improve syntax for accessing service outputs

pkgs/liminix-tools/services/builder.sh

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ test -n "$contents" && for d in $contents; do
     mkdir -p $out/${name}/contents.d
     touch $out/${name}/contents.d/$d
 done
-test -n "$run" && (echo -e "#!$shell\n$run" > $out/${name}/run)
+test -n "$run" && (echo -e "$run" > $out/${name}/run)
 test -n "${notificationFd}" && (echo ${notificationFd} > $out/${name}/notification-fd)
-test -n "$up" && (echo -e "#!$shell\n$up" > $out/${name}/up)
-test -n "$down" && (echo -e "#!$shell\n$down" > $out/${name}/down)
+test -n "$up" && (echo -e "$up" > $out/${name}/up)
+test -n "$down" && (echo -e "$down" > $out/${name}/down)
+( cd $out && ln -s /run/service-state/${name} ./.outputs )
 for i in $out/${name}/{down,up,run} ; do test -f $i && chmod +x $i; done
 true
 # (echo  $out/${name} && cd $out/${name} && find . -ls)

pkgs/liminix-tools/services/default.nix

@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 , lib
 , busybox
 , callPackage
-, writeAshScript
+, writeScript
 }:
 let
   inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep;
   output = service: name: "/run/service-state/${service.name}/${name}";
-
+  serviceScript = commands : ''
+    #!${busybox}/bin/sh
+    output() { cat $1/.outputs/$2; }
+    ${commands}
+  '';
   service = {
     name
     , serviceType
@@ -21,14 +25,12 @@ let
     , dependencies ? []
     , contents ? []
   } @ args: stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-    # stdenvNoCC is to avoid generating derivations with names
+    # we use stdenvNoCC to avoid generating derivations with names
     # like foo.service-mips-linux-musl
-    inherit name serviceType;
-    inherit run up down;
+    inherit name serviceType up down run;
     buildInputs = dependencies ++ contents;
     dependencies = builtins.map (d: d.name) dependencies;
     contents = builtins.map (d: d.name) contents;
-    shell = "${busybox}/bin/sh";
     notificationFd = notification-fd;
     builder = ./builder.sh;
   };
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ let
     , dependencies ? []
   } @ args: service (args //{
     serviceType = "longrun";
+    run = serviceScript run;
   });
   oneshot = {
     name
@@ -51,8 +54,8 @@ let
     , ...
   } @ args : service (args  // {
     serviceType = "oneshot";
-    up = writeAshScript "${name}-up" {} up;
-    down = writeAshScript "${name}-down" {} down;
+    up = writeScript "${name}-up" (serviceScript up);
+    down= writeScript "${name}-down" (serviceScript down);
   });
   bundle = {
     name