nix/doc/manual/src/protocols/derivation-aterm.md

# Derivation "ATerm" file format

For historical reasons, [derivations](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) are stored on-disk in [ATerm](https://homepages.cwi.nl/~daybuild/daily-books/technology/aterm-guide/aterm-guide.html) format.

Derivations are serialised in the following format:

```
Derive(...)
```
Retitle section as Robert suggests Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-09-06 08:43:16 -04:00			`# Derivation "ATerm" file format`
Test and begin documentation of the ATerm format for derivations Wanted to do this before the last dynamic derivations PR when I introduce a variation, to make sure I wasn't changing the old version by mistake. 2023-09-05 11:16:39 -04:00
			`For historical reasons, [derivations](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) are stored on-disk in [ATerm](https://homepages.cwi.nl/~daybuild/daily-books/technology/aterm-guide/aterm-guide.html) format.`

			`Derivations are serialised in the following format:`

			```
			`Derive(...)`
			```