Types

ScriptMode {.pure.} = enum Silent, ## Be silent. Verbose, ## Be verbose. Whatif ## Do not run commands, instead just echo what ## would have been done.: Controls the behaviour of the script. Source Edit

Vars

author: string: Nimble support: The package's author. Source Edit
backend: string: Nimble support: The package's backend. Source Edit
bin: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
binDir: string: Nimble support: The package's binary directory. Source Edit
description: string: Nimble support: The package's description. Source Edit
installDirs: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
installExt: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
installFiles: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
license: string: Nimble support: The package's license. Source Edit
mode: ScriptMode: Set this to influence how mkDir, rmDir, rmFile etc. behave Source Edit
packageName = "": Nimble support: Set this to the package name. It is usually not required to do that, nims' filename is the default. Source Edit
requiresData: seq[string] = @[]: Exposes the list of requirements for read and write accesses. Source Edit
skipDirs: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
skipExt: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
skipFiles: seq[string] = @[]: Source Edit
srcDir: string: Nimble support: The package's source directory. Source Edit
version: string: Nimble support: The package's version. Source Edit

Consts

buildCPU {.magic: "BuildCPU".}: string = "": The CPU this build is running on. Can be different from system.hostCPU for cross compilations. Source Edit
buildOS {.magic: "BuildOS".}: string = "": The OS this build is running on. Can be different from system.hostOS for cross compilations. Source Edit

Procs

proc cd(dir: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Changes the current directory.

The change is permanent for the rest of the execution, since this is just a shortcut for os.setCurrentDir() . Use the withDir() template if you want to perform a temporary change only.
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proc cmpic(a, b: string): int {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Compares a and b ignoring case. Source Edit
proc cpDir(from, to: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Copies the dir from to to. Source Edit
proc cpFile(from, to: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Copies the file from to to. Source Edit
proc cppDefine(define: string) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: tell Nim that define is a C preprocessor #define and so always needs to be mangled. Source Edit
proc delEnv(key: string) {....tags: [WriteIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}: Deletes the environment variable named key. Source Edit
proc dirExists(dir: string): bool {....tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}: Checks if the directory dir exists. Source Edit
proc exec(command: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ExecIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Executes an external process. If the external process terminates with a non-zero exit code, an OSError exception is raised. The command is executed relative to the current source path.
Note: If you need a version of exec that returns the exit code and text output of the command, you can use system.gorgeEx.
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proc exec(command: string; input: string; cache = "") {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ExecIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Executes an external process. If the external process terminates with a non-zero exit code, an OSError exception is raised.
Warning: This version of exec is executed relative to the nimscript module path, which affects how the command resolves relative paths. Thus it is generally better to use gorgeEx directly when you need more control over the execution environment or when working with commands that deal with relative paths.
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proc exists(key: string): bool {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Checks for the existence of a configuration 'key' like 'gcc.options.always'. Source Edit
proc existsEnv(key: string): bool {....tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}: Checks for the existence of an environment variable named key. Source Edit
proc fileExists(filename: string): bool {....tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}: Checks if the file exists. Source Edit
proc findExe(bin: string): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Searches for bin in the current working directory and then in directories listed in the PATH environment variable. Returns "" if the exe cannot be found. Source Edit
proc get(key: string): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves a configuration 'key' like 'gcc.options.always'. Source Edit
proc getCommand(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Gets the Nim command that the compiler has been invoked with, for example "c", "js", "build", "help". Source Edit
proc getCurrentDir(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the current working directory. Source Edit
proc getEnv(key: string; default = ""): string {....tags: [ReadIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the environment variable of name key. Source Edit
proc hint(name: string; val: bool) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Disables or enables a specific hint. Source Edit
proc listDirs(dir: string): seq[string] {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Lists all the subdirectories (non-recursively) in the directory dir. Source Edit
proc listFiles(dir: string): seq[string] {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Lists all the files (non-recursively) in the directory dir. Source Edit
proc mkDir(dir: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Creates the directory dir including all necessary subdirectories. If the directory already exists, no error is raised. Source Edit
proc mvDir(from, to: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Moves the dir from to to. Source Edit
proc mvFile(from, to: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Moves the file from to to. Source Edit
proc nimcacheDir(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the location of 'nimcache'. Source Edit
proc paramCount(): int {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the number of command line parameters. Source Edit
proc paramStr(i: int): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the i'th command line parameter. Source Edit
proc patchFile(package, filename, replacement: string) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Overrides the location of a given file belonging to the passed package. If the replacement is not an absolute path, the path is interpreted to be local to the Nimscript file that contains the call to patchFile, Nim's --path is not used at all to resolve the filename! The compiler also performs path substitution on replacement.

Example:

patchFile("stdlib", "asyncdispatch", "patches/replacement")
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proc projectDir(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the absolute directory of the current project Source Edit
proc projectName(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the name of the current project Source Edit
proc projectPath(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the absolute path of the current project Source Edit
proc put(key, value: string) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Sets a configuration 'key' like 'gcc.options.always' to its value. Source Edit
proc putEnv(key, val: string) {....tags: [WriteIOEffect], raises: [], forbids: [].}: Sets the value of the environment variable named key to val. Source Edit
proc readAllFromStdin(): string {....raises: [IOError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Reads all data from stdin - blocks until EOF which happens when stdin is closed Source Edit
proc readLineFromStdin(): string {....raises: [IOError], tags: [ReadIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Reads a line of data from stdin - blocks until n or EOF which happens when stdin is closed Source Edit
proc requires(deps: varargs[string]) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Nimble support: Call this to set the list of requirements of your Nimble package. Source Edit
proc rmDir(dir: string; checkDir = false) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Removes the directory dir. Source Edit
proc rmFile(file: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Removes the file. Source Edit
proc selfExe(): string {....deprecated: "Deprecated since v1.7; Use getCurrentCompilerExe", raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Deprecated: Deprecated since v1.7; Use getCurrentCompilerExe
Returns the currently running nim or nimble executable. Source Edit
proc selfExec(command: string) {....raises: [OSError], tags: [ExecIOEffect, WriteIOEffect], forbids: [].}: Executes an external command with the current nim/nimble executable. Command must not contain the "nim " part. Source Edit
proc setCommand(cmd: string; project = "") {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Sets the Nim command that should be continued with after this Nimscript has finished. Source Edit
proc switch(key: string; val = "") {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Sets a Nim compiler command line switch, for example switch("checks", "on"). Source Edit
proc thisDir(): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Retrieves the directory of the current nims script file. Its path is obtained via currentSourcePath (although, currently, currentSourcePath resolves symlinks, unlike thisDir). Source Edit
proc toDll(filename: string): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: On Windows adds ".dll" to filename, on Posix produces "lib$filename.so". Source Edit
proc toExe(filename: string): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: On Windows adds ".exe" to filename, else returns filename unmodified. Source Edit
proc warning(name: string; val: bool) {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}: Disables or enables a specific warning. Source Edit

Templates

template `--`(key, val: untyped): A shortcut for switch Example:

--path:somePath # same as switch("path", "somePath") --path:"someOtherPath" # same as switch("path", "someOtherPath") --hint:"[Conf]:off" # same as switch("hint", "[Conf]:off")
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template `--`(key: untyped): A shortcut for switch Example:

--listCmd # same as switch("listCmd")
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template task(name: untyped; description: string; body: untyped): untyped: Defines a task. Hidden tasks are supported via an empty description.

Example:

task build, "default build is via the C backend": setCommand "c"

For a task named foo, this template generates a proc named fooTask. This is useful if you need to call one task in another in your Nimscript.

Example:

task foo, "foo": # > nim foo echo "Running foo" # Running foo task bar, "bar": # > nim bar echo "Running bar" # Running bar fooTask() # Running foo
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template withDir(dir: string; body: untyped): untyped: Changes the current directory temporarily.

If you need a permanent change, use the cd() proc. Usage example:

# inside /some/path/ withDir "foo": # move to /some/path/foo/ # back in /some/path/
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system/nimscript

Types

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Consts

Procs

Templates