readDir

builtins.readDir

Primop

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Takes 1 arguments

path

Return the contents of the directory path as a set mapping directory entries to the corresponding file type. For instance, if directory A contains a regular file B and another directory C, then builtins.readDir ./A returns the set

{ B = "regular"; C = "directory"; }

The possible values for the file type are "regular", "directory", "symlink" and "unknown".

This function is not defined in a .nix file. It is likely a builtins function or an alias of a builtins function. builtins functions are predefined functions provided by Nix.

Noogle detected

Detected Type

readDir :: Path -> AttrSet

Implementation

This function is implemented in c++ and is part of the native nix runtime.