lix/src/nix/flake-prefetch.md
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# Examples
* Download a tarball and unpack it:
```console
# nix flake prefetch https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.10.5.tar.xz
Downloaded 'https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.10.5.tar.xz?narHash=sha256-3XYHZANT6AFBV0BqegkAZHbba6oeDkIUCDwbATLMhAY='
to '/nix/store/sl5vvk8mb4ma1sjyy03kwpvkz50hd22d-source' (hash
'sha256-3XYHZANT6AFBV0BqegkAZHbba6oeDkIUCDwbATLMhAY=').
```
* Download the `dwarffs` flake (looked up in the flake registry):
```console
# nix flake prefetch dwarffs --json
{"hash":"sha256-VHg3MYVgQ12LeRSU2PSoDeKlSPD8PYYEFxxwkVVDRd0="
,"storePath":"/nix/store/hang3792qwdmm2n0d9nsrs5n6bsws6kv-source"}
```
# Description
This command downloads the source tree denoted by flake reference
*flake-url*. Note that this does not need to be a flake (i.e. it does
not have to contain a `flake.nix` file).
)""