Re: Question about scripts in guix-home

[Fredrik Salomonsson <plattfot@posteo.net>]

Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> writes:

> Well, if you don't want to put the content of
> files/waybar/modules-mic.sh file inside a Scheme string, then you need
> to read the file to a string, e.g.:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (simple-service 'shellcheck-wrapper
>                    home-files-service-type
>                    (list `("local/bin/shellcheck"
>                            ,(computed-file
>                              "shellcheck-wrapper"
>                              #~(begin
>                                  (use-modules (ice-9 rdelim))
>                                  (with-output-to-file #$output
>                                    (lambda ()
>                                      (display #$(with-input-from-file "/tmp/foo" read-string))))
>                                  (chmod #$output #o555))))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I'm a bit confused, "Scheme string" and string aren't they the same
thing?

> Note that it's just an example which you should change according to your
> needs.  ;-)  Also, it creates not an executable but a symlink to an
> executable in a store, which I missed in a previous answer.

Thank you for the example! This looks like what I was looking for.

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