the numbers
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
|
||||
|
|
@ -939,8 +987,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-parseDrvName'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Split the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> into
|
||||
a package name and version. The package name is everything up to
|
||||
|
|
@ -953,7 +1002,7 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
|
|||
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-path'>
|
||||
<term>
|
||||
<function>builtins.path</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>args</replaceable>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1023,8 +1072,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>.
|
|||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.pathExists</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-pathExists'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.pathExists</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the path
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable> exists, and
|
||||
|
|
@ -1047,8 +1097,9 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.readDir</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-readDir'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.readDir</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the contents of the directory
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable> as a set mapping directory entries
|
||||
|
|
@ -1069,8 +1120,9 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.readFile</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-readFile'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.readFile</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the contents of the file
|
||||
<replaceable>path</replaceable> as a string.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1078,8 +1130,9 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>removeAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>set</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-removeAttrs'>
|
||||
<term><function>removeAttrs</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>set</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Remove the attributes listed in
|
||||
<replaceable>list</replaceable> from
|
||||
|
|
@ -1094,8 +1147,9 @@ removeAttrs { x = 1; y = 2; z = 3; } [ "a" "x" "z" ]</programlisting>
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.replaceStrings</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>from</replaceable> <replaceable>to</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-replaceStrings'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.replaceStrings</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>from</replaceable> <replaceable>to</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Given string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, replace
|
||||
every occurrence of the strings in <replaceable>from</replaceable>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1111,8 +1165,9 @@ builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar"
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.seq</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-seq'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.seq</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Evaluate <replaceable>e1</replaceable>, then
|
||||
evaluate and return <replaceable>e2</replaceable>. This ensures
|
||||
|
|
@ -1122,8 +1177,9 @@ builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar"
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sort</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>comparator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-sort'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.sort</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>comparator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return <replaceable>list</replaceable> in sorted
|
||||
order. It repeatedly calls the function
|
||||
|
|
@ -1145,15 +1201,16 @@ builtins.sort builtins.lessThan [ 483 249 526 147 42 77 ]
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.split</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-split'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.split</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved
|
||||
with the lists of the <link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
|
||||
POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches
|
||||
of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched
|
||||
sequences is a regex group.
|
||||
<listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved
|
||||
with the lists of the <link
|
||||
xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended
|
||||
POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches
|
||||
of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched
|
||||
sequences is a regex group.
|
||||
|
||||
<programlisting>
|
||||
builtins.split "(a)b" "abc"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1179,11 +1236,12 @@ builtins.split "([[:upper:]]+)" " FOO "
|
|||
|
||||
Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>.
|
||||
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.stringLength</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-stringLength'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.stringLength</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the length of the string
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable>. If <replaceable>e</replaceable> is
|
||||
|
|
@ -1192,8 +1250,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>.
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sub</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-sub'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.sub</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the difference between the numbers
|
||||
<replaceable>e1</replaceable> and
|
||||
|
|
@ -1202,9 +1261,10 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>.
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.substring</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>start</replaceable> <replaceable>len</replaceable>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-substring'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.substring</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>start</replaceable> <replaceable>len</replaceable>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the substring of
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable> from character position
|
||||
|
|
@ -1227,8 +1287,9 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos"
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.tail</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-tail'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.tail</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>list</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return the second to last elements of a list;
|
||||
abort evaluation if the argument isn’t a list or is an empty
|
||||
|
|
@ -1237,8 +1298,9 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos"
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry><term><function>throw</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-throw'>
|
||||
<term><function>throw</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Throw an error message
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable>. This usually aborts Nix expression
|
||||
|
|
@ -1251,9 +1313,10 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos"
|
|||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry
|
||||
xml:id='builtin-toFile'><term><function>builtins.toFile</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toFile'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.toFile</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>name</replaceable>
|
||||
<replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Store the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> in a
|
||||
file in the Nix store and return its path. The file has suffix
|
||||
|
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toJSON'>
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<term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return a string containing a JSON representation
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of <replaceable>e</replaceable>. Strings, integers, floats, booleans,
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toPath'>
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<term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Convert the string value
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<replaceable>s</replaceable> into a path value. The string
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>toString</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toString'>
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<term><function>toString</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Convert the expression
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<replaceable>e</replaceable> to a string.
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toXML'><term><function>builtins.toXML</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toXML'>
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<term><function>builtins.toXML</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Return a string containing an XML representation
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of <replaceable>e</replaceable>. The main application for
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@ -1489,8 +1556,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.trace</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-trace'>
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<term><function>builtins.trace</function>
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<replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Evaluate <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and print its
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abstract syntax representation on standard error. Then return
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@ -1499,8 +1567,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.tryEval</function>
|
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<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-tryEval'>
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<term><function>builtins.tryEval</function>
|
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<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
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<listitem><para>Try to evaluate <replaceable>e</replaceable>.
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Return a set containing the attributes <literal>success</literal>
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@ -1513,8 +1582,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
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</varlistentry>
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||||
|
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<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.typeOf</function>
|
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<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
<varlistentry xml:id='builtin-typeOf'>
|
||||
<term><function>builtins.typeOf</function>
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Return a string representing the type of the value
|
||||
<replaceable>e</replaceable>, namely <literal>"int"</literal>,
|
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