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+{ pkgs, depot, ... }:
+
+# Write the given string to $out
+# and make it executable.
+
+let
+  bins = depot.nix.getBins pkgs.s6-portable-utils [
+    "s6-cat"
+    "s6-chmod"
+  ];
+
+in
+name:
+# string of the executable script that is put in $out
+script:
+
+depot.nix.runExecline name
+{
+  stdin = script;
+  derivationArgs = {
+    preferLocalBuild = true;
+    allowSubstitutes = false;
+  };
+} [
+  "importas"
+  "out"
+  "out"
+  # this pipes stdout of s6-cat to $out
+  # and s6-cat redirects from stdin to stdout
+  "if"
+  [ "redirfd" "-w" "1" "$out" bins.s6-cat ]
+  bins.s6-chmod
+  "0755"
+  "$out"
+]