From 2e9b7c4cb2168f0aac8948d3212e50726b37acdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 20:09:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nix run: Add some examples --- src/nix/run.cc | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/nix/run.cc b/src/nix/run.cc index 64a5cbd30..31c3c1464 100644 --- a/src/nix/run.cc +++ b/src/nix/run.cc @@ -70,6 +70,24 @@ struct CmdRun : InstallablesCommand return "run a shell in which the specified packages are available"; } + Examples examples() override + { + return { + Example{ + "To start a shell providing GNU Hello from NixOS 17.03:", + "nix run -f channel:nixos-17.03 hello" + }, + Example{ + "To start a shell providing youtube-dl from your 'nixpkgs' channel:", + "nix run nixpkgs.youtube-dl" + }, + Example{ + "To run GNU Hello:", + "nix run nixpkgs.hello -c hello --greeting 'Hi everybody!'" + }, + }; + } + void run(ref store) override { auto outPaths = toStorePaths(store, Build);