Module reader

Parser for the Nix archive format, aka NAR.

NAR files (and their hashed representations) are used in C++ Nix for a variety of things, including addressing fixed-output derivations and transferring store paths between Nix stores.

Modules

async

read 🔒

Helpers for reading crate::nar::wire format.

Macros

try_or_poison 🔒

Structs

ArchiveReader 🔒

DirReader

A directory iterator, yielding a sequence of Nodes. It must be fully consumed before reading further from the DirReader that produced it, if any.

Entry

FileReader

File contents, readable through the Read trait.

Enums

ArchiveReaderStatus 🔒

We use a stack of statuses to:

Node

Functions

open

Start reading a NAR file from reader.

Type Aliases

Reader