add to example

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Chris McDonough 2024-01-12 22:59:49 -05:00
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@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Each of these functions will cause a derivation to be produced. When you coerce
Some of these functions will put the resulting files within a directory inside the derivation output. If you need to refer to the resulting files somewhere else in Nix code, remember to append the path to the file For example:
```nix
# if the derivation destination is a directory....
my-file = writeTextFile {
name = "my-file";
text = ''
@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ my-file = writeTextFile {
destination = "/share/my-file";
}
# remember to tack on "/share/my-file" to the derivation path when
# using it elsewhere.
writeShellScript "evaluate-my-file.sh" ''
cat ${my-file}/share/my-file
'';