Module nix_compat::nar::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