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paths.nix

## summary : nix paths
## keywords : nix, paths
## publish : gist
## authors : David Crosson
## license : Apache License Version 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt)
## id : b89e7b9c-fbc6-4fb1-a50d-f5cd274e3346
## created-on : 2025-02-01T11:19:18+01:00
## managed-by : https://github.com/dacr/code-examples-manager
## run-with : nix eval --file $file
#### run-with : nix-instantiate --eval $file

let
  cwd_path = ./.;
  a_file_path = ./paths.nix;
  content = builtins.readFile a_file_path;
  lookup_path = <nixpkgs> ; # search through the declared NIX paths
  lookup_path_lib = <nixpkgs/lib> ; # search through the declared NIX paths
in {
  file-content = content;
  found-nixpkgs-lib  = lookup_path_lib;  # /!\ lookup paths considered harmful
  source-path = a_file_path; # in local
  used-path = "${a_file_path}"; # then reference in store
}