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update description of "store derivation" in installables section
a store derivation is not a store path itself, it has a store path.
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references `R` then `R` is also in the closure of `P`.
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references `R` then `R` is also in the closure of `P`.
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- [output path]{#gloss-output-path}\
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- [output path]{#gloss-output-path}\
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A store path produced by a derivation.
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A [store path] produced by a [derivation].
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[output path]: #gloss-output-path
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- [deriver]{#gloss-deriver}\
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- [deriver]{#gloss-deriver}\
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The deriver of an *output path* is the store
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The deriver of an *output path* is the store
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* **Store derivations**: `/nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv`
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* **Store derivations**: `/nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv`
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Store derivations are store paths with extension `.drv` and are a
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Store derivations are a low-level, internal representation of build tasks in Nix, and have store paths with extension `.drv`.
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low-level representation of a build-time dependency graph used
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By default, if you pass the path to a store derivation to a `nix` subcommand, the command will operate on the [output path]s of the derivation.
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internally by Nix. By default, if you pass a store derivation to a
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`nix` subcommand, it will operate on the *output paths* of the
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[output path]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-output-path
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derivation. For example, `nix path-info` prints information about
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the output paths:
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For example, `nix path-info` prints information about the output paths:
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```console
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```console
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# nix path-info --json /nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv
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# nix path-info --json /nix/store/p7gp6lxdg32h4ka1q398wd9r2zkbbz2v-hello-2.10.drv
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