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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f85221d065..227d861482 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3804,7 +3804,7 @@ does not have any effect on what the G-expression does. content is directly passed as a string. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} local-file @var{file} [@var{name}] @ - [#:recursive? #f] + [#:recursive? #f] [#:select? (const #t)] Return an object representing local file @var{file} to add to the store; this object can be used in a gexp. If @var{file} is a relative file name, it is looked up relative to the source file where this form appears. @var{file} will be added to @@ -3814,6 +3814,11 @@ When @var{recursive?} is true, the contents of @var{file} are added recursively; designates a flat file and @var{recursive?} is true, its contents are added, and its permission bits are kept. +When @var{recursive?} is true, call @code{(@var{select?} @var{file} +@var{stat})} for each directory entry, where @var{file} is the entry's +absolute file name and @var{stat} is the result of @code{lstat}; exclude +entries for which @var{select?} does not return true. + This is the declarative counterpart of the @code{interned-file} monadic procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad, @code{interned-file}}). @end deffn |