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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/serialization.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/serialization.scm | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/serialization.scm b/guix/serialization.scm index 9e2dce8bb0..59cd93fb18 100644 --- a/guix/serialization.scm +++ b/guix/serialization.scm @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ write-file write-file-tree fold-archive - restore-file)) + restore-file + dump-file)) ;;; Comment: ;;; @@ -458,7 +459,10 @@ depends on TYPE." (&nar-read-error (port port) (file file) (token x))))))))) (define (dump-file file input size type) - "Dump SIZE bytes from INPUT to FILE." + "Dump SIZE bytes from INPUT to FILE. + +This procedure is suitable for use as the #:dump-file argument to +'restore-file'." (call-with-output-file file (lambda (output) (dump input output size)))) |