1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/impure.rs b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/impure.rs
index c82b910f5ffa..dccb7fbb7d8a 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/impure.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/impure.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use std::{
 use crate::{
     self as tvix_eval,
     errors::ErrorKind,
-    io::FileType,
     value::NixAttrs,
     vm::generators::{self, GenCo},
     NixString, Value,
@@ -60,12 +59,7 @@ mod impure_builtins {
                         NixString::from(
                             String::from_utf8(name.to_vec()).expect("parsing file name as string"),
                         ),
-                        Value::from(match ftype {
-                            FileType::Directory => "directory",
-                            FileType::Regular => "regular",
-                            FileType::Symlink => "symlink",
-                            FileType::Unknown => "unknown",
-                        }),
+                        Value::from(ftype.to_string()),
                     )
                 });
 
@@ -87,6 +81,18 @@ mod impure_builtins {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[builtin("readFileType")]
+    async fn builtin_read_file_type(co: GenCo, path: Value) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
+        match coerce_value_to_path(&co, path).await? {
+            Err(cek) => Ok(Value::from(cek)),
+            Ok(path) => Ok(Value::from(
+                generators::request_read_file_type(&co, path)
+                    .await
+                    .to_string(),
+            )),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Return all impure builtins, that is all builtins which may perform I/O