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diff --git a/third_party/nix/src/nix/dump-path.cc b/third_party/nix/src/nix/dump-path.cc
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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);
+    sink.flush();
+  }
+};
+
+static RegisterCommand r1(make_ref<CmdDumpPath>());