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From: "Reza Alizadeh Majd" <r.majd@pantherx.org>
Subject: Re: skeleton files in sub-directories
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 11:13:34 +0430
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To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Hi,=20

using `computed-file` to create the parent directories for config files,=
 fixed the issue.=20

Thanks,=20
Reza


On Mon, May 27, 2019, at 12:16 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> "Reza Alizadeh Majd" <r.majd@pantherx.org> skribis:
>=20
> > the problem is that some of these skeletons are located in sub-direc=
tories, for=20
> > example `~/.local/share/foo/bar.cfg`. and when I run `guix system re=
configure`
> > I receive errors about missing parent directory (`~/.local/share/foo=
` in this example).
> >
> > is there any way to create parent directories before copying the ske=
leton files?=20
>=20
> I think you can do something like:
>=20
>   (define dot-config
>     (compute-file "dot-config-skeleton"
>                   #~(begin
>                       (mkdir #$output)
>                       (mkdir (string-append #$output "/guix"))
>                       =E2=80=A6)))
>=20
> and then add it in the list of skeletons like so:
>=20
>   `(=E2=80=A6
>     (".config" ,dot-config))
>=20
> Does that make sense?
>=20
> Ludo=E2=80=99.
>