error: while evaluating the attribute 'FOO' of the derivation 'nix-shell' at /nix/store/fb31dnfdl5s9kxgmn4dfbkas9zbr6gcr-source/pkgs/build-support/mkshell/default.nix:28:3:
getting attributes of path '/home/magnus/my-proj/foobar': No such file or directory
How do I get around thing?
The tools I'll use in the shell will create the folder when needed, so it doesn't _have_ to exist.
Will I have to make Nix create the folder? (How???)
Is there some way to put the $PWD into an envar that doesn't trigger a check for existence of the path?
I'm trying to find a way of setting an envvar to
$PWD/foobar
inmkShell
like this:but then I get
How do I get around thing?
The tools I'll use in the shell will create the folder when needed, so it doesn't _have_ to exist.
Will I have to make Nix create the folder? (How???)
Is there some way to put the
$PWD
into an envar that doesn't trigger a check for existence of the path?using
./.
creates a store path, copying the contents of./foobar
there. you have to use stringsI'd say it depends on what you want to do with the directory, if you call
toString ./.
, you will at least have a string representation of the path