Re: Guix CLI options through manifest.scm or guix.scm

[Distopico <distopico@riseup.net>]

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On 2023-08-27, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Distopico
>
> Am Sonntag, dem 27.08.2023 um 13:25 -0500 schrieb Distopico:
>> 
>> Is it possible to define/express CLI options from manifest.scm or
>> guix.scm? For example, I have
> CLI options are very broadly scoped.  For instance, with
> transformations, we have a dedicated procedure to turn them into a
> transformation that can more easily be used inside a manifest.  On the
> general side…
>
>> ```
>> guix shell \
>>      -m manifest.scm \
>>      --container -F -N -P \
>>      --share=/opt/android-sdk \
>>      --share=$HOME/.android/avd \
>>      --share=$HOME/.gradle/ \
>>      --preserve='^DISPLAY$' \
>>      --preserve='^XAUTHORITY$' \
>>      --preserve='^DBUS_' \
>>      --expose=$XAUTHORITY \
>>      --expose=/var/run/dbus
>> ```
>> 
>> Manually invoking this command is not practical, so I have
>> `scripts/container.sh`, a script to invoke it, but I think it would
>> be much more practical if it's possible to define it in a
>> configuration file similar to docker-compose, which allows almost all
>> CLI options to be set in the configuration file to avoid having an
>> additional configuration file.
>> 
>> Or perhaps a Guile script instead of a shell script? How do others
>> handle this here?
> … every command is available also as a Scheme procedure that takes its
> arguments as a list directly.  Thus, you can quite easily transform the
> above to 
>
> (use-modules (guix script shell))
> (guix-shell "-m" "manifest.scm" "--container" "-F" "-N" …)
>
> Of course, if you want to dig deeper, you can also call the functions
> guix-shell ends up calling, but whether doing so makes sense is up for
> you to decide.
>
> Happy hacking!

Thank you Liliana, I'll tests that option 

Best

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