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+#include "command.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+
+using namespace nix;
+
+struct CmdDumpPath : StorePathCommand
+{
+    std::string name() override
+    {
+        return "dump-path";
+    }
+
+    std::string description() override
+    {
+        return "dump a store path to stdout (in NAR format)";
+    }
+
+    Examples examples() override
+    {
+        return {
+            Example{
+                "To get a NAR from the binary cache https://cache.nixos.org/:",
+                "nix dump-path --store https://cache.nixos.org/ /nix/store/7crrmih8c52r8fbnqb933dxrsp44md93-glibc-2.25"
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    void run(ref<Store> store, const Path & storePath) override
+    {
+        FdSink sink(STDOUT_FILENO);
+        store->narFromPath(storePath, sink);
+    }
+};
+
+static RegisterCommand r1(make_ref<CmdDumpPath>());