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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2d10ec9b59..665bdb028d 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2948,7 +2948,8 @@ derivations can be defined, such that these objects can also be inserted into gexps. Another useful type of high-level object that can be inserted in a gexp is @dfn{local files}, which allows files from the local file system to be added to the store and referred to by -derivations and such (see @code{local-file} below.) +derivations and such (see @code{local-file} and @code{plain-file} +below.) To illustrate the idea, here is an example of a gexp: @@ -3126,6 +3127,13 @@ This is the declarative counterpart of the @code{interned-file} monadic procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad, @code{interned-file}}). @end deffn +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} plain-file @var{name} @var{content} +Return an object representing a text file called @var{name} with the given +@var{content} (a string) to be added to the store. + +This is the declarative counterpart of @code{text-file}. +@end deffn + @deffn {Monadic Procedure} gexp->script @var{name} @var{exp} Return an executable script @var{name} that runs @var{exp} using @var{guile} with @var{modules} in its search path. |