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I'd like to add functionality relating to the awscli command completion.
In my particular case I need to source the script from /nix/store/hvx7xqvjz7r08nsb9kssh1d9s302v3sp-awscli-1.16.106/share/zsh/site-functions/aws_zsh_completer.sh.
How can I get the store path (/nix/store/hvx7xqvjz7r08nsb9kssh1d9s302v3sp-awscli-1.16.106) for a package (awscli)? As I don't think hardcoding this reference is ideal.
You can use configuration.nix to create a symlink in /etc that points to the file you want to source. Then you simply source said symlink. For example, something like this...
configuration.nix
environment.etc."zsh/zshrc".source = "${pkgs.awscli}/share/zsh/site-functions/aws_zsh_completer.sh";
...would create the symbolic link /etc/zsh/zshrc which would point to /nix/store/hvx7xqvjz7r08nsb9kssh1d9s302v3sp-awscli-1.16.106/share/zsh/site-functions/aws_zsh_completer.sh
Since this is done through configuration.nix, the symbolic link will get updated to the correct path each time you build the system.
Then, you can source /etc/zsh/zshrc in your ~.zshrc.
Through nix-locate , install it then update the database with nix-index:
nix-locate "PATTERN"
