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19 (* Please read generator/README first. *)
21 (* Note about long descriptions: When referring to another
22 * action, use the format C<guestfs_other> (ie. the full name of
23 * the C function). This will be replaced as appropriate in other
26 * Apart from that, long descriptions are just perldoc paragraphs.
32 (* These test functions are used in the language binding tests. *)
47 (* except for RErr, which is tested thoroughly elsewhere *)
48 "test0rint", RInt "valout";
49 "test0rint64", RInt64 "valout";
50 "test0rbool", RBool "valout";
51 "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
52 "test0rconstoptstring", RConstOptString "valout";
53 "test0rstring", RString "valout";
54 "test0rstringlist", RStringList "valout";
55 "test0rstruct", RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
56 "test0rstructlist", RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
57 "test0rhashtable", RHashtable "valout";
60 let test_functions = [
61 ("test0", (RErr, test_all_args, []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
63 "internal test function - do not use",
65 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
66 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
67 parameter type correctly.
69 It echos the contents of each parameter to stdout.
71 You probably don't want to call this function.");
75 [(name, (ret, [String "val"], []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
77 "internal test function - do not use",
79 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
80 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
81 return type correctly.
83 It converts string C<val> to the return type.
85 You probably don't want to call this function.");
86 (name ^ "err", (ret, [], []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
88 "internal test function - do not use",
90 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
91 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
92 return type correctly.
94 This function always returns an error.
96 You probably don't want to call this function.")]
100 (* non_daemon_functions are any functions which don't get processed
101 * in the daemon, eg. functions for setting and getting local
102 * configuration values.
105 let non_daemon_functions = test_functions @ [
106 ("launch", (RErr, [], []), -1, [FishAlias "run"; Progress],
108 "launch the qemu subprocess",
110 Internally libguestfs is implemented by running a virtual machine
113 You should call this after configuring the handle
114 (eg. adding drives) but before performing any actions.");
116 ("wait_ready", (RErr, [], []), -1, [NotInFish; DeprecatedBy "launch"],
118 "wait until the qemu subprocess launches (no op)",
120 This function is a no op.
122 In versions of the API E<lt> 1.0.71 you had to call this function
123 just after calling C<guestfs_launch> to wait for the launch
124 to complete. However this is no longer necessary because
125 C<guestfs_launch> now does the waiting.
127 If you see any calls to this function in code then you can just
128 remove them, unless you want to retain compatibility with older
129 versions of the API.");
131 ("kill_subprocess", (RErr, [], []), -1, [],
133 "kill the qemu subprocess",
135 This kills the qemu subprocess. You should never need to call this.");
137 ("add_drive", (RErr, [String "filename"], []), -1, [],
139 "add an image to examine or modify",
141 This function is the equivalent of calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>
142 with no optional parameters, so the disk is added writable, with
143 the format being detected automatically.
145 Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential
146 security hole when dealing with untrusted raw-format images.
147 See CVE-2010-3851 and RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes
148 this security hole. Therefore you should think about replacing
149 calls to this function with calls to C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>,
150 and specifying the format.");
152 ("add_cdrom", (RErr, [String "filename"], []), -1, [DeprecatedBy "add_drive_opts"],
154 "add a CD-ROM disk image to examine",
156 This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
158 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter I<-cdrom filename>.
166 This call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
167 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
168 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
169 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
173 If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
174 efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
175 should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
179 ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"], []), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
181 "add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)",
183 This function is the equivalent of calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>
184 with the optional parameter C<GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY> set to 1,
185 so the disk is added read-only, with the format being detected
188 ("config", (RErr, [String "qemuparam"; OptString "qemuvalue"], []), -1, [],
190 "add qemu parameters",
192 This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters
193 of the form I<-param value>. Actually it's not quite arbitrary - we
194 prevent you from setting some parameters which would interfere with
195 parameters that we use.
197 The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
199 C<value> can be NULL.");
201 ("set_qemu", (RErr, [OptString "qemu"], []), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
203 "set the qemu binary",
205 Set the qemu binary that we will use.
207 The default is chosen when the library was compiled by the
210 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
211 environment variable.
213 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.
215 Note that you should call this function as early as possible
216 after creating the handle. This is because some pre-launch
217 operations depend on testing qemu features (by running C<qemu -help>).
218 If the qemu binary changes, we don't retest features, and
219 so you might see inconsistent results. Using the environment
220 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU> is safest of all since that picks
221 the qemu binary at the same time as the handle is created.");
223 ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", [], []), -1, [],
224 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
226 "get the qemu binary",
228 Return the current qemu binary.
230 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
231 return the default qemu binary name.");
233 ("set_path", (RErr, [OptString "searchpath"], []), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
235 "set the search path",
237 Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img.
239 The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting
240 C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
242 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
244 ("get_path", (RConstString "path", [], []), -1, [],
245 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
247 "get the search path",
249 Return the current search path.
251 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
252 return the default path.");
254 ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"], []), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
256 "add options to kernel command line",
258 This function is used to add additional options to the
259 guest kernel command line.
261 The default is C<NULL> unless overridden by setting
262 C<LIBGUESTFS_APPEND> environment variable.
264 Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
265 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
267 ("get_append", (RConstOptString "append", [], []), -1, [],
268 (* This cannot be tested with the current framework. The
269 * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
270 * test framework interprets as an error.
273 "get the additional kernel options",
275 Return the additional kernel options which are added to the
276 guest kernel command line.
278 If C<NULL> then no options are added.");
280 ("set_autosync", (RErr, [Bool "autosync"], []), -1, [FishAlias "autosync"],
284 If C<autosync> is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
285 best effort attempt to make filesystems consistent and synchronized
286 when the handle is closed
287 (also if the program exits without closing handles).
289 This is enabled by default (since libguestfs 1.5.24, previously it was
290 disabled by default).");
292 ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", [], []), -1, [],
293 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
294 [["get_autosync"]])],
297 Get the autosync flag.");
299 ("set_verbose", (RErr, [Bool "verbose"], []), -1, [FishAlias "verbose"],
303 If C<verbose> is true, this turns on verbose messages.
305 Verbose messages are disabled unless the environment variable
306 C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.
308 Verbose messages are normally sent to C<stderr>, unless you
309 register a callback to send them somewhere else (see
310 C<guestfs_set_event_callback>).");
312 ("get_verbose", (RBool "verbose", [], []), -1, [],
316 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
318 ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", [], []), -1, [],
319 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
321 "is ready to accept commands",
323 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
324 (in the C<READY> state).
326 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
328 ("is_config", (RBool "config", [], []), -1, [],
329 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
331 "is in configuration state",
333 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
334 (in the C<CONFIG> state).
336 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
338 ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", [], []), -1, [],
339 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
340 [["is_launching"]])],
341 "is launching subprocess",
343 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
344 (in the C<LAUNCHING> state).
346 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
348 ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", [], []), -1, [],
349 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
351 "is busy processing a command",
353 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
354 (in the C<BUSY> state).
356 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
358 ("get_state", (RInt "state", [], []), -1, [],
360 "get the current state",
362 This returns the current state as an opaque integer. This is
363 only useful for printing debug and internal error messages.
365 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
367 ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"], []), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
368 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
369 [["set_memsize"; "500"];
370 ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
371 "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
373 This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
374 qemu subprocess. This only has any effect if called before
377 You can also change this by setting the environment
378 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
381 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
382 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
384 ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", [], []), -1, [],
385 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
386 [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
387 "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
389 This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
392 If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
393 on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
394 then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
396 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
397 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
399 ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", [], []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
400 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
401 [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
402 "get PID of qemu subprocess",
404 Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess. If there is no
405 qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
407 This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
409 ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), [], []), -1, [],
410 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
411 [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
412 "get the library version number",
414 Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
417 Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
418 the version of libguestfs that you compiled against. You can
419 compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
420 against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
422 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous
423 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
424 number. From C code you can use dynamic linker functions
425 to find out if this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then
426 it's an earlier version).
428 The call returns a structure with four elements. The first
429 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
430 correspond to the usual version triplet. The fourth element
431 (C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
432 used for distro-specific information.
434 To construct the original version string:
435 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
437 See also: L<guestfs(3)/LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS>.
439 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
440 of features. In enterprise distributions we backport
441 features from later versions into earlier versions,
442 making this an unreliable way to test for features.
443 Use C<guestfs_available> instead.");
445 ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"], []), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
446 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
447 [["set_selinux"; "true"];
449 "set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot",
451 This sets the selinux flag that is passed to the appliance
452 at boot time. The default is C<selinux=0> (disabled).
454 Note that if SELinux is enabled, it is always in
455 Permissive mode (C<enforcing=0>).
457 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
458 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
460 ("get_selinux", (RBool "selinux", [], []), -1, [],
462 "get SELinux enabled flag",
464 This returns the current setting of the selinux flag which
465 is passed to the appliance at boot time. See C<guestfs_set_selinux>.
467 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
468 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
470 ("set_trace", (RErr, [Bool "trace"], []), -1, [FishAlias "trace"],
471 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
472 [["set_trace"; "false"];
474 "enable or disable command traces",
476 If the command trace flag is set to 1, then libguestfs
477 calls, parameters and return values are traced.
479 If you want to trace C API calls into libguestfs (and
480 other libraries) then possibly a better way is to use
481 the external ltrace(1) command.
483 Command traces are disabled unless the environment variable
484 C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE> is defined and set to C<1>.
486 Trace messages are normally sent to C<stderr>, unless you
487 register a callback to send them somewhere else (see
488 C<guestfs_set_event_callback>).");
490 ("get_trace", (RBool "trace", [], []), -1, [],
492 "get command trace enabled flag",
494 Return the command trace flag.");
496 ("set_direct", (RErr, [Bool "direct"], []), -1, [FishAlias "direct"],
497 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
498 [["set_direct"; "false"];
500 "enable or disable direct appliance mode",
502 If the direct appliance mode flag is enabled, then stdin and
503 stdout are passed directly through to the appliance once it
506 One consequence of this is that log messages aren't caught
507 by the library and handled by C<guestfs_set_log_message_callback>,
508 but go straight to stdout.
510 You probably don't want to use this unless you know what you
513 The default is disabled.");
515 ("get_direct", (RBool "direct", [], []), -1, [],
517 "get direct appliance mode flag",
519 Return the direct appliance mode flag.");
521 ("set_recovery_proc", (RErr, [Bool "recoveryproc"], []), -1, [FishAlias "recovery-proc"],
522 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
523 [["set_recovery_proc"; "true"];
524 ["get_recovery_proc"]])],
525 "enable or disable the recovery process",
527 If this is called with the parameter C<false> then
528 C<guestfs_launch> does not create a recovery process. The
529 purpose of the recovery process is to stop runaway qemu
530 processes in the case where the main program aborts abruptly.
532 This only has any effect if called before C<guestfs_launch>,
533 and the default is true.
535 About the only time when you would want to disable this is
536 if the main process will fork itself into the background
537 (\"daemonize\" itself). In this case the recovery process
538 thinks that the main program has disappeared and so kills
539 qemu, which is not very helpful.");
541 ("get_recovery_proc", (RBool "recoveryproc", [], []), -1, [],
543 "get recovery process enabled flag",
545 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
547 ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"], []), -1, [DeprecatedBy "add_drive_opts"],
549 "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
551 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
552 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
554 ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"], []), -1, [DeprecatedBy "add_drive_opts"],
556 "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
558 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
559 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
561 ("file_architecture", (RString "arch", [Pathname "filename"], []), -1, [],
562 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
563 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-i586-dynamic"]], "i386");
564 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
565 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-sparc-dynamic"]], "sparc");
566 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
567 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-win32.exe"]], "i386");
568 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
569 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-win64.exe"]], "x86_64");
570 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
571 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-x86_64-dynamic"]], "x86_64");
572 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
573 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-i586.so"]], "i386");
574 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
575 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-sparc.so"]], "sparc");
576 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
577 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-win32.dll"]], "i386");
578 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
579 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-win64.dll"]], "x86_64");
580 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
581 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-x86_64.so"]], "x86_64");
582 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
583 [["file_architecture"; "/initrd-x86_64.img"]], "x86_64");
584 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
585 [["file_architecture"; "/initrd-x86_64.img.gz"]], "x86_64");],
586 "detect the architecture of a binary file",
588 This detects the architecture of the binary C<filename>,
589 and returns it if known.
591 Currently defined architectures are:
597 This string is returned for all 32 bit i386, i486, i586, i686 binaries
598 irrespective of the precise processor requirements of the binary.
610 64 bit SPARC V9 and above.
626 Libguestfs may return other architecture strings in future.
628 The function works on at least the following types of files:
634 many types of Un*x and Linux binary
638 many types of Un*x and Linux shared library
642 Windows Win32 and Win64 binaries
646 Windows Win32 and Win64 DLLs
648 Win32 binaries and DLLs return C<i386>.
650 Win64 binaries and DLLs return C<x86_64>.
658 Linux new-style initrd images
662 some non-x86 Linux vmlinuz kernels
666 What it can't do currently:
672 static libraries (libfoo.a)
676 Linux old-style initrd as compressed ext2 filesystem (RHEL 3)
680 x86 Linux vmlinuz kernels
682 x86 vmlinuz images (bzImage format) consist of a mix of 16-, 32- and
683 compressed code, and are horribly hard to unpack. If you want to find
684 the architecture of a kernel, use the architecture of the associated
685 initrd or kernel module(s) instead.
689 ("inspect_os", (RStringList "roots", [], []), -1, [],
691 "inspect disk and return list of operating systems found",
693 This function uses other libguestfs functions and certain
694 heuristics to inspect the disk(s) (usually disks belonging to
695 a virtual machine), looking for operating systems.
697 The list returned is empty if no operating systems were found.
699 If one operating system was found, then this returns a list with
700 a single element, which is the name of the root filesystem of
701 this operating system. It is also possible for this function
702 to return a list containing more than one element, indicating
703 a dual-boot or multi-boot virtual machine, with each element being
704 the root filesystem of one of the operating systems.
706 You can pass the root string(s) returned to other
707 C<guestfs_inspect_get_*> functions in order to query further
708 information about each operating system, such as the name
711 This function uses other libguestfs features such as
712 C<guestfs_mount_ro> and C<guestfs_umount_all> in order to mount
713 and unmount filesystems and look at the contents. This should
714 be called with no disks currently mounted. The function may also
715 use Augeas, so any existing Augeas handle will be closed.
717 This function cannot decrypt encrypted disks. The caller
718 must do that first (supplying the necessary keys) if the
721 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
723 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
725 ("inspect_get_type", (RString "name", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
727 "get type of inspected operating system",
729 This returns the type of the inspected operating system.
730 Currently defined types are:
736 Any Linux-based operating system.
740 Any Microsoft Windows operating system.
756 The operating system type could not be determined.
760 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
761 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
763 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
765 ("inspect_get_arch", (RString "arch", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
767 "get architecture of inspected operating system",
769 This returns the architecture of the inspected operating system.
770 The possible return values are listed under
771 C<guestfs_file_architecture>.
773 If the architecture could not be determined, then the
774 string C<unknown> is returned.
776 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
778 ("inspect_get_distro", (RString "distro", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
780 "get distro of inspected operating system",
782 This returns the distro (distribution) of the inspected operating
785 Currently defined distros are:
833 =item \"redhat-based\"
835 Some Red Hat-derived distro.
839 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
841 =item \"scientificlinux\"
859 The distro could not be determined.
863 Windows does not have distributions. This string is
864 returned if the OS type is Windows.
868 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
869 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
871 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
873 ("inspect_get_major_version", (RInt "major", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
875 "get major version of inspected operating system",
877 This returns the major version number of the inspected operating
880 Windows uses a consistent versioning scheme which is I<not>
881 reflected in the popular public names used by the operating system.
882 Notably the operating system known as \"Windows 7\" is really
883 version 6.1 (ie. major = 6, minor = 1). You can find out the
884 real versions corresponding to releases of Windows by consulting
887 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
889 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
891 ("inspect_get_minor_version", (RInt "minor", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
893 "get minor version of inspected operating system",
895 This returns the minor version number of the inspected operating
898 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
900 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
901 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_major_version>.");
903 ("inspect_get_product_name", (RString "product", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
905 "get product name of inspected operating system",
907 This returns the product name of the inspected operating
908 system. The product name is generally some freeform string
909 which can be displayed to the user, but should not be
912 If the product name could not be determined, then the
913 string C<unknown> is returned.
915 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
917 ("inspect_get_mountpoints", (RHashtable "mountpoints", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
919 "get mountpoints of inspected operating system",
921 This returns a hash of where we think the filesystems
922 associated with this operating system should be mounted.
923 Callers should note that this is at best an educated guess
924 made by reading configuration files such as C</etc/fstab>.
925 I<In particular note> that this may return filesystems
926 which are non-existent or not mountable and callers should
927 be prepared to handle or ignore failures if they try to
930 Each element in the returned hashtable has a key which
931 is the path of the mountpoint (eg. C</boot>) and a value
932 which is the filesystem that would be mounted there
935 Non-mounted devices such as swap devices are I<not>
936 returned in this list.
938 For operating systems like Windows which still use drive
939 letters, this call will only return an entry for the first
940 drive \"mounted on\" C</>. For information about the
941 mapping of drive letters to partitions, see
942 C<guestfs_inspect_get_drive_mappings>.
944 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
945 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_filesystems>.");
947 ("inspect_get_filesystems", (RStringList "filesystems", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
949 "get filesystems associated with inspected operating system",
951 This returns a list of all the filesystems that we think
952 are associated with this operating system. This includes
953 the root filesystem, other ordinary filesystems, and
954 non-mounted devices like swap partitions.
956 In the case of a multi-boot virtual machine, it is possible
957 for a filesystem to be shared between operating systems.
959 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
960 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>.");
962 ("set_network", (RErr, [Bool "network"], []), -1, [FishAlias "network"],
964 "set enable network flag",
966 If C<network> is true, then the network is enabled in the
967 libguestfs appliance. The default is false.
969 This affects whether commands are able to access the network
970 (see L<guestfs(3)/RUNNING COMMANDS>).
972 You must call this before calling C<guestfs_launch>, otherwise
975 ("get_network", (RBool "network", [], []), -1, [],
977 "get enable network flag",
979 This returns the enable network flag.");
981 ("list_filesystems", (RHashtable "fses", [], []), -1, [],
985 This inspection command looks for filesystems on partitions,
986 block devices and logical volumes, returning a list of devices
987 containing filesystems and their type.
989 The return value is a hash, where the keys are the devices
990 containing filesystems, and the values are the filesystem types.
993 \"/dev/sda1\" => \"ntfs\"
994 \"/dev/sda2\" => \"ext2\"
995 \"/dev/vg_guest/lv_root\" => \"ext4\"
996 \"/dev/vg_guest/lv_swap\" => \"swap\"
998 The value can have the special value \"unknown\", meaning the
999 content of the device is undetermined or empty.
1000 \"swap\" means a Linux swap partition.
1002 This command runs other libguestfs commands, which might include
1003 C<guestfs_mount> and C<guestfs_umount>, and therefore you should
1004 use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted.
1006 Not all of the filesystems returned will be mountable. In
1007 particular, swap partitions are returned in the list. Also
1008 this command does not check that each filesystem
1009 found is valid and mountable, and some filesystems might
1010 be mountable but require special options. Filesystems may
1011 not all belong to a single logical operating system
1012 (use C<guestfs_inspect_os> to look for OSes).");
1014 ("add_drive_opts", (RErr, [String "filename"], [Bool "readonly"; String "format"; String "iface"; String "name"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
1016 "add an image to examine or modify",
1018 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to
1019 libguestfs. The first time you call this function, the disk
1020 appears as C</dev/sda>, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
1023 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
1024 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
1025 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
1026 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
1029 This call checks that C<filename> exists.
1031 The optional arguments are:
1037 If true then the image is treated as read-only. Writes are still
1038 allowed, but they are stored in a temporary snapshot overlay which
1039 is discarded at the end. The disk that you add is not modified.
1043 This forces the image format. If you omit this (or use C<guestfs_add_drive>
1044 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro>) then the format is automatically detected.
1045 Possible formats include C<raw> and C<qcow2>.
1047 Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential
1048 security hole when dealing with untrusted raw-format images.
1049 See CVE-2010-3851 and RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes
1054 This rarely-used option lets you emulate the behaviour of the
1055 deprecated C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if> call (q.v.)
1059 The name the drive had in the original guest, e.g. /dev/sdb. This is used as a
1060 hint to the guest inspection process if it is available.
1064 ("inspect_get_windows_systemroot", (RString "systemroot", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1066 "get Windows systemroot of inspected operating system",
1068 This returns the Windows systemroot of the inspected guest.
1069 The systemroot is a directory path such as C</WINDOWS>.
1071 This call assumes that the guest is Windows and that the
1072 systemroot could be determined by inspection. If this is not
1073 the case then an error is returned.
1075 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1077 ("inspect_get_roots", (RStringList "roots", [], []), -1, [],
1079 "return list of operating systems found by last inspection",
1081 This function is a convenient way to get the list of root
1082 devices, as returned from a previous call to C<guestfs_inspect_os>,
1083 but without redoing the whole inspection process.
1085 This returns an empty list if either no root devices were
1086 found or the caller has not called C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1088 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1090 ("debug_cmdline", (RStringList "cmdline", [], []), -1, [NotInDocs],
1092 "debug the QEMU command line (internal use only)",
1094 This returns the internal QEMU command line. 'debug' commands are
1095 not part of the formal API and can be removed or changed at any time.");
1097 ("debug_drives", (RStringList "cmdline", [], []), -1, [NotInDocs],
1099 "debug the drives (internal use only)",
1101 This returns the internal list of drives. 'debug' commands are
1102 not part of the formal API and can be removed or changed at any time.");
1104 ("add_domain", (RInt "nrdisks", [String "dom"], [String "libvirturi"; Bool "readonly"; String "iface"; Bool "live"; Bool "allowuuid"; String "readonlydisk"]), -1, [FishAlias "domain"],
1106 "add the disk(s) from a named libvirt domain",
1108 This function adds the disk(s) attached to the named libvirt
1109 domain C<dom>. It works by connecting to libvirt, requesting
1110 the domain and domain XML from libvirt, parsing it for disks,
1111 and calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts> on each one.
1113 The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic:
1114 if an error is returned, then no disks are added.
1116 This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt
1117 domain is not running (unless C<readonly> is true). In a future
1118 version we will try to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk.
1120 Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks
1121 from a remote libvirt connection (see L<http://libvirt.org/remote.html>)
1122 will fail unless those disks are accessible via the same device path
1125 The optional C<libvirturi> parameter sets the libvirt URI
1126 (see L<http://libvirt.org/uri.html>). If this is not set then
1127 we connect to the default libvirt URI (or one set through an
1128 environment variable, see the libvirt documentation for full
1131 The optional C<live> flag controls whether this call will try
1132 to connect to a running virtual machine C<guestfsd> process if
1133 it sees a suitable E<lt>channelE<gt> element in the libvirt
1134 XML definition. The default (if the flag is omitted) is never
1135 to try. See L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS> for more
1138 If the C<allowuuid> flag is true (default is false) then a UUID
1139 I<may> be passed instead of the domain name. The C<dom> string is
1140 treated as a UUID first and looked up, and if that lookup fails
1141 then we treat C<dom> as a name as usual.
1143 The optional C<readonlydisk> parameter controls what we do for
1144 disks which are marked E<lt>readonly/E<gt> in the libvirt XML.
1145 Possible values are:
1149 =item readonlydisk = \"error\"
1151 If C<readonly> is false:
1153 The whole call is aborted with an error if any disk with
1154 the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag is found.
1156 If C<readonly> is true:
1158 Disks with the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag are added read-only.
1160 =item readonlydisk = \"read\"
1162 If C<readonly> is false:
1164 Disks with the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag are added read-only.
1165 Other disks are added read/write.
1167 If C<readonly> is true:
1169 Disks with the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag are added read-only.
1171 =item readonlydisk = \"write\" (default)
1173 If C<readonly> is false:
1175 Disks with the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag are added read/write.
1177 If C<readonly> is true:
1179 Disks with the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag are added read-only.
1181 =item readonlydisk = \"ignore\"
1183 If C<readonly> is true or false:
1185 Disks with the E<lt>readonly/E<gt> flag are skipped.
1189 The other optional parameters are passed directly through to
1190 C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>.");
1193 This interface is not quite baked yet. -- RWMJ 2010-11-11
1194 ("add_libvirt_dom", (RInt "nrdisks", [Pointer ("virDomainPtr", "dom")], [Bool "readonly"; String "iface"; Bool "live"; String "readonlydisk"]), -1, [NotInFish],
1196 "add the disk(s) from a libvirt domain",
1198 This function adds the disk(s) attached to the libvirt domain C<dom>.
1199 It works by requesting the domain XML from libvirt, parsing it for
1200 disks, and calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts> on each one.
1202 In the C API we declare C<void *dom>, but really it has type
1203 C<virDomainPtr dom>. This is so we don't need E<lt>libvirt.hE<gt>.
1205 The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic:
1206 if an error is returned, then no disks are added.
1208 This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt
1209 domain is not running (unless C<readonly> is true). In a future
1210 version we will try to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk.
1212 Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks
1213 from a remote libvirt connection (see L<http://libvirt.org/remote.html>)
1214 will fail unless those disks are accessible via the same device path
1217 The optional C<live> flag controls whether this call will try
1218 to connect to a running virtual machine C<guestfsd> process if
1219 it sees a suitable E<lt>channelE<gt> element in the libvirt
1220 XML definition. The default (if the flag is omitted) is never
1221 to try. See L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS> for more
1224 The optional C<readonlydisk> parameter controls what we do for
1225 disks which are marked E<lt>readonly/E<gt> in the libvirt XML.
1226 See C<guestfs_add_domain> for possible values.
1228 The other optional parameters are passed directly through to
1229 C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>.");
1232 ("inspect_get_package_format", (RString "packageformat", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1234 "get package format used by the operating system",
1236 This function and C<guestfs_inspect_get_package_management> return
1237 the package format and package management tool used by the
1238 inspected operating system. For example for Fedora these
1239 functions would return C<rpm> (package format) and
1240 C<yum> (package management).
1242 This returns the string C<unknown> if we could not determine the
1243 package format I<or> if the operating system does not have
1244 a real packaging system (eg. Windows).
1246 Possible strings include:
1247 C<rpm>, C<deb>, C<ebuild>, C<pisi>, C<pacman>, C<pkgsrc>.
1248 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings.
1250 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1252 ("inspect_get_package_management", (RString "packagemanagement", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1254 "get package management tool used by the operating system",
1256 C<guestfs_inspect_get_package_format> and this function return
1257 the package format and package management tool used by the
1258 inspected operating system. For example for Fedora these
1259 functions would return C<rpm> (package format) and
1260 C<yum> (package management).
1262 This returns the string C<unknown> if we could not determine the
1263 package management tool I<or> if the operating system does not have
1264 a real packaging system (eg. Windows).
1266 Possible strings include: C<yum>, C<up2date>,
1267 C<apt> (for all Debian derivatives),
1268 C<portage>, C<pisi>, C<pacman>, C<urpmi>, C<zypper>.
1269 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings.
1271 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1273 ("inspect_list_applications", (RStructList ("applications", "application"), [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1275 "get list of applications installed in the operating system",
1277 Return the list of applications installed in the operating system.
1279 I<Note:> This call works differently from other parts of the
1280 inspection API. You have to call C<guestfs_inspect_os>, then
1281 C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>, then mount up the disks,
1282 before calling this. Listing applications is a significantly
1283 more difficult operation which requires access to the full
1284 filesystem. Also note that unlike the other
1285 C<guestfs_inspect_get_*> calls which are just returning
1286 data cached in the libguestfs handle, this call actually reads
1287 parts of the mounted filesystems during the call.
1289 This returns an empty list if the inspection code was not able
1290 to determine the list of applications.
1292 The application structure contains the following fields:
1298 The name of the application. For Red Hat-derived and Debian-derived
1299 Linux guests, this is the package name.
1301 =item C<app_display_name>
1303 The display name of the application, sometimes localized to the
1304 install language of the guest operating system.
1306 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1307 Callers needing to display something can use C<app_name> instead.
1311 For package managers which use epochs, this contains the epoch of
1312 the package (an integer). If unavailable, this is returned as C<0>.
1314 =item C<app_version>
1316 The version string of the application or package. If unavailable
1317 this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1319 =item C<app_release>
1321 The release string of the application or package, for package
1322 managers that use this. If unavailable this is returned as an
1323 empty string C<\"\">.
1325 =item C<app_install_path>
1327 The installation path of the application (on operating systems
1328 such as Windows which use installation paths). This path is
1329 in the format used by the guest operating system, it is not
1332 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1334 =item C<app_trans_path>
1336 The install path translated into a libguestfs path.
1337 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1339 =item C<app_publisher>
1341 The name of the publisher of the application, for package
1342 managers that use this. If unavailable this is returned
1343 as an empty string C<\"\">.
1347 The URL (eg. upstream URL) of the application.
1348 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1350 =item C<app_source_package>
1352 For packaging systems which support this, the name of the source
1353 package. If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1355 =item C<app_summary>
1357 A short (usually one line) description of the application or package.
1358 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1360 =item C<app_description>
1362 A longer description of the application or package.
1363 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1367 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1369 ("inspect_get_hostname", (RString "hostname", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1371 "get hostname of the operating system",
1373 This function returns the hostname of the operating system
1374 as found by inspection of the guest's configuration files.
1376 If the hostname could not be determined, then the
1377 string C<unknown> is returned.
1379 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1381 ("inspect_get_format", (RString "format", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1383 "get format of inspected operating system",
1385 This returns the format of the inspected operating system. You
1386 can use it to detect install images, live CDs and similar.
1388 Currently defined formats are:
1394 This is an installed operating system.
1398 The disk image being inspected is not an installed operating system,
1399 but a I<bootable> install disk, live CD, or similar.
1403 The format of this disk image is not known.
1407 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
1408 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
1410 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1412 ("inspect_is_live", (RBool "live", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1414 "get live flag for install disk",
1416 If C<guestfs_inspect_get_format> returns C<installer> (this
1417 is an install disk), then this returns true if a live image
1418 was detected on the disk.
1420 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1422 ("inspect_is_netinst", (RBool "netinst", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1424 "get netinst (network installer) flag for install disk",
1426 If C<guestfs_inspect_get_format> returns C<installer> (this
1427 is an install disk), then this returns true if the disk is
1428 a network installer, ie. not a self-contained install CD but
1429 one which is likely to require network access to complete
1432 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1434 ("inspect_is_multipart", (RBool "multipart", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1436 "get multipart flag for install disk",
1438 If C<guestfs_inspect_get_format> returns C<installer> (this
1439 is an install disk), then this returns true if the disk is
1442 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1444 ("set_attach_method", (RErr, [String "attachmethod"], []), -1, [FishAlias "attach-method"],
1446 "set the attach method",
1448 Set the method that libguestfs uses to connect to the back end
1449 guestfsd daemon. Possible methods are:
1455 Launch an appliance and connect to it. This is the ordinary method
1458 =item C<unix:I<path>>
1460 Connect to the Unix domain socket I<path>.
1462 This method lets you connect to an existing daemon or (using
1463 virtio-serial) to a live guest. For more information, see
1464 L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS>.
1468 ("get_attach_method", (RString "attachmethod", [], []), -1, [],
1469 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
1470 [["get_attach_method"]], "appliance")],
1471 "get the attach method",
1473 Return the current attach method. See C<guestfs_set_attach_method>.");
1475 ("inspect_get_product_variant", (RString "variant", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1477 "get product variant of inspected operating system",
1479 This returns the product variant of the inspected operating
1482 For Windows guests, this returns the contents of the Registry key
1483 C<HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion>
1484 C<InstallationType> which is usually a string such as
1485 C<Client> or C<Server> (other values are possible). This
1486 can be used to distinguish consumer and enterprise versions
1487 of Windows that have the same version number (for example,
1488 Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server are both version 6.1,
1489 but the former is C<Client> and the latter is C<Server>).
1491 For enterprise Linux guests, in future we intend this to return
1492 the product variant such as C<Desktop>, C<Server> and so on. But
1493 this is not implemented at present.
1495 If the product variant could not be determined, then the
1496 string C<unknown> is returned.
1498 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1499 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_product_name>,
1500 C<guestfs_inspect_get_major_version>.");
1502 ("inspect_get_windows_current_control_set", (RString "controlset", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1504 "get Windows CurrentControlSet of inspected operating system",
1506 This returns the Windows CurrentControlSet of the inspected guest.
1507 The CurrentControlSet is a registry key name such as C<ControlSet001>.
1509 This call assumes that the guest is Windows and that the
1510 Registry could be examined by inspection. If this is not
1511 the case then an error is returned.
1513 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1515 ("inspect_get_drive_mappings", (RHashtable "drives", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1517 "get drive letter mappings",
1519 This call is useful for Windows which uses a primitive system
1520 of assigning drive letters (like \"C:\") to partitions.
1521 This inspection API examines the Windows Registry to find out
1522 how disks/partitions are mapped to drive letters, and returns
1523 a hash table as in the example below:
1529 Note that keys are drive letters. For Windows, the key is
1530 case insensitive and just contains the drive letter, without
1531 the customary colon separator character.
1533 In future we may support other operating systems that also used drive
1534 letters, but the keys for those might not be case insensitive
1535 and might be longer than 1 character. For example in OS-9,
1536 hard drives were named C<h0>, C<h1> etc.
1538 For Windows guests, currently only hard drive mappings are
1539 returned. Removable disks (eg. DVD-ROMs) are ignored.
1541 For guests that do not use drive mappings, or if the drive mappings
1542 could not be determined, this returns an empty hash table.
1544 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1545 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>,
1546 C<guestfs_inspect_get_filesystems>.");
1548 ("inspect_get_icon", (RBufferOut "icon", [Device "root"], [Bool "favicon"; Bool "highquality"]), -1, [],
1550 "get the icon corresponding to this operating system",
1552 This function returns an icon corresponding to the inspected
1553 operating system. The icon is returned as a buffer containing a
1554 PNG image (re-encoded to PNG if necessary).
1556 If it was not possible to get an icon this function returns a
1557 zero-length (non-NULL) buffer. I<Callers must check for this case>.
1559 Libguestfs will start by looking for a file called
1560 C</etc/favicon.png> or C<C:\\etc\\favicon.png>
1561 and if it has the correct format, the contents of this file will
1562 be returned. You can disable favicons by passing the
1563 optional C<favicon> boolean as false (default is true).
1565 If finding the favicon fails, then we look in other places in the
1566 guest for a suitable icon.
1568 If the optional C<highquality> boolean is true then
1569 only high quality icons are returned, which means only icons of
1570 high resolution with an alpha channel. The default (false) is
1571 to return any icon we can, even if it is of substandard quality.
1579 Unlike most other inspection API calls, the guest's disks must be
1580 mounted up before you call this, since it needs to read information
1581 from the guest filesystem during the call.
1585 B<Security:> The icon data comes from the untrusted guest,
1586 and should be treated with caution. PNG files have been
1587 known to contain exploits. Ensure that libpng (or other relevant
1588 libraries) are fully up to date before trying to process or
1593 The PNG image returned can be any size. It might not be square.
1594 Libguestfs tries to return the largest, highest quality
1595 icon available. The application must scale the icon to the
1600 Extracting icons from Windows guests requires the external
1601 C<wrestool> program from the C<icoutils> package, and
1602 several programs (C<bmptopnm>, C<pnmtopng>, C<pamcut>)
1603 from the C<netpbm> package. These must be installed separately.
1607 Operating system icons are usually trademarks. Seek legal
1608 advice before using trademarks in applications.
1612 ("set_pgroup", (RErr, [Bool "pgroup"], []), -1, [FishAlias "pgroup"],
1614 "set process group flag",
1616 If C<pgroup> is true, child processes are placed into
1617 their own process group.
1619 The practical upshot of this is that signals like C<SIGINT> (from
1620 users pressing C<^C>) won't be received by the child process.
1622 The default for this flag is false, because usually you want
1623 C<^C> to kill the subprocess.");
1625 ("get_pgroup", (RBool "pgroup", [], []), -1, [],
1627 "get process group flag",
1629 This returns the process group flag.");
1631 ("set_smp", (RErr, [Int "smp"], []), -1, [FishAlias "smp"],
1633 "set number of virtual CPUs in appliance",
1635 Change the number of virtual CPUs assigned to the appliance. The
1636 default is C<1>. Increasing this may improve performance, though
1637 often it has no effect.
1639 This function must be called before C<guestfs_launch>.");
1641 ("get_smp", (RInt "smp", [], []), -1, [],
1643 "get number of virtual CPUs in appliance",
1645 This returns the number of virtual CPUs assigned to the appliance.");
1649 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
1650 * to take place in the daemon.
1653 let daemon_functions = [
1654 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 1, [],
1655 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1656 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1657 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1658 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1659 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
1660 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1661 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
1663 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
1664 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
1665 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
1666 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
1669 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
1670 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
1671 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
1674 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
1675 on the underlying device.
1677 Before libguestfs 1.13.16, this call implicitly added the options
1678 C<sync> and C<noatime>. The C<sync> option greatly slowed
1679 writes and caused many problems for users. If your program
1680 might need to work with older versions of libguestfs, use
1681 C<guestfs_mount_options> instead (using an empty string for the
1682 first parameter if you don't want any options).");
1684 ("sync", (RErr, [], []), 2, [],
1685 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
1686 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
1688 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
1689 underlying disk image.
1691 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
1692 closing the handle.");
1694 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 3, [],
1695 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1696 [["touch"; "/touch"];
1697 ["exists"; "/touch"]])],
1698 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
1700 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
1701 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
1702 to create a new zero-length file.
1704 This command only works on regular files, and will fail on other
1705 file types such as directories, symbolic links, block special etc.");
1707 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"], []), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1708 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1709 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
1710 "list the contents of a file",
1712 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1714 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1715 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1716 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1717 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
1719 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"], []), 5, [],
1720 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
1721 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
1723 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
1725 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1726 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
1728 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
1729 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
1731 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"], []), 6, [],
1732 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1734 ["touch"; "/ls/new"];
1735 ["touch"; "/ls/newer"];
1736 ["touch"; "/ls/newest"];
1737 ["ls"; "/ls"]], ["new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
1738 "list the files in a directory",
1740 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1741 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
1742 hidden files are shown.
1744 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
1745 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
1747 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 7, [],
1748 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1749 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
1750 "list the block devices",
1752 List all the block devices.
1754 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>.
1756 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1758 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", [], []), 8, [],
1759 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1760 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sdb1"]);
1761 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1762 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1763 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1764 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1765 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1766 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"; "/dev/sdb1"])],
1767 "list the partitions",
1769 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
1771 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
1773 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
1774 call C<guestfs_lvs>.
1776 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1778 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", [], []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
1779 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1780 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1781 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1782 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1783 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1784 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1785 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1786 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1787 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1788 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1789 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1790 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1792 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1793 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1795 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1796 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1798 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1800 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", [], []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1801 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1803 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1804 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1805 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1806 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1807 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1808 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1809 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1810 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1811 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1812 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1813 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1814 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1816 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1817 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1819 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1820 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1822 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1824 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", [], []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1825 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1826 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1827 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1828 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1829 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1830 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1831 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1832 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1833 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1834 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1835 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1836 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1837 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1838 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1839 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1840 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1841 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1843 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1844 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1846 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1847 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1849 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>, C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1851 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), [], []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1852 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1853 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1855 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1856 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1858 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), [], []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1859 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1860 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1862 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1863 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1865 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), [], []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1866 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1867 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1869 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1870 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1872 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 15, [],
1873 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1874 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1875 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1876 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1877 "read file as lines",
1879 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1881 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1882 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1884 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1885 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1886 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1887 function which has a more complex interface.");
1889 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"], []), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1890 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1891 "create a new Augeas handle",
1893 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1894 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1895 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1897 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1900 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1903 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1904 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1909 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1911 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1913 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1915 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1916 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1918 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1922 This option is only useful when debugging Augeas lenses. Use
1923 of this option may require additional memory for the libguestfs
1924 appliance. You may need to set the C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE>
1925 environment variable or call C<guestfs_set_memsize>.
1927 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1929 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1931 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1933 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1935 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1937 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1941 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1943 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1945 ("aug_close", (RErr, [], []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1946 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1947 "close the current Augeas handle",
1949 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1950 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1951 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1952 Augeas functions.");
1954 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"], []), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1955 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1956 "define an Augeas variable",
1958 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1959 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1962 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1963 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1965 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"], []), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1966 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1967 "define an Augeas node",
1969 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1972 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1973 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1974 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1976 On success this returns a pair containing the
1977 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1978 if a node was created.");
1980 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"], []), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1981 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1982 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1984 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1985 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1987 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"], []), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1988 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1989 "set Augeas path to value",
1991 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<val>.
1993 In the Augeas API, it is possible to clear a node by setting
1994 the value to NULL. Due to an oversight in the libguestfs API
1995 you cannot do that with this call. Instead you must use the
1996 C<guestfs_aug_clear> call.");
1998 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"], []), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1999 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2000 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
2002 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
2003 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
2006 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
2007 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
2008 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
2010 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"], []), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
2011 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2012 "remove an Augeas path",
2014 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
2016 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
2018 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"], []), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
2019 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2022 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
2023 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
2025 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"], []), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
2026 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2027 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
2029 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
2030 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
2031 exactly one node in the current tree.");
2033 ("aug_save", (RErr, [], []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
2034 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2035 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
2037 This writes all pending changes to disk.
2039 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
2040 how files are saved.");
2042 ("aug_load", (RErr, [], []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
2043 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2044 "load files into the tree",
2046 Load files into the tree.
2048 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
2051 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"], []), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
2052 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
2053 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
2055 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
2056 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
2058 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 29, [],
2059 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun
2061 ["touch"; "/rm/new"];
2063 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2064 [["rm"; "/nosuchfile"]];
2065 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2070 Remove the single file C<path>.");
2072 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 30, [],
2073 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun
2074 [["mkdir"; "/rmdir"];
2075 ["rmdir"; "/rmdir"]];
2076 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2077 [["rmdir"; "/rmdir2"]];
2078 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2079 [["mkdir"; "/rmdir3"];
2080 ["touch"; "/rmdir3/new"];
2081 ["rmdir"; "/rmdir3/new"]]],
2082 "remove a directory",
2084 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
2086 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 31, [],
2087 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
2088 [["mkdir"; "/rm_rf"];
2089 ["mkdir"; "/rm_rf/foo"];
2090 ["touch"; "/rm_rf/foo/bar"];
2091 ["rm_rf"; "/rm_rf"];
2092 ["exists"; "/rm_rf"]]],
2093 "remove a file or directory recursively",
2095 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
2096 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
2099 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 32, [],
2100 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
2101 [["mkdir"; "/mkdir"];
2102 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir"]];
2103 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2104 [["mkdir"; "/mkdir2/foo/bar"]]],
2105 "create a directory",
2107 Create a directory named C<path>.");
2109 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 33, [],
2110 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
2111 [["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p/foo/bar"];
2112 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir_p/foo/bar"]];
2113 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
2114 [["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p2/foo/bar"];
2115 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir_p2/foo"]];
2116 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
2117 [["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p3/foo/bar"];
2118 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir_p3"]];
2119 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
2120 InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun
2121 [["mkdir"; "/mkdir_p4"];
2122 ["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p4"]];
2123 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2124 [["touch"; "/mkdir_p5"];
2125 ["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p5"]]],
2126 "create a directory and parents",
2128 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
2129 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
2131 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"], []), 34, [],
2132 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
2135 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
2136 numeric modes are supported.
2138 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
2139 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
2140 C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
2142 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
2144 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"], []), 35, [],
2145 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
2146 "change file owner and group",
2148 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
2150 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
2151 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
2152 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
2154 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 36, [],
2155 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2156 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
2157 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2158 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
2159 "test if file or directory exists",
2161 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
2162 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
2164 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
2166 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 37, [],
2167 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2168 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
2169 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2170 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
2171 "test if a regular file",
2173 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a regular file
2174 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
2175 other objects like directories.
2177 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
2179 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 38, [],
2180 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2181 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
2182 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2183 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
2184 "test if a directory",
2186 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
2187 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
2188 other objects like files.
2190 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
2192 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
2193 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2194 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2195 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2196 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2197 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2198 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2199 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
2200 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
2201 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
2202 "create an LVM physical volume",
2204 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
2205 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
2208 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"], []), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
2209 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2210 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2211 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2212 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2213 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2214 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2215 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
2216 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
2217 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
2218 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
2219 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
2220 "create an LVM volume group",
2222 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
2223 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
2225 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"], []), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
2226 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2227 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2228 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2229 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2230 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2231 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2232 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
2233 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
2234 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
2235 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
2236 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
2237 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
2238 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
2239 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
2240 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
2242 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
2243 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
2244 "create an LVM logical volume",
2246 This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
2247 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
2249 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"], []), 42, [],
2250 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
2251 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2252 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2253 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2254 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
2255 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
2256 "make a filesystem",
2258 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
2259 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
2262 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
2263 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2264 StringList "lines"], []), 43, [DeprecatedBy "part_add"],
2266 "create partitions on a block device",
2268 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
2269 partitions on block devices.
2271 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
2273 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
2274 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
2275 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
2276 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
2277 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
2278 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
2279 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
2281 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
2282 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
2284 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
2285 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
2286 the string C<,> (comma).
2288 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
2289 C<guestfs_part_init>");
2291 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"], []), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning; DeprecatedBy "write"],
2292 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *)
2293 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2294 [["write_file"; "/write_file"; "abc"; "10000"]]],
2297 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
2298 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
2299 with length C<size>.
2301 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
2302 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
2303 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
2305 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
2306 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.");
2308 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"], []), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
2309 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2310 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2311 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2312 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2313 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
2314 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2315 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2316 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2317 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2320 "unmount a filesystem",
2322 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
2323 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
2324 contains the filesystem.");
2326 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 46, [],
2327 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2328 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sdb1"])],
2329 "show mounted filesystems",
2331 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
2332 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
2334 Some internal mounts are not shown.
2336 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
2338 ("umount_all", (RErr, [], []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
2339 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2342 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
2343 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2344 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2345 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2346 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2347 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2348 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2349 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
2350 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
2351 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2353 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
2354 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
2355 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
2356 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
2359 "unmount all filesystems",
2361 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
2363 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
2365 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, [], []), 48, [Optional "lvm2"],
2367 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
2369 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
2370 and physical volumes.");
2372 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"], []), 49, [],
2373 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2374 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
2375 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2376 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
2377 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2378 [["file"; "/notexists"]]);
2379 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2380 [["file"; "/abssymlink"]], "symbolic link");
2381 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2382 [["file"; "/directory"]], "directory")],
2383 "determine file type",
2385 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
2386 the type or contents of the file.
2388 This call will also transparently look inside various types
2391 The exact command which runs is C<file -zb path>. Note in
2392 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
2395 The output depends on the output of the underlying L<file(1)>
2396 command and it can change in future in ways beyond our control.
2397 In other words, the output is not guaranteed by the ABI.
2399 See also: L<file(1)>, C<guestfs_vfs_type>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
2400 C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_blockdev> (etc), C<guestfs_is_zero>.");
2402 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"], []), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2403 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2404 [["mkdir"; "/command"];
2405 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command/test-command"];
2406 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command/test-command"];
2407 ["command"; "/command/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
2408 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2409 [["mkdir"; "/command2"];
2410 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command2/test-command"];
2411 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command2/test-command"];
2412 ["command"; "/command2/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
2413 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2414 [["mkdir"; "/command3"];
2415 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command3/test-command"];
2416 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command3/test-command"];
2417 ["command"; "/command3/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
2418 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2419 [["mkdir"; "/command4"];
2420 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command4/test-command"];
2421 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command4/test-command"];
2422 ["command"; "/command4/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
2423 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2424 [["mkdir"; "/command5"];
2425 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command5/test-command"];
2426 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command5/test-command"];
2427 ["command"; "/command5/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
2428 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2429 [["mkdir"; "/command6"];
2430 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command6/test-command"];
2431 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command6/test-command"];
2432 ["command"; "/command6/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
2433 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2434 [["mkdir"; "/command7"];
2435 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command7/test-command"];
2436 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command7/test-command"];
2437 ["command"; "/command7/test-command 7"]], "");
2438 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2439 [["mkdir"; "/command8"];
2440 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command8/test-command"];
2441 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command8/test-command"];
2442 ["command"; "/command8/test-command 8"]], "\n");
2443 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2444 [["mkdir"; "/command9"];
2445 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command9/test-command"];
2446 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command9/test-command"];
2447 ["command"; "/command9/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
2448 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2449 [["mkdir"; "/command10"];
2450 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command10/test-command"];
2451 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command10/test-command"];
2452 ["command"; "/command10/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
2453 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2454 [["mkdir"; "/command11"];
2455 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command11/test-command"];
2456 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command11/test-command"];
2457 ["command"; "/command11/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
2458 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2459 [["mkdir"; "/command12"];
2460 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command12/test-command"];
2461 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command12/test-command"];
2462 ["command"; "/command12/test-command"]])],
2463 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
2465 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
2466 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
2467 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
2468 or compatible processor architecture).
2470 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
2471 The first element is the name of the program to run.
2472 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
2473 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
2474 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
2475 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
2477 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
2480 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
2481 this function returns an error message. The error message
2482 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
2484 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
2485 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
2486 another location, you should provide the full path in the
2489 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
2490 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
2491 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
2492 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
2495 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"], []), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2496 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2497 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines"];
2498 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines/test-command"];
2499 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines/test-command"];
2500 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
2501 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2502 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines2"];
2503 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines2/test-command"];
2504 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines2/test-command"];
2505 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines2/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
2506 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2507 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines3"];
2508 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines3/test-command"];
2509 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines3/test-command"];
2510 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines3/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
2511 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2512 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines4"];
2513 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines4/test-command"];
2514 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines4/test-command"];
2515 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines4/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
2516 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2517 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines5"];
2518 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines5/test-command"];
2519 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines5/test-command"];
2520 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines5/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
2521 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2522 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines6"];
2523 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines6/test-command"];
2524 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines6/test-command"];
2525 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines6/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
2526 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2527 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines7"];
2528 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines7/test-command"];
2529 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines7/test-command"];
2530 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines7/test-command 7"]], []);
2531 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2532 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines8"];
2533 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines8/test-command"];
2534 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines8/test-command"];
2535 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines8/test-command 8"]], [""]);
2536 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2537 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines9"];
2538 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines9/test-command"];
2539 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines9/test-command"];
2540 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines9/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
2541 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2542 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines10"];
2543 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines10/test-command"];
2544 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines10/test-command"];
2545 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines10/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
2546 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2547 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines11"];
2548 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines11/test-command"];
2549 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines11/test-command"];
2550 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines11/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
2551 "run a command, returning lines",
2553 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
2554 result into a list of lines.
2556 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
2558 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"], []), 52, [],
2559 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2560 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2561 "get file information",
2563 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2565 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
2567 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"], []), 53, [],
2568 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2569 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2570 "get file information for a symbolic link",
2572 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2574 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
2575 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
2578 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
2580 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"], []), 54, [],
2581 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2582 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
2583 "get file system statistics",
2585 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
2586 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
2587 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
2589 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
2591 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"], []), 55, [],
2592 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputHashtable (
2593 [["tune2fs_l"; "/dev/sdb1"]],
2594 ["Filesystem magic number", "0xEF53";
2595 "Filesystem OS type", "Linux"])],
2596 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
2598 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
2599 superblock on C<device>.
2601 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
2602 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
2603 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
2604 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
2606 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 56, [],
2607 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2608 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2609 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2610 "set block device to read-only",
2612 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
2614 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2616 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 57, [],
2617 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2618 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
2619 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2620 "set block device to read-write",
2622 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
2624 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2626 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"], []), 58, [],
2627 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2628 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2629 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2630 "is block device set to read-only",
2632 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
2633 (true if read-only, false if not).
2635 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2637 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"], []), 59, [],
2638 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2639 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
2640 "get sectorsize of block device",
2642 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
2643 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
2645 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
2648 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2650 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"], []), 60, [],
2651 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2652 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
2653 "get blocksize of block device",
2655 This returns the block size of a device.
2657 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2658 I<filesystem block size>).
2660 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2662 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"], []), 61, [],
2664 "set blocksize of block device",
2666 This sets the block size of a device.
2668 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2669 I<filesystem block size>).
2671 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2673 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"], []), 62, [],
2674 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2675 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
2676 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
2678 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
2679 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
2681 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
2682 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
2683 useful I<size in bytes>.
2685 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2687 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"], []), 63, [],
2688 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2689 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
2690 "get total size of device in bytes",
2692 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
2694 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
2696 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2698 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 64, [],
2699 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2700 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2701 "flush device buffers",
2703 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
2706 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2708 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 65, [],
2709 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2710 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2711 "reread partition table",
2713 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
2715 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2717 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"], []), 66, [Progress],
2718 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2719 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2720 [["mkdir"; "/upload"];
2721 ["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/upload/COPYING.LIB"];
2722 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload/COPYING.LIB"]],
2723 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2724 "upload a file from the local machine",
2726 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
2729 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2731 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
2733 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"], []), 67, [Progress],
2734 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2735 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2736 [["mkdir"; "/download"];
2737 ["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/download/COPYING.LIB"];
2738 ["download"; "/download/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
2739 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/download/upload"];
2740 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/download/upload"]],
2741 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2742 "download a file to the local machine",
2744 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
2745 on the local machine.
2747 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2749 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
2751 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"], []), 68, [],
2752 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2753 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
2754 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2755 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
2756 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2757 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
2758 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2759 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
2760 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2761 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
2762 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2763 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
2764 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2765 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
2766 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2767 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6");
2768 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2769 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2770 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/abssymlink"]], "5f57d0639bc95081c53afc63a449403883818edc64da48930ad6b1a4fb49be90404686877743fbcd7c99811f3def7df7bc22635c885c6a8cf79c806b43451c1a")],
2771 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
2773 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
2776 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
2777 parameter which must have one of the following values:
2783 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
2784 for the C<cksum> command.
2788 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
2792 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
2796 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
2800 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
2804 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
2808 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
2812 The checksum is returned as a printable string.
2814 To get the checksum for a device, use C<guestfs_checksum_device>.
2816 To get the checksums for many files, use C<guestfs_checksums_out>.");
2818 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; Pathname "directory"], []), 69, [],
2819 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2820 [["mkdir"; "/tar_in"];
2821 ["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/tar_in"];
2822 ["cat"; "/tar_in/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2823 "unpack tarfile to directory",
2825 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
2826 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2828 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>
2829 or C<guestfs_txz_in>.");
2831 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"], []), 70, [],
2833 "pack directory into tarfile",
2835 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2836 it to local file C<tarfile>.
2838 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>
2839 or C<guestfs_txz_out>.");
2841 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"], []), 71, [],
2842 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2843 [["mkdir"; "/tgz_in"];
2844 ["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/tgz_in"];
2845 ["cat"; "/tgz_in/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2846 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
2848 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
2849 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2851 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
2853 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"], []), 72, [],
2855 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2857 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2858 it to local file C<tarball>.
2860 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2862 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 73, [],
2863 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2865 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2866 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2867 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2868 [["write"; "/new"; "data"];
2870 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2871 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2872 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2874 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2875 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2877 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 74, [],
2879 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2881 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2882 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2883 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.
2885 If the C<options> parameter is an empty string, then
2886 no options are passed (all options default to whatever
2887 the filesystem uses).");
2889 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 75, [],
2891 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2893 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2894 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2895 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2897 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"], []), 76, [NotInDocs],
2899 "debugging and internals",
2901 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2902 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2905 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2906 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2907 to find out what you can do.");
2909 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2910 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2911 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2912 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2913 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2914 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2915 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2916 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2917 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2918 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2919 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2920 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2921 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2922 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2923 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2924 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2926 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2927 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2928 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2929 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2930 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2931 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2932 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2934 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2936 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2937 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2939 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2940 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2942 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"], []), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2943 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2944 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2945 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2946 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2947 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2948 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2951 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2952 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2953 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2954 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2955 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2956 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2959 "remove an LVM volume group",
2961 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2963 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2966 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2967 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2968 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2969 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2970 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2971 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2972 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2974 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2976 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2977 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2978 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2979 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2980 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2981 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2983 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2985 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2986 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2987 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2988 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2989 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2990 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2992 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2994 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2996 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2999 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
3000 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
3001 to remove those first.");
3003 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"], []), 80, [],
3004 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3005 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
3006 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
3007 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
3009 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
3010 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
3013 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
3014 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
3016 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"], []), 81, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_label"],
3018 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
3020 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
3023 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"], []), 82, [],
3024 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3025 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3026 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
3027 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
3028 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3029 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
3030 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
3031 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
3032 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3033 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
3034 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3035 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
3036 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
3038 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
3039 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
3040 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
3041 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
3043 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
3044 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
3046 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 83, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_uuid"],
3047 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597112. *)
3048 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3049 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3050 [["mke2journal"; "1024"; "/dev/sdc"];
3051 ["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdc"; uuid];
3052 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdc"]], uuid)]),
3053 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
3055 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
3058 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"], []), 84, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
3059 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3060 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
3061 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
3062 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3063 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
3064 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
3065 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
3066 "run the filesystem checker",
3068 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
3069 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
3071 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
3072 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
3080 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
3084 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
3085 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
3089 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
3094 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
3096 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 85, [Progress],
3097 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3098 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
3099 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3100 "write zeroes to the device",
3102 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
3104 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
3105 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
3106 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
3108 If blocks are already zero, then this command avoids writing
3109 zeroes. This prevents the underlying device from becoming non-sparse
3110 or growing unnecessarily.
3112 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>,
3113 C<guestfs_is_zero_device>");
3115 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"], []), 86, [Optional "grub"],
3117 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484986
3118 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
3120 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
3121 [["mkdir_p"; "/boot/grub"];
3122 ["write"; "/boot/grub/device.map"; "(hd0) /dev/vda"];
3123 ["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/vda"];
3124 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
3127 This command installs GRUB 1 (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
3128 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
3136 There is currently no way in the API to install grub2, which
3137 is used by most modern Linux guests. It is possible to run
3138 the grub2 command from the guest, although see the
3139 caveats in L<guestfs(3)/RUNNING COMMANDS>.
3143 This uses C<grub-install> from the host. Unfortunately grub is
3144 not always compatible with itself, so this only works in rather
3145 narrow circumstances. Careful testing with each guest version
3150 If grub-install reports the error
3151 \"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\"
3152 it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map>
3153 file first that contains the mapping between grub device names
3154 and Linux device names. It is usually sufficient to create
3159 replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.
3163 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 87, [],
3164 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3166 ["write"; "/cp/old"; "file content"];
3167 ["cp"; "/cp/old"; "/cp/new"];
3168 ["cat"; "/cp/new"]], "file content");
3169 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
3171 ["write"; "/cp2/old"; "file content"];
3172 ["cp"; "/cp2/old"; "/cp2/new"];
3173 ["is_file"; "/cp2/old"]]);
3174 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3176 ["write"; "/cp3/old"; "file content"];
3177 ["mkdir"; "/cp3/dir"];
3178 ["cp"; "/cp3/old"; "/cp3/dir/new"];
3179 ["cat"; "/cp3/dir/new"]], "file content")],
3182 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
3183 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
3185 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 88, [],
3186 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3187 [["mkdir"; "/cp_a1"];
3188 ["mkdir"; "/cp_a2"];
3189 ["write"; "/cp_a1/file"; "file content"];
3190 ["cp_a"; "/cp_a1"; "/cp_a2"];
3191 ["cat"; "/cp_a2/cp_a1/file"]], "file content")],
3192 "copy a file or directory recursively",
3194 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
3195 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
3197 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 89, [],
3198 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3200 ["write"; "/mv/old"; "file content"];
3201 ["mv"; "/mv/old"; "/mv/new"];
3202 ["cat"; "/mv/new"]], "file content");
3203 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
3205 ["write"; "/mv2/old"; "file content"];
3206 ["mv"; "/mv2/old"; "/mv2/new"];
3207 ["is_file"; "/mv2/old"]])],
3210 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
3211 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
3213 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"], []), 90, [],
3214 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3215 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
3216 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
3218 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
3219 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
3220 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
3221 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
3223 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
3225 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
3226 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
3228 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", [], []), 91, [],
3229 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3231 "return kernel messages",
3233 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
3234 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
3235 debugging of problems.
3237 Another way to get the same information is to enable
3238 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
3239 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
3240 running the program.");
3242 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, [], []), 92, [],
3243 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3244 [["ping_daemon"]])],
3245 "ping the guest daemon",
3247 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
3248 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
3249 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
3250 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
3252 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"], []), 93, [],
3253 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
3254 [["mkdir"; "/equal"];
3255 ["write"; "/equal/file1"; "contents of a file"];
3256 ["cp"; "/equal/file1"; "/equal/file2"];
3257 ["equal"; "/equal/file1"; "/equal/file2"]]);
3258 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
3259 [["mkdir"; "/equal2"];
3260 ["write"; "/equal2/file1"; "contents of a file"];
3261 ["write"; "/equal2/file2"; "contents of another file"];
3262 ["equal"; "/equal2/file1"; "/equal2/file2"]]);
3263 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3264 [["mkdir"; "/equal3"];
3265 ["equal"; "/equal3/file1"; "/equal3/file2"]])],
3266 "test if two files have equal contents",
3268 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
3269 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
3271 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
3273 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"], []), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3274 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3275 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
3276 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3277 [["strings"; "/empty"]], []);
3278 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3279 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3280 [["strings"; "/abssymlink"]])],
3281 "print the printable strings in a file",
3283 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
3284 the list of printable strings found.");
3286 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"], []), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3287 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3288 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
3289 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3290 [["write"; "/strings_e"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"];
3291 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/strings_e"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
3292 "print the printable strings in a file",
3294 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
3295 specify the encoding of strings that are looked for in
3296 the source file C<path>.
3298 Allowed encodings are:
3304 Single 7-bit-byte characters like ASCII and the ASCII-compatible
3305 parts of ISO-8859-X (this is what C<guestfs_strings> uses).
3309 Single 8-bit-byte characters.
3313 16-bit big endian strings such as those encoded in
3314 UTF-16BE or UCS-2BE.
3316 =item l (lower case letter L)
3318 16-bit little endian such as UTF-16LE and UCS-2LE.
3319 This is useful for examining binaries in Windows guests.
3323 32-bit big endian such as UCS-4BE.
3327 32-bit little endian such as UCS-4LE.
3331 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
3333 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"], []), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3334 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3335 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
3336 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
3337 * commands to segfault.
3339 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3340 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]]);
3341 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3342 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3343 [["hexdump"; "/abssymlink"]])],
3344 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
3346 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
3347 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
3349 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
3350 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3351 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3352 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
3353 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3354 ["write"; "/new"; "test file"];
3355 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
3356 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
3357 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3358 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
3359 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
3361 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
3362 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
3363 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
3366 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
3369 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
3370 or data on the filesystem.");
3372 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
3374 "resize an LVM physical volume",
3376 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
3377 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
3379 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
3380 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
3381 String "line"], []), 99, [DeprecatedBy "part_add"],
3383 "modify a single partition on a block device",
3385 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
3386 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
3388 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
3389 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
3391 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
3393 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 100, [DeprecatedBy "part_list"],
3395 "display the partition table",
3397 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
3398 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
3399 not intended to be parsed.
3401 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
3403 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 101, [],
3405 "display the kernel geometry",
3407 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
3409 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
3412 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 102, [],
3414 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
3416 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
3417 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
3418 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
3419 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
3421 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
3424 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"], []), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
3426 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
3428 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
3429 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
3431 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
3433 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"], []), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
3435 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
3437 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
3438 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
3440 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
3442 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
3443 are activated or deactivated.");
3445 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"], []), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
3446 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3447 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3448 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
3449 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
3450 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
3451 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3452 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
3453 ["write"; "/new"; "test content"];
3455 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
3456 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3457 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3458 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
3459 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content");
3460 InitNone, Always, TestRun (
3461 (* Make an LV smaller to test RHBZ#587484. *)
3462 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3463 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
3464 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
3465 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "20"];
3466 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "10"]])],
3467 "resize an LVM logical volume",
3469 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
3470 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
3473 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 106, [],
3474 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
3475 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem",
3477 This resizes an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to match the size of
3478 the underlying device.
3480 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
3481 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
3482 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
3483 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
3484 calling this function.");
3486 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"], []), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3487 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3488 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
3489 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3493 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
3494 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3495 [["mkdir_p"; "/find/b/c"];
3496 ["touch"; "/find/b/c/d"];
3497 ["find"; "/find/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
3498 "find all files and directories",
3500 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
3501 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
3502 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
3503 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
3505 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
3506 if the directory structure was:
3512 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
3520 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
3523 The returned list is sorted.
3525 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
3527 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 108, [],
3528 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
3529 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
3531 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
3532 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (I<-p>),
3533 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (I<-f>).
3535 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
3536 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
3538 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"], []), 109, [],
3539 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
3541 "sleep for some seconds",
3543 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
3545 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"], []), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
3546 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
3547 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3548 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
3549 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
3550 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
3551 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3552 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
3553 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
3554 "probe NTFS volume",
3556 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
3557 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
3558 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
3560 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
3561 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
3562 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
3564 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
3565 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
3566 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
3568 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"], []), 111, [],
3569 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3570 "run a command via the shell",
3572 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
3575 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
3577 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
3579 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
3580 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
3583 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
3585 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"], []), 112, [],
3586 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3587 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
3589 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
3590 into a list of lines.
3592 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
3594 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"], []), 113, [],
3595 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
3596 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
3597 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
3599 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3600 [["mkdir_p"; "/glob_expand/b/c"];
3601 ["touch"; "/glob_expand/b/c/d"];
3602 ["touch"; "/glob_expand/b/c/e"];
3603 ["glob_expand"; "/glob_expand/b/c/*"]], ["/glob_expand/b/c/d"; "/glob_expand/b/c/e"]);
3604 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3605 [["mkdir_p"; "/glob_expand2/b/c"];
3606 ["touch"; "/glob_expand2/b/c/d"];
3607 ["touch"; "/glob_expand2/b/c/e"];
3608 ["glob_expand"; "/glob_expand2/*/c/*"]], ["/glob_expand2/b/c/d"; "/glob_expand2/b/c/e"]);
3609 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3610 [["mkdir_p"; "/glob_expand3/b/c"];
3611 ["touch"; "/glob_expand3/b/c/d"];
3612 ["touch"; "/glob_expand3/b/c/e"];
3613 ["glob_expand"; "/glob_expand3/*/x/*"]], [])],
3614 "expand a wildcard path",
3616 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
3617 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
3620 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
3621 (note: not an error).
3623 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
3624 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
3625 See that manual page for more details.");
3627 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 114, [Optional "scrub"],
3628 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
3629 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
3630 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
3632 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
3635 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3636 manual page for more details.");
3638 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
3639 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
3640 [["write"; "/scrub_file"; "content"];
3641 ["scrub_file"; "/scrub_file"]])],
3642 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
3644 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
3647 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
3649 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3650 manual page for more details.");
3652 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"], []), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
3653 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
3654 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
3656 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
3657 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
3658 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
3659 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
3662 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3663 manual page for more details.");
3665 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"], []), 117, [],
3666 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
3667 [["mkdir"; "/mkdtemp"];
3668 ["mkdtemp"; "/mkdtemp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
3669 "create a temporary directory",
3671 This command creates a temporary directory. The
3672 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
3673 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
3676 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
3677 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
3679 The name of the temporary directory that was created
3682 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
3683 and is owned by root.
3685 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
3686 directory and its contents after use.
3688 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
3690 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 118, [],
3691 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3692 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000);
3693 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3694 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3695 [["wc_l"; "/abssymlink"]], 10000)],
3696 "count lines in a file",
3698 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
3699 C<wc -l> external command.");
3701 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"], []), 119, [],
3702 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3703 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
3704 "count words in a file",
3706 This command counts the words in a file, using the
3707 C<wc -w> external command.");
3709 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"], []), 120, [],
3710 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3711 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
3712 "count characters in a file",
3714 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
3715 C<wc -c> external command.");
3717 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3718 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3719 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3720 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3721 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3722 [["head"; "/abssymlink"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3723 "return first 10 lines of a file",
3725 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
3726 a list of strings.");
3728 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"], []), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3729 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3730 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3731 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3732 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3733 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3734 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3735 "return first N lines of a file",
3737 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
3738 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3740 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3741 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
3743 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3745 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3746 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3747 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3748 "return last 10 lines of a file",
3750 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
3751 a list of strings.");
3753 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"], []), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3754 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3755 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3756 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3757 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3758 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3759 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3760 "return last N lines of a file",
3762 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
3763 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3765 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3766 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
3768 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3770 ("df", (RString "output", [], []), 125, [],
3771 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3772 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3774 "report file system disk space usage",
3776 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
3778 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3779 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3780 Use C<guestfs_statvfs> from programs.");
3782 ("df_h", (RString "output", [], []), 126, [],
3783 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3784 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3786 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
3788 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
3789 in human-readable format.
3791 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3792 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3793 Use C<guestfs_statvfs> from programs.");
3795 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"], []), 127, [Progress],
3796 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3797 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
3798 "estimate file space usage",
3800 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
3803 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
3804 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
3805 subdirectories (recursively).
3807 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
3808 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
3810 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"], []), 128, [],
3811 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3812 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
3813 "list files in an initrd",
3815 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
3817 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
3818 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
3819 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
3821 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
3822 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
3823 format (compressed cpio files).");
3825 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"], []), 129, [],
3827 "mount a file using the loop device",
3829 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
3830 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
3831 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
3833 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 130, [],
3834 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3835 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3836 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3837 "create a swap partition",
3839 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
3841 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"], []), 131, [],
3842 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3843 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3844 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3845 "create a swap partition with a label",
3847 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
3849 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
3850 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
3851 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
3853 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"], []), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3854 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3855 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3856 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3857 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
3858 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
3860 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3862 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
3863 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3864 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/mknod"];
3865 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
3866 ["stat"; "/mknod"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
3867 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3868 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/mknod2"];
3869 ["stat"; "/mknod2"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3870 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
3872 This call creates block or character special devices, or
3873 named pipes (FIFOs).
3875 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
3876 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
3877 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
3878 and character special devices.
3880 Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
3881 OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
3882 just creates a regular file). These constants are
3883 available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
3884 C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
3885 which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
3886 in the appropriate constant for you.
3888 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3890 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"], []), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
3891 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3892 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/mkfifo"];
3893 ["stat"; "/mkfifo"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
3894 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
3896 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
3897 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
3900 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3902 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
3903 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3904 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/mknod_b"];
3905 ["stat"; "/mknod_b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3906 "make block device node",
3908 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
3909 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3910 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3912 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3914 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
3915 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3916 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/mknod_c"];
3917 ["stat"; "/mknod_c"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
3918 "make char device node",
3920 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
3921 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3922 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3924 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3926 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"], []), 137, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
3927 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
3928 [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
3929 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
3931 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
3932 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
3934 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
3935 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
3936 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
3937 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
3939 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
3940 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
3941 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
3943 See also C<guestfs_get_umask>,
3944 L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
3946 This call returns the previous umask.");
3948 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"], []), 138, [],
3950 "read directories entries",
3952 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
3954 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
3955 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
3956 order as the underlying filesystem.
3958 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
3959 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3997 The L<readdir(3)> call returned a C<d_type> field with an
4002 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
4003 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
4004 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
4006 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"], []), 139, [DeprecatedBy "part_add"],
4008 "create partitions on a block device",
4010 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
4011 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
4012 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
4013 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
4014 were rarely if ever used anyway.
4016 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
4017 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
4019 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"], []), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
4021 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
4023 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
4026 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
4028 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
4029 process compressed files.");
4031 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"], []), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4033 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
4035 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
4038 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
4039 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
4041 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
4043 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"], []), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4045 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
4047 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
4048 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
4049 of the link itself.");
4051 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
4052 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
4053 Pathname "path"], []), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4055 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
4057 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
4058 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
4059 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
4061 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
4063 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
4064 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
4065 Pathname "path"], []), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4067 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
4069 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
4070 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
4071 of the link itself.");
4073 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"], []), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4075 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
4077 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
4078 of the file C<path>.
4080 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
4082 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"], []), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4084 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
4086 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
4087 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
4088 of the link itself.");
4090 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", [], []), 147, [],
4094 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
4095 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
4096 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
4098 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"], []), 148, [],
4099 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
4100 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
4101 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
4102 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
4105 "create a mountpoint",
4107 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
4108 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
4109 before mounting the first filesystem.
4111 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
4112 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
4113 read-only filesystems together.
4115 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
4116 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
4117 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
4120 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
4124 mkmountpoint /ext3fs
4126 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /sqsh
4127 mount-loop /sqsh/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3fs
4129 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3fs mountpoint.
4131 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> is not compatible with C<guestfs_umount_all>.
4132 You may get unexpected errors if you try to mix these calls. It is
4133 safest to manually unmount filesystems and remove mountpoints after use.
4135 C<guestfs_umount_all> unmounts filesystems by sorting the paths
4136 longest first, so for this to work for manual mountpoints, you
4137 must ensure that the innermost mountpoints have the longest
4138 pathnames, as in the example code above.
4140 For more details see L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503>
4142 Autosync [see C<guestfs_set_autosync>, this is set by default on
4143 handles] can cause C<guestfs_umount_all> to be called when the handle
4144 is closed which can also trigger these issues.");
4146 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"], []), 149, [],
4148 "remove a mountpoint",
4150 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
4151 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
4152 for full details.");
4154 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"], []), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4155 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
4156 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi");
4157 (* Test various near large, large and too large files (RHBZ#589039). *)
4158 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4159 [["touch"; "/read_file"];
4160 ["truncate_size"; "/read_file"; "4194303"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1 *)
4161 ["read_file"; "/read_file"]]);
4162 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4163 [["touch"; "/read_file2"];
4164 ["truncate_size"; "/read_file2"; "4194304"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX *)
4165 ["read_file"; "/read_file2"]]);
4166 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4167 [["touch"; "/read_file3"];
4168 ["truncate_size"; "/read_file3"; "41943040"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX * 10 *)
4169 ["read_file"; "/read_file3"]])],
4172 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
4175 Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
4176 handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
4177 However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
4178 in the total size of file that can be handled.");
4180 ("grep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 151, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4181 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4182 [["grep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"]);
4183 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4184 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/test-grep.txt"]], []);
4185 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
4186 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4187 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/abssymlink"]], [])],
4188 "return lines matching a pattern",
4190 This calls the external C<grep> program and returns the
4193 ("egrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 152, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4194 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4195 [["egrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4196 "return lines matching a pattern",
4198 This calls the external C<egrep> program and returns the
4201 ("fgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 153, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4202 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4203 [["fgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4204 "return lines matching a pattern",
4206 This calls the external C<fgrep> program and returns the
4209 ("grepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 154, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4210 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4211 [["grepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4212 "return lines matching a pattern",
4214 This calls the external C<grep -i> program and returns the
4217 ("egrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 155, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4218 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4219 [["egrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4220 "return lines matching a pattern",
4222 This calls the external C<egrep -i> program and returns the
4225 ("fgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 156, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4226 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4227 [["fgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4228 "return lines matching a pattern",
4230 This calls the external C<fgrep -i> program and returns the
4233 ("zgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 157, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4234 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4235 [["zgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4236 "return lines matching a pattern",
4238 This calls the external C<zgrep> program and returns the
4241 ("zegrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 158, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4242 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4243 [["zegrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4244 "return lines matching a pattern",
4246 This calls the external C<zegrep> program and returns the
4249 ("zfgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 159, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4250 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4251 [["zfgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4252 "return lines matching a pattern",
4254 This calls the external C<zfgrep> program and returns the
4257 ("zgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 160, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4258 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4259 [["zgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4260 "return lines matching a pattern",
4262 This calls the external C<zgrep -i> program and returns the
4265 ("zegrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 161, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4266 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4267 [["zegrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4268 "return lines matching a pattern",
4270 This calls the external C<zegrep -i> program and returns the
4273 ("zfgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 162, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4274 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4275 [["zfgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4276 "return lines matching a pattern",
4278 This calls the external C<zfgrep -i> program and returns the
4281 ("realpath", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"], []), 163, [Optional "realpath"],
4282 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4283 [["realpath"; "/../directory"]], "/directory")],
4284 "canonicalized absolute pathname",
4286 Return the canonicalized absolute pathname of C<path>. The
4287 returned path has no C<.>, C<..> or symbolic link path elements.");
4289 ("ln", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 164, [],
4290 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4293 ["ln"; "/ln/a"; "/ln/b"];
4294 ["stat"; "/ln/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
4295 "create a hard link",
4297 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln> command.");
4299 ("ln_f", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 165, [],
4300 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4301 [["mkdir"; "/ln_f"];
4302 ["touch"; "/ln_f/a"];
4303 ["touch"; "/ln_f/b"];
4304 ["ln_f"; "/ln_f/a"; "/ln_f/b"];
4305 ["stat"; "/ln_f/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
4306 "create a hard link",
4308 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln -f> command.
4309 The I<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
4311 ("ln_s", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 166, [],
4312 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4313 [["mkdir"; "/ln_s"];
4314 ["touch"; "/ln_s/a"];
4315 ["ln_s"; "a"; "/ln_s/b"];
4316 ["lstat"; "/ln_s/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o120777)])],
4317 "create a symbolic link",
4319 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -s> command.");
4321 ("ln_sf", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 167, [],
4322 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4323 [["mkdir_p"; "/ln_sf/b"];
4324 ["touch"; "/ln_sf/b/c"];
4325 ["ln_sf"; "../d"; "/ln_sf/b/c"];
4326 ["readlink"; "/ln_sf/b/c"]], "../d")],
4327 "create a symbolic link",
4329 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -sf> command,
4330 The I<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
4332 ("readlink", (RString "link", [Pathname "path"], []), 168, [],
4333 [] (* XXX tested above *),
4334 "read the target of a symbolic link",
4336 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
4338 ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"], []), 169, [DeprecatedBy "fallocate64"],
4339 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4340 [["fallocate"; "/fallocate"; "1000000"];
4341 ["stat"; "/fallocate"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
4342 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
4344 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
4345 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
4348 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
4349 C<alloc> command which allocates a file in the host and
4350 attaches it as a device.");
4352 ("swapon_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 170, [],
4353 [InitPartition, Always, TestRun (
4354 [["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"];
4355 ["swapon_device"; "/dev/sda1"];
4356 ["swapoff_device"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
4357 "enable swap on device",
4359 This command enables the libguestfs appliance to use the
4360 swap device or partition named C<device>. The increased
4361 memory is made available for all commands, for example
4362 those run using C<guestfs_command> or C<guestfs_sh>.
4364 Note that you should not swap to existing guest swap
4365 partitions unless you know what you are doing. They may
4366 contain hibernation information, or other information that
4367 the guest doesn't want you to trash. You also risk leaking
4368 information about the host to the guest this way. Instead,
4369 attach a new host device to the guest and swap on that.");
4371 ("swapoff_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 171, [],
4372 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_device *)
4373 "disable swap on device",
4375 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap
4376 device or partition named C<device>.
4377 See C<guestfs_swapon_device>.");
4379 ("swapon_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 172, [],
4380 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
4381 [["fallocate"; "/swapon_file"; "8388608"];
4382 ["mkswap_file"; "/swapon_file"];
4383 ["swapon_file"; "/swapon_file"];
4384 ["swapoff_file"; "/swapon_file"];
4385 ["rm"; "/swapon_file"]])],
4386 "enable swap on file",
4388 This command enables swap to a file.
4389 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
4391 ("swapoff_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 173, [],
4392 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_file *)
4393 "disable swap on file",
4395 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on file.");
4397 ("swapon_label", (RErr, [String "label"], []), 174, [],
4398 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4399 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4400 ["mkswap_L"; "swapit"; "/dev/sda1"];
4401 ["swapon_label"; "swapit"];
4402 ["swapoff_label"; "swapit"];
4403 ["zero"; "/dev/sda"];
4404 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]])],
4405 "enable swap on labeled swap partition",
4407 This command enables swap to a labeled swap partition.
4408 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
4410 ("swapoff_label", (RErr, [String "label"], []), 175, [],
4411 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_label *)
4412 "disable swap on labeled swap partition",
4414 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on
4415 labeled swap partition.");
4417 ("swapon_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"], []), 176, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4418 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
4419 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4420 [["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sdc"];
4421 ["swapon_uuid"; uuid];
4422 ["swapoff_uuid"; uuid]])]),
4423 "enable swap on swap partition by UUID",
4425 This command enables swap to a swap partition with the given UUID.
4426 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
4428 ("swapoff_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"], []), 177, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4429 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_uuid *)
4430 "disable swap on swap partition by UUID",
4432 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap partition
4433 with the given UUID.");
4435 ("mkswap_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 178, [],
4436 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
4437 [["fallocate"; "/mkswap_file"; "8388608"];
4438 ["mkswap_file"; "/mkswap_file"];
4439 ["rm"; "/mkswap_file"]])],
4440 "create a swap file",
4444 This command just writes a swap file signature to an existing
4445 file. To create the file itself, use something like C<guestfs_fallocate>.");
4447 ("inotify_init", (RErr, [Int "maxevents"], []), 179, [Optional "inotify"],
4448 [InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
4449 [["inotify_init"; "0"]])],
4450 "create an inotify handle",
4452 This command creates a new inotify handle.
4453 The inotify subsystem can be used to notify events which happen to
4454 objects in the guest filesystem.
4456 C<maxevents> is the maximum number of events which will be
4457 queued up between calls to C<guestfs_inotify_read> or
4458 C<guestfs_inotify_files>.
4459 If this is passed as C<0>, then the kernel (or previously set)
4460 default is used. For Linux 2.6.29 the default was 16384 events.
4461 Beyond this limit, the kernel throws away events, but records
4462 the fact that it threw them away by setting a flag
4463 C<IN_Q_OVERFLOW> in the returned structure list (see
4464 C<guestfs_inotify_read>).
4466 Before any events are generated, you have to add some
4467 watches to the internal watch list. See:
4468 C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>,
4469 C<guestfs_inotify_rm_watch> and
4470 C<guestfs_inotify_watch_all>.
4472 Queued up events should be read periodically by calling
4473 C<guestfs_inotify_read>
4474 (or C<guestfs_inotify_files> which is just a helpful
4475 wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>). If you don't
4476 read the events out often enough then you risk the internal
4479 The handle should be closed after use by calling
4480 C<guestfs_inotify_close>. This also removes any
4481 watches automatically.
4483 See also L<inotify(7)> for an overview of the inotify interface
4484 as exposed by the Linux kernel, which is roughly what we expose
4485 via libguestfs. Note that there is one global inotify handle
4486 per libguestfs instance.");
4488 ("inotify_add_watch", (RInt64 "wd", [Pathname "path"; Int "mask"], []), 180, [Optional "inotify"],
4489 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4490 [["mkdir"; "/inotify_add_watch"];
4491 ["inotify_init"; "0"];
4492 ["inotify_add_watch"; "/inotify_add_watch"; "1073741823"];
4493 ["touch"; "/inotify_add_watch/a"];
4494 ["touch"; "/inotify_add_watch/b"];
4495 ["inotify_files"]], ["a"; "b"])],
4496 "add an inotify watch",
4498 Watch C<path> for the events listed in C<mask>.
4500 Note that if C<path> is a directory then events within that
4501 directory are watched, but this does I<not> happen recursively
4502 (in subdirectories).
4504 Note for non-C or non-Linux callers: the inotify events are
4505 defined by the Linux kernel ABI and are listed in
4506 C</usr/include/sys/inotify.h>.");
4508 ("inotify_rm_watch", (RErr, [Int(*XXX64*) "wd"], []), 181, [Optional "inotify"],
4510 "remove an inotify watch",
4512 Remove a previously defined inotify watch.
4513 See C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>.");
4515 ("inotify_read", (RStructList ("events", "inotify_event"), [], []), 182, [Optional "inotify"],
4517 "return list of inotify events",
4519 Return the complete queue of events that have happened
4520 since the previous read call.
4522 If no events have happened, this returns an empty list.
4524 I<Note>: In order to make sure that all events have been
4525 read, you must call this function repeatedly until it
4526 returns an empty list. The reason is that the call will
4527 read events up to the maximum appliance-to-host message
4528 size and leave remaining events in the queue.");
4530 ("inotify_files", (RStringList "paths", [], []), 183, [Optional "inotify"],
4532 "return list of watched files that had events",
4534 This function is a helpful wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>
4535 which just returns a list of pathnames of objects that were
4536 touched. The returned pathnames are sorted and deduplicated.");
4538 ("inotify_close", (RErr, [], []), 184, [Optional "inotify"],
4540 "close the inotify handle",
4542 This closes the inotify handle which was previously
4543 opened by inotify_init. It removes all watches, throws
4544 away any pending events, and deallocates all resources.");
4546 ("setcon", (RErr, [String "context"], []), 185, [Optional "selinux"],
4548 "set SELinux security context",
4550 This sets the SELinux security context of the daemon
4551 to the string C<context>.
4553 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>.");
4555 ("getcon", (RString "context", [], []), 186, [Optional "selinux"],
4557 "get SELinux security context",
4559 This gets the SELinux security context of the daemon.
4561 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>,
4562 and C<guestfs_setcon>");
4564 ("mkfs_b", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"], []), 187, [DeprecatedBy "mkfs_opts"],
4565 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4566 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4567 ["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
4568 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
4569 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4570 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
4571 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4572 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4573 ["mkfs_b"; "vfat"; "32768"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
4574 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
4575 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4576 ["mkfs_b"; "vfat"; "32769"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
4577 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
4578 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4579 ["mkfs_b"; "vfat"; "33280"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
4580 InitEmpty, IfAvailable "ntfsprogs", TestRun (
4581 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4582 ["mkfs_b"; "ntfs"; "32768"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
4583 "make a filesystem with block size",
4585 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mkfs>, but it allows you to
4586 control the block size of the resulting filesystem. Supported
4587 block sizes depend on the filesystem type, but typically they
4588 are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096> only.
4590 For VFAT and NTFS the C<blocksize> parameter is treated as
4591 the requested cluster size.");
4593 ("mke2journal", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; Device "device"], []), 188, [],
4594 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4595 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4596 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
4597 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "-64"];
4598 ["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
4599 ["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
4600 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
4601 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4602 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
4603 "make ext2/3/4 external journal",
4605 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device>. It is equivalent
4608 mke2fs -O journal_dev -b blocksize device");
4610 ("mke2journal_L", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "label"; Device "device"], []), 189, [],
4611 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4612 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4613 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
4614 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "-64"];
4615 ["mke2journal_L"; "4096"; "JOURNAL"; "/dev/sda1"];
4616 ["mke2fs_JL"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "JOURNAL"];
4617 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
4618 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4619 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
4620 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with label",
4622 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with label C<label>.");
4624 ("mke2journal_U", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "uuid"; Device "device"], []), 190, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4625 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
4626 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4627 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4628 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
4629 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "-64"];
4630 ["mke2journal_U"; "4096"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"];
4631 ["mke2fs_JU"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; uuid];
4632 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
4633 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4634 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")]),
4635 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID",
4637 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
4639 ("mke2fs_J", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; Device "journal"], []), 191, [],
4641 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
4643 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
4644 an external journal on C<journal>. It is equivalent
4647 mke2fs -t fstype -b blocksize -J device=<journal> <device>
4649 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal>.");
4651 ("mke2fs_JL", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "label"], []), 192, [],
4653 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
4655 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
4656 an external journal on the journal labeled C<label>.
4658 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_L>.");
4660 ("mke2fs_JU", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "uuid"], []), 193, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4662 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
4664 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
4665 an external journal on the journal with UUID C<uuid>.
4667 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_U>.");
4669 ("modprobe", (RErr, [String "modulename"], []), 194, [Optional "linuxmodules"],
4670 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["modprobe"; "fat"]]],
4671 "load a kernel module",
4673 This loads a kernel module in the appliance.
4675 The kernel module must have been whitelisted when libguestfs
4676 was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
4678 ("echo_daemon", (RString "output", [StringList "words"], []), 195, [],
4679 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
4680 [["echo_daemon"; "This is a test"]], "This is a test"
4682 "echo arguments back to the client",
4684 This command concatenates the list of C<words> passed with single spaces
4685 between them and returns the resulting string.
4687 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
4689 See also C<guestfs_ping_daemon>.");
4691 ("find0", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "files"], []), 196, [],
4692 [], (* There is a regression test for this. *)
4693 "find all files and directories, returning NUL-separated list",
4695 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
4696 starting at C<directory>, placing the resulting list in the
4697 external file called C<files>.
4699 This command works the same way as C<guestfs_find> with the
4700 following exceptions:
4706 The resulting list is written to an external file.
4710 Items (filenames) in the result are separated
4711 by C<\\0> characters. See L<find(1)> option I<-print0>.
4715 This command is not limited in the number of names that it
4720 The result list is not sorted.
4724 ("case_sensitive_path", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"], []), 197, [],
4725 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4726 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/DIRECTORY"]], "/directory");
4727 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4728 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/DIRECTORY/"]], "/directory");
4729 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4730 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/Known-1"]], "/known-1");
4731 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4732 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/Known-1/"]]);
4733 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4734 [["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path"];
4735 ["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path/bbb"];
4736 ["touch"; "/case_sensitive_path/bbb/c"];
4737 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/CASE_SENSITIVE_path/bbB/C"]], "/case_sensitive_path/bbb/c");
4738 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4739 [["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path2"];
4740 ["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path2/bbb"];
4741 ["touch"; "/case_sensitive_path2/bbb/c"];
4742 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/case_sensitive_PATH2////bbB/C"]], "/case_sensitive_path2/bbb/c");
4743 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4744 [["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path3"];
4745 ["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path3/bbb"];
4746 ["touch"; "/case_sensitive_path3/bbb/c"];
4747 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/case_SENSITIVE_path3/bbb/../bbb/C"]])],
4748 "return true path on case-insensitive filesystem",
4750 This can be used to resolve case insensitive paths on
4751 a filesystem which is case sensitive. The use case is
4752 to resolve paths which you have read from Windows configuration
4753 files or the Windows Registry, to the true path.
4755 The command handles a peculiarity of the Linux ntfs-3g
4756 filesystem driver (and probably others), which is that although
4757 the underlying filesystem is case-insensitive, the driver
4758 exports the filesystem to Linux as case-sensitive.
4760 One consequence of this is that special directories such
4761 as C<c:\\windows> may appear as C</WINDOWS> or C</windows>
4762 (or other things) depending on the precise details of how
4763 they were created. In Windows itself this would not be
4766 Bug or feature? You decide:
4767 L<http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#posixfilenames1>
4769 This function resolves the true case of each element in the
4770 path and returns the case-sensitive path.
4772 Thus C<guestfs_case_sensitive_path> (\"/Windows/System32\")
4773 might return C<\"/WINDOWS/system32\"> (the exact return value
4774 would depend on details of how the directories were originally
4775 created under Windows).
4778 This function does not handle drive names, backslashes etc.
4780 See also C<guestfs_realpath>.");
4782 ("vfs_type", (RString "fstype", [Device "device"], []), 198, [],
4783 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4784 [["vfs_type"; "/dev/sdb1"]], "ext2")],
4785 "get the Linux VFS type corresponding to a mounted device",
4787 This command gets the filesystem type corresponding to
4788 the filesystem on C<device>.
4790 For most filesystems, the result is the name of the Linux
4791 VFS module which would be used to mount this filesystem
4792 if you mounted it without specifying the filesystem type.
4793 For example a string such as C<ext3> or C<ntfs>.");
4795 ("truncate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 199, [],
4796 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4797 [["write"; "/truncate"; "some stuff so size is not zero"];
4798 ["truncate"; "/truncate"];
4799 ["stat"; "/truncate"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
4800 "truncate a file to zero size",
4802 This command truncates C<path> to a zero-length file. The
4803 file must exist already.");
4805 ("truncate_size", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "size"], []), 200, [],
4806 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4807 [["touch"; "/truncate_size"];
4808 ["truncate_size"; "/truncate_size"; "1000"];
4809 ["stat"; "/truncate_size"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1000)])],
4810 "truncate a file to a particular size",
4812 This command truncates C<path> to size C<size> bytes. The file
4815 If the current file size is less than C<size> then
4816 the file is extended to the required size with zero bytes.
4817 This creates a sparse file (ie. disk blocks are not allocated
4818 for the file until you write to it). To create a non-sparse
4819 file of zeroes, use C<guestfs_fallocate64> instead.");
4821 ("utimens", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "atsecs"; Int64 "atnsecs"; Int64 "mtsecs"; Int64 "mtnsecs"], []), 201, [],
4822 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4823 [["touch"; "/utimens"];
4824 ["utimens"; "/utimens"; "12345"; "67890"; "9876"; "5432"];
4825 ["stat"; "/utimens"]], [CompareWithInt ("mtime", 9876)])],
4826 "set timestamp of a file with nanosecond precision",
4828 This command sets the timestamps of a file with nanosecond
4831 C<atsecs, atnsecs> are the last access time (atime) in secs and
4832 nanoseconds from the epoch.
4834 C<mtsecs, mtnsecs> are the last modification time (mtime) in
4835 secs and nanoseconds from the epoch.
4837 If the C<*nsecs> field contains the special value C<-1> then
4838 the corresponding timestamp is set to the current time. (The
4839 C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).
4841 If the C<*nsecs> field contains the special value C<-2> then
4842 the corresponding timestamp is left unchanged. (The
4843 C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).");
4845 ("mkdir_mode", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "mode"], []), 202, [],
4846 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4847 [["mkdir_mode"; "/mkdir_mode"; "0o111"];
4848 ["stat"; "/mkdir_mode"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o40111)])],
4849 "create a directory with a particular mode",
4851 This command creates a directory, setting the initial permissions
4852 of the directory to C<mode>.
4854 For common Linux filesystems, the actual mode which is set will
4855 be C<mode & ~umask & 01777>. Non-native-Linux filesystems may
4856 interpret the mode in other ways.
4858 See also C<guestfs_mkdir>, C<guestfs_umask>");
4860 ("lchown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"], []), 203, [],
4862 "change file owner and group",
4864 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
4865 This is like C<guestfs_chown> but if C<path> is a symlink then
4866 the link itself is changed, not the target.
4868 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
4869 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
4870 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
4872 ("lstatlist", (RStructList ("statbufs", "stat"), [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"], []), 204, [],
4874 "lstat on multiple files",
4876 This call allows you to perform the C<guestfs_lstat> operation
4877 on multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
4878 C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
4880 On return you get a list of stat structs, with a one-to-one
4881 correspondence to the C<names> list. If any name did not exist
4882 or could not be lstat'd, then the C<ino> field of that structure
4885 This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
4886 list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
4887 See also C<guestfs_lxattrlist> for a similarly efficient call
4888 for getting extended attributes. Very long directory listings
4889 might cause the protocol message size to be exceeded, causing
4890 this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
4891 into smaller groups of names.");
4893 ("lxattrlist", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"], []), 205, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4895 "lgetxattr on multiple files",
4897 This call allows you to get the extended attributes
4898 of multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
4899 C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
4901 On return you get a flat list of xattr structs which must be
4902 interpreted sequentially. The first xattr struct always has a zero-length
4903 C<attrname>. C<attrval> in this struct is zero-length
4904 to indicate there was an error doing C<lgetxattr> for this
4905 file, I<or> is a C string which is a decimal number
4906 (the number of following attributes for this file, which could
4907 be C<\"0\">). Then after the first xattr struct are the
4908 zero or more attributes for the first named file.
4909 This repeats for the second and subsequent files.
4911 This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
4912 list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
4913 See also C<guestfs_lstatlist> for a similarly efficient call
4914 for getting standard stats. Very long directory listings
4915 might cause the protocol message size to be exceeded, causing
4916 this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
4917 into smaller groups of names.");
4919 ("readlinklist", (RStringList "links", [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"], []), 206, [],
4921 "readlink on multiple files",
4923 This call allows you to do a C<readlink> operation
4924 on multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
4925 C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
4927 On return you get a list of strings, with a one-to-one
4928 correspondence to the C<names> list. Each string is the
4929 value of the symbolic link.
4931 If the C<readlink(2)> operation fails on any name, then
4932 the corresponding result string is the empty string C<\"\">.
4933 However the whole operation is completed even if there
4934 were C<readlink(2)> errors, and so you can call this
4935 function with names where you don't know if they are
4936 symbolic links already (albeit slightly less efficient).
4938 This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
4939 list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
4940 Very long directory listings might cause the protocol
4941 message size to be exceeded, causing
4942 this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
4943 into smaller groups of names.");
4945 ("pread", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"; Int "count"; Int64 "offset"], []), 207, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4946 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
4947 [["pread"; "/known-4"; "1"; "3"]], "\n");
4948 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
4949 [["pread"; "/empty"; "0"; "100"]], "")],
4950 "read part of a file",
4952 This command lets you read part of a file. It reads C<count>
4953 bytes of the file, starting at C<offset>, from file C<path>.
4955 This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
4956 see the L<pread(2)> system call.
4958 See also C<guestfs_pwrite>, C<guestfs_pread_device>.");
4960 ("part_init", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"], []), 208, [],
4961 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4962 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
4963 "create an empty partition table",
4965 This creates an empty partition table on C<device> of one of the
4966 partition types listed below. Usually C<parttype> should be
4967 either C<msdos> or C<gpt> (for large disks).
4969 Initially there are no partitions. Following this, you should
4970 call C<guestfs_part_add> for each partition required.
4972 Possible values for C<parttype> are:
4980 Intel EFI / GPT partition table.
4982 This is recommended for >= 2 TB partitions that will be accessed
4983 from Linux and Intel-based Mac OS X. It also has limited backwards
4984 compatibility with the C<mbr> format.
4990 The standard PC \"Master Boot Record\" (MBR) format used
4991 by MS-DOS and Windows. This partition type will B<only> work
4992 for device sizes up to 2 TB. For large disks we recommend
4997 Other partition table types that may work but are not
5010 Amiga \"Rigid Disk Block\" format.
5018 DASD, used on IBM mainframes.
5026 Old Mac partition format. Modern Macs use C<gpt>.
5030 NEC PC-98 format, common in Japan apparently.
5038 ("part_add", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "prlogex"; Int64 "startsect"; Int64 "endsect"], []), 209, [],
5039 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5040 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5041 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"]]);
5042 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5043 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
5044 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "34"; "127"];
5045 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "-34"]]);
5046 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5047 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5048 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "32"; "127"];
5049 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "255"];
5050 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "256"; "511"];
5051 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "512"; "-1"]])],
5052 "add a partition to the device",
5054 This command adds a partition to C<device>. If there is no partition
5055 table on the device, call C<guestfs_part_init> first.
5057 The C<prlogex> parameter is the type of partition. Normally you
5058 should pass C<p> or C<primary> here, but MBR partition tables also
5059 support C<l> (or C<logical>) and C<e> (or C<extended>) partition
5062 C<startsect> and C<endsect> are the start and end of the partition
5063 in I<sectors>. C<endsect> may be negative, which means it counts
5064 backwards from the end of the disk (C<-1> is the last sector).
5066 Creating a partition which covers the whole disk is not so easy.
5067 Use C<guestfs_part_disk> to do that.");
5069 ("part_disk", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"], []), 210, [],
5070 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5071 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"]]);
5072 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5073 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
5074 "partition whole disk with a single primary partition",
5076 This command is simply a combination of C<guestfs_part_init>
5077 followed by C<guestfs_part_add> to create a single primary partition
5078 covering the whole disk.
5080 C<parttype> is the partition table type, usually C<mbr> or C<gpt>,
5081 but other possible values are described in C<guestfs_part_init>.");
5083 ("part_set_bootable", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Bool "bootable"], []), 211, [],
5084 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5085 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5086 ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"]])],
5087 "make a partition bootable",
5089 This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
5090 device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
5092 The bootable flag is used by some operating systems (notably
5093 Windows) to determine which partition to boot from. It is by
5094 no means universally recognized.");
5096 ("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"], []), 212, [],
5097 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5098 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
5099 ["part_set_name"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "thepartname"]])],
5100 "set partition name",
5102 This sets the partition name on partition numbered C<partnum> on
5103 device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
5105 The partition name can only be set on certain types of partition
5106 table. This works on C<gpt> but not on C<mbr> partitions.");
5108 ("part_list", (RStructList ("partitions", "partition"), [Device "device"], []), 213, [],
5109 [], (* XXX Add a regression test for this. *)
5110 "list partitions on a device",
5112 This command parses the partition table on C<device> and
5113 returns the list of partitions found.
5115 The fields in the returned structure are:
5121 Partition number, counting from 1.
5125 Start of the partition I<in bytes>. To get sectors you have to
5126 divide by the device's sector size, see C<guestfs_blockdev_getss>.
5130 End of the partition in bytes.
5134 Size of the partition in bytes.
5138 ("part_get_parttype", (RString "parttype", [Device "device"], []), 214, [],
5139 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
5140 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
5141 ["part_get_parttype"; "/dev/sda"]], "gpt")],
5142 "get the partition table type",
5144 This command examines the partition table on C<device> and
5145 returns the partition table type (format) being used.
5147 Common return values include: C<msdos> (a DOS/Windows style MBR
5148 partition table), C<gpt> (a GPT/EFI-style partition table). Other
5149 values are possible, although unusual. See C<guestfs_part_init>
5152 ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"], []), 215, [Progress],
5153 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5154 [["fill"; "0x63"; "10"; "/fill"];
5155 ["read_file"; "/fill"]], "cccccccccc")],
5156 "fill a file with octets",
5158 This command creates a new file called C<path>. The initial
5159 content of the file is C<len> octets of C<c>, where C<c>
5160 must be a number in the range C<[0..255]>.
5162 To fill a file with zero bytes (sparsely), it is
5163 much more efficient to use C<guestfs_truncate_size>.
5164 To create a file with a pattern of repeating bytes
5165 use C<guestfs_fill_pattern>.");
5167 ("available", (RErr, [StringList "groups"], []), 216, [],
5168 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available"; ""]]],
5169 "test availability of some parts of the API",
5171 This command is used to check the availability of some
5172 groups of functionality in the appliance, which not all builds of
5173 the libguestfs appliance will be able to provide.
5175 The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those
5176 groups correspond to, are listed in L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.
5177 You can also fetch this list at runtime by calling
5178 C<guestfs_available_all_groups>.
5180 The argument C<groups> is a list of group names, eg:
5181 C<[\"inotify\", \"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of
5182 the Linux inotify functions and Augeas (configuration file
5185 The command returns no error if I<all> requested groups are available.
5187 It fails with an error if one or more of the requested
5188 groups is unavailable in the appliance.
5190 If an unknown group name is included in the
5191 list of groups then an error is always returned.
5199 You must call C<guestfs_launch> before calling this function.
5201 The reason is because we don't know what groups are
5202 supported by the appliance/daemon until it is running and can
5207 If a group of functions is available, this does not necessarily
5208 mean that they will work. You still have to check for errors
5209 when calling individual API functions even if they are
5214 It is usually the job of distro packagers to build
5215 complete functionality into the libguestfs appliance.
5216 Upstream libguestfs, if built from source with all
5217 requirements satisfied, will support everything.
5221 This call was added in version C<1.0.80>. In previous
5222 versions of libguestfs all you could do would be to speculatively
5223 execute a command to find out if the daemon implemented it.
5224 See also C<guestfs_version>.
5228 ("dd", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"], []), 217, [DeprecatedBy "copy_device_to_device"],
5229 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5231 ["write"; "/dd/src"; "hello, world"];
5232 ["dd"; "/dd/src"; "/dd/dest"];
5233 ["read_file"; "/dd/dest"]], "hello, world")],
5234 "copy from source to destination using dd",
5236 This command copies from one source device or file C<src>
5237 to another destination device or file C<dest>. Normally you
5238 would use this to copy to or from a device or partition, for
5239 example to duplicate a filesystem.
5241 If the destination is a device, it must be as large or larger
5242 than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
5243 This command cannot do partial copies
5244 (see C<guestfs_copy_device_to_device>).");
5246 ("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"], []), 218, [],
5247 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
5248 [["write"; "/filesize"; "hello, world"];
5249 ["filesize"; "/filesize"]], 12)],
5250 "return the size of the file in bytes",
5252 This command returns the size of C<file> in bytes.
5254 To get other stats about a file, use C<guestfs_stat>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
5255 C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_is_file> etc.
5256 To get the size of block devices, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64>.");
5258 ("lvrename", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "newlogvol"], []), 219, [],
5259 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
5260 [["lvrename"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/dev/VG/LV2"];
5261 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"])],
5262 "rename an LVM logical volume",
5264 Rename a logical volume C<logvol> with the new name C<newlogvol>.");
5266 ("vgrename", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; String "newvolgroup"], []), 220, [],
5267 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
5269 ["vg_activate"; "false"; "VG"];
5270 ["vgrename"; "VG"; "VG2"];
5271 ["vg_activate"; "true"; "VG2"];
5272 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG2/LV"; "/"];
5273 ["vgs"]], ["VG2"])],
5274 "rename an LVM volume group",
5276 Rename a volume group C<volgroup> with the new name C<newvolgroup>.");
5278 ("initrd_cat", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "initrdpath"; String "filename"], []), 221, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5279 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5280 [["initrd_cat"; "/initrd"; "known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
5281 "list the contents of a single file in an initrd",
5283 This command unpacks the file C<filename> from the initrd file
5284 called C<initrdpath>. The filename must be given I<without> the
5285 initial C</> character.
5287 For example, in guestfish you could use the following command
5288 to examine the boot script (usually called C</init>)
5289 contained in a Linux initrd or initramfs image:
5291 initrd-cat /boot/initrd-<version>.img init
5293 See also C<guestfs_initrd_list>.");
5295 ("pvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 222, [],
5297 "get the UUID of a physical volume",
5299 This command returns the UUID of the LVM PV C<device>.");
5301 ("vguuid", (RString "uuid", [String "vgname"], []), 223, [],
5303 "get the UUID of a volume group",
5305 This command returns the UUID of the LVM VG named C<vgname>.");
5307 ("lvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 224, [],
5309 "get the UUID of a logical volume",
5311 This command returns the UUID of the LVM LV C<device>.");
5313 ("vgpvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"], []), 225, [],
5315 "get the PV UUIDs containing the volume group",
5317 Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
5318 the physical volumes that this volume group resides on.
5320 You can use this along with C<guestfs_pvs> and C<guestfs_pvuuid>
5321 calls to associate physical volumes and volume groups.
5323 See also C<guestfs_vglvuuids>.");
5325 ("vglvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"], []), 226, [],
5327 "get the LV UUIDs of all LVs in the volume group",
5329 Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
5330 the logical volumes created in this volume group.
5332 You can use this along with C<guestfs_lvs> and C<guestfs_lvuuid>
5333 calls to associate logical volumes and volume groups.
5335 See also C<guestfs_vgpvuuids>.");
5337 ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"], []), 227, [Progress; DeprecatedBy "copy_device_to_device"],
5338 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5339 [["mkdir"; "/copy_size"];
5340 ["write"; "/copy_size/src"; "hello, world"];
5341 ["copy_size"; "/copy_size/src"; "/copy_size/dest"; "5"];
5342 ["read_file"; "/copy_size/dest"]], "hello")],
5343 "copy size bytes from source to destination using dd",
5345 This command copies exactly C<size> bytes from one source device
5346 or file C<src> to another destination device or file C<dest>.
5348 Note this will fail if the source is too short or if the destination
5349 is not large enough.");
5351 ("zero_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 228, [Progress],
5352 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestRun (
5353 [["zero_device"; "/dev/VG/LV"]])],
5354 "write zeroes to an entire device",
5356 This command writes zeroes over the entire C<device>. Compare
5357 with C<guestfs_zero> which just zeroes the first few blocks of
5360 If blocks are already zero, then this command avoids writing
5361 zeroes. This prevents the underlying device from becoming non-sparse
5362 or growing unnecessarily.");
5364 ("txz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"], []), 229, [Optional "xz"],
5365 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5366 [["mkdir"; "/txz_in"];
5367 ["txz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.xz"; "/txz_in"];
5368 ["cat"; "/txz_in/hello"]], "hello\n")],
5369 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
5371 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (an
5372 I<xz compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.");
5374 ("txz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"], []), 230, [Optional "xz"],
5376 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
5378 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
5379 it to local file C<tarball> (as an xz compressed tar archive).");
5381 ("ntfsresize", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 231, [Optional "ntfsprogs"; DeprecatedBy "ntfsresize_opts"],
5383 "resize an NTFS filesystem",
5385 This command resizes an NTFS filesystem, expanding or
5386 shrinking it to the size of the underlying device.
5388 I<Note:> After the resize operation, the filesystem is marked
5389 as requiring a consistency check (for safety). You have to boot
5390 into Windows to perform this check and clear this condition.
5391 Furthermore, ntfsresize refuses to resize filesystems
5392 which have been marked in this way. So in effect it is
5393 not possible to call ntfsresize multiple times on a single
5394 filesystem without booting into Windows between each resize.
5396 See also L<ntfsresize(8)>.");
5398 ("vgscan", (RErr, [], []), 232, [],
5399 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5401 "rescan for LVM physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes",
5403 This rescans all block devices and rebuilds the list of LVM
5404 physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes.");
5406 ("part_del", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"], []), 233, [],
5407 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5408 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5409 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
5410 ["part_del"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
5411 "delete a partition",
5413 This command deletes the partition numbered C<partnum> on C<device>.
5415 Note that in the case of MBR partitioning, deleting an
5416 extended partition also deletes any logical partitions
5419 ("part_get_bootable", (RBool "bootable", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"], []), 234, [],
5420 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5421 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5422 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
5423 ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"];
5424 ["part_get_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
5425 "return true if a partition is bootable",
5427 This command returns true if the partition C<partnum> on
5428 C<device> has the bootable flag set.
5430 See also C<guestfs_part_set_bootable>.");
5432 ("part_get_mbr_id", (RInt "idbyte", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"], []), 235, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
5433 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
5434 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5435 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
5436 ["part_set_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "0x7f"];
5437 ["part_get_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]], 0x7f)],
5438 "get the MBR type byte (ID byte) from a partition",
5440 Returns the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) from
5441 the numbered partition C<partnum>.
5443 Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
5444 You will get undefined results for other partition table
5445 types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
5447 ("part_set_mbr_id", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Int "idbyte"], []), 236, [],
5448 [], (* tested by part_get_mbr_id *)
5449 "set the MBR type byte (ID byte) of a partition",
5451 Sets the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) of
5452 the numbered partition C<partnum> to C<idbyte>. Note
5453 that the type bytes quoted in most documentation are
5454 in fact hexadecimal numbers, but usually documented
5455 without any leading \"0x\" which might be confusing.
5457 Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
5458 You will get undefined results for other partition table
5459 types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
5461 ("checksum_device", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Device "device"], []), 237, [],
5462 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFileMD5 (
5463 [["checksum_device"; "md5"; "/dev/sdd"]],
5464 "../images/test.iso")],
5465 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the contents of a device",
5467 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
5468 contents of the device named C<device>. For the types of
5469 checksums supported see the C<guestfs_checksum> command.");
5471 ("lvresize_free", (RErr, [Device "lv"; Int "percent"], []), 238, [Optional "lvm2"],
5472 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
5473 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5474 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
5475 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
5476 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
5477 ["lvresize_free"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "100"]])],
5478 "expand an LV to fill free space",
5480 This expands an existing logical volume C<lv> so that it fills
5481 C<pc>% of the remaining free space in the volume group. Commonly
5482 you would call this with pc = 100 which expands the logical volume
5483 as much as possible, using all remaining free space in the volume
5486 ("aug_clear", (RErr, [String "augpath"], []), 239, [Optional "augeas"],
5487 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
5488 "clear Augeas path",
5490 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<NULL>. This
5491 is the same as the L<augtool(1)> C<clear> command.");
5493 ("get_umask", (RInt "mask", [], []), 240, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
5494 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
5495 [["get_umask"]], 0o22)],
5496 "get the current umask",
5498 Return the current umask. By default the umask is C<022>
5499 unless it has been set by calling C<guestfs_umask>.");
5501 ("debug_upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; String "tmpname"; Int "mode"], []), 241, [NotInDocs],
5503 "upload a file to the appliance (internal use only)",
5505 The C<guestfs_debug_upload> command uploads a file to
5506 the libguestfs appliance.
5508 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
5509 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
5510 to find out what it is for.");
5512 ("base64_in", (RErr, [FileIn "base64file"; Pathname "filename"], []), 242, [],
5513 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5514 [["base64_in"; "../images/hello.b64"; "/base64_in"];
5515 ["cat"; "/base64_in"]], "hello\n")],
5516 "upload base64-encoded data to file",
5518 This command uploads base64-encoded data from C<base64file>
5521 ("base64_out", (RErr, [Pathname "filename"; FileOut "base64file"], []), 243, [],
5523 "download file and encode as base64",
5525 This command downloads the contents of C<filename>, writing
5526 it out to local file C<base64file> encoded as base64.");
5528 ("checksums_out", (RErr, [String "csumtype"; Pathname "directory"; FileOut "sumsfile"], []), 244, [],
5530 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of files in a directory",
5532 This command computes the checksums of all regular files in
5533 C<directory> and then emits a list of those checksums to
5534 the local output file C<sumsfile>.
5536 This can be used for verifying the integrity of a virtual
5537 machine. However to be properly secure you should pay
5538 attention to the output of the checksum command (it uses
5539 the ones from GNU coreutils). In particular when the
5540 filename is not printable, coreutils uses a special
5541 backslash syntax. For more information, see the GNU
5542 coreutils info file.");
5544 ("fill_pattern", (RErr, [String "pattern"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"], []), 245, [Progress],
5545 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5546 [["fill_pattern"; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; "28"; "/fill_pattern"];
5547 ["read_file"; "/fill_pattern"]], "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab")],
5548 "fill a file with a repeating pattern of bytes",
5550 This function is like C<guestfs_fill> except that it creates
5551 a new file of length C<len> containing the repeating pattern
5552 of bytes in C<pattern>. The pattern is truncated if necessary
5553 to ensure the length of the file is exactly C<len> bytes.");
5555 ("write", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"], []), 246, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5556 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5557 [["write"; "/write"; "new file contents"];
5558 ["cat"; "/write"]], "new file contents");
5559 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5560 [["write"; "/write2"; "\nnew file contents\n"];
5561 ["cat"; "/write2"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
5562 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5563 [["write"; "/write3"; "\n\n"];
5564 ["cat"; "/write3"]], "\n\n");
5565 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5566 [["write"; "/write4"; ""];
5567 ["cat"; "/write4"]], "");
5568 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5569 [["write"; "/write5"; "\n\n\n"];
5570 ["cat"; "/write5"]], "\n\n\n");
5571 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5572 [["write"; "/write6"; "\n"];
5573 ["cat"; "/write6"]], "\n")],
5574 "create a new file",
5576 This call creates a file called C<path>. The content of the
5577 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data).
5579 See also C<guestfs_write_append>.");
5581 ("pwrite", (RInt "nbytes", [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"], []), 247, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5582 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5583 [["write"; "/pwrite"; "new file contents"];
5584 ["pwrite"; "/pwrite"; "data"; "4"];
5585 ["cat"; "/pwrite"]], "new data contents");
5586 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5587 [["write"; "/pwrite2"; "new file contents"];
5588 ["pwrite"; "/pwrite2"; "is extended"; "9"];
5589 ["cat"; "/pwrite2"]], "new file is extended");
5590 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5591 [["write"; "/pwrite3"; "new file contents"];
5592 ["pwrite"; "/pwrite3"; ""; "4"];
5593 ["cat"; "/pwrite3"]], "new file contents")],
5594 "write to part of a file",
5596 This command writes to part of a file. It writes the data
5597 buffer C<content> to the file C<path> starting at offset C<offset>.
5599 This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
5600 that system call it may not write the full data requested. The
5601 return value is the number of bytes that were actually written
5602 to the file. This could even be 0, although short writes are
5603 unlikely for regular files in ordinary circumstances.
5605 See also C<guestfs_pread>, C<guestfs_pwrite_device>.");
5607 ("resize2fs_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"], []), 248, [],
5609 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem (with size)",
5611 This command is the same as C<guestfs_resize2fs> except that it
5612 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
5614 ("pvresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"], []), 249, [Optional "lvm2"],
5616 "resize an LVM physical volume (with size)",
5618 This command is the same as C<guestfs_pvresize> except that it
5619 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
5621 ("ntfsresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"], []), 250, [Optional "ntfsprogs"; DeprecatedBy "ntfsresize_opts"],
5623 "resize an NTFS filesystem (with size)",
5625 This command is the same as C<guestfs_ntfsresize> except that it
5626 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
5628 ("available_all_groups", (RStringList "groups", [], []), 251, [],
5629 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available_all_groups"]]],
5630 "return a list of all optional groups",
5632 This command returns a list of all optional groups that this
5633 daemon knows about. Note this returns both supported and unsupported
5634 groups. To find out which ones the daemon can actually support
5635 you have to call C<guestfs_available> on each member of the
5638 See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
5640 ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"], []), 252, [],
5641 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
5642 [["fallocate64"; "/fallocate64"; "1000000"];
5643 ["stat"; "/fallocate64"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
5644 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
5646 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
5647 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
5650 Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
5651 To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
5653 The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
5654 but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
5655 to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
5656 of files created through that call to 1GB.
5658 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
5659 C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
5660 a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
5662 ("vfs_label", (RString "label", [Device "device"], []), 253, [],
5663 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
5664 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "LTEST"];
5665 ["vfs_label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "LTEST")],
5666 "get the filesystem label",
5668 This returns the filesystem label of the filesystem on
5671 If the filesystem is unlabeled, this returns the empty string.
5673 To find a filesystem from the label, use C<guestfs_findfs_label>.");
5675 ("vfs_uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 254, [],
5676 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
5677 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
5678 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
5679 ["vfs_uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid)]),
5680 "get the filesystem UUID",
5682 This returns the filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
5685 If the filesystem does not have a UUID, this returns the empty string.
5687 To find a filesystem from the UUID, use C<guestfs_findfs_uuid>.");
5689 ("lvm_set_filter", (RErr, [DeviceList "devices"], []), 255, [Optional "lvm2"],
5690 (* Can't be tested with the current framework because
5691 * the VG is being used by the mounted filesystem, so
5692 * the vgchange -an command we do first will fail.
5695 "set LVM device filter",
5697 This sets the LVM device filter so that LVM will only be
5698 able to \"see\" the block devices in the list C<devices>,
5699 and will ignore all other attached block devices.
5701 Where disk image(s) contain duplicate PVs or VGs, this
5702 command is useful to get LVM to ignore the duplicates, otherwise
5703 LVM can get confused. Note also there are two types
5704 of duplication possible: either cloned PVs/VGs which have
5705 identical UUIDs; or VGs that are not cloned but just happen
5706 to have the same name. In normal operation you cannot
5707 create this situation, but you can do it outside LVM, eg.
5708 by cloning disk images or by bit twiddling inside the LVM
5711 This command also clears the LVM cache and performs a volume
5714 You can filter whole block devices or individual partitions.
5716 You cannot use this if any VG is currently in use (eg.
5717 contains a mounted filesystem), even if you are not
5718 filtering out that VG.");
5720 ("lvm_clear_filter", (RErr, [], []), 256, [],
5721 [], (* see note on lvm_set_filter *)
5722 "clear LVM device filter",
5724 This undoes the effect of C<guestfs_lvm_set_filter>. LVM
5725 will be able to see every block device.
5727 This command also clears the LVM cache and performs a volume
5730 ("luks_open", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; String "mapname"], []), 257, [Optional "luks"],
5732 "open a LUKS-encrypted block device",
5734 This command opens a block device which has been encrypted
5735 according to the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) standard.
5737 C<device> is the encrypted block device or partition.
5739 The caller must supply one of the keys associated with the
5740 LUKS block device, in the C<key> parameter.
5742 This creates a new block device called C</dev/mapper/mapname>.
5743 Reads and writes to this block device are decrypted from and
5744 encrypted to the underlying C<device> respectively.
5746 If this block device contains LVM volume groups, then
5747 calling C<guestfs_vgscan> followed by C<guestfs_vg_activate_all>
5748 will make them visible.
5750 Use C<guestfs_list_dm_devices> to list all device mapper
5753 ("luks_open_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; String "mapname"], []), 258, [Optional "luks"],
5755 "open a LUKS-encrypted block device read-only",
5757 This is the same as C<guestfs_luks_open> except that a read-only
5758 mapping is created.");
5760 ("luks_close", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 259, [Optional "luks"],
5762 "close a LUKS device",
5764 This closes a LUKS device that was created earlier by
5765 C<guestfs_luks_open> or C<guestfs_luks_open_ro>. The
5766 C<device> parameter must be the name of the LUKS mapping
5767 device (ie. C</dev/mapper/mapname>) and I<not> the name
5768 of the underlying block device.");
5770 ("luks_format", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"], []), 260, [Optional "luks"],
5772 "format a block device as a LUKS encrypted device",
5774 This command erases existing data on C<device> and formats
5775 the device as a LUKS encrypted device. C<key> is the
5776 initial key, which is added to key slot C<slot>. (LUKS
5777 supports 8 key slots, numbered 0-7).");
5779 ("luks_format_cipher", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"; String "cipher"], []), 261, [Optional "luks"],
5781 "format a block device as a LUKS encrypted device",
5783 This command is the same as C<guestfs_luks_format> but
5784 it also allows you to set the C<cipher> used.");
5786 ("luks_add_key", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Key "newkey"; Int "keyslot"], []), 262, [Optional "luks"],
5788 "add a key on a LUKS encrypted device",
5790 This command adds a new key on LUKS device C<device>.
5791 C<key> is any existing key, and is used to access the device.
5792 C<newkey> is the new key to add. C<keyslot> is the key slot
5793 that will be replaced.
5795 Note that if C<keyslot> already contains a key, then this
5796 command will fail. You have to use C<guestfs_luks_kill_slot>
5797 first to remove that key.");
5799 ("luks_kill_slot", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"], []), 263, [Optional "luks"],
5801 "remove a key from a LUKS encrypted device",
5803 This command deletes the key in key slot C<keyslot> from the
5804 encrypted LUKS device C<device>. C<key> must be one of the
5807 ("is_lv", (RBool "lvflag", [Device "device"], []), 264, [Optional "lvm2"],
5808 [InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutputTrue (
5809 [["is_lv"; "/dev/VG/LV"]]);
5810 InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutputFalse (
5811 [["is_lv"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
5812 "test if device is a logical volume",
5814 This command tests whether C<device> is a logical volume, and
5815 returns true iff this is the case.");
5817 ("findfs_uuid", (RString "device", [String "uuid"], []), 265, [],
5819 "find a filesystem by UUID",
5821 This command searches the filesystems and returns the one
5822 which has the given UUID. An error is returned if no such
5823 filesystem can be found.
5825 To find the UUID of a filesystem, use C<guestfs_vfs_uuid>.");
5827 ("findfs_label", (RString "device", [String "label"], []), 266, [],
5829 "find a filesystem by label",
5831 This command searches the filesystems and returns the one
5832 which has the given label. An error is returned if no such
5833 filesystem can be found.
5835 To find the label of a filesystem, use C<guestfs_vfs_label>.");
5837 ("is_chardev", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 267, [],
5838 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5839 [["is_chardev"; "/directory"]]);
5840 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5841 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/is_chardev"];
5842 ["is_chardev"; "/is_chardev"]])],
5843 "test if character device",
5845 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a character device
5846 with the given C<path> name.
5848 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5850 ("is_blockdev", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 268, [],
5851 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5852 [["is_blockdev"; "/directory"]]);
5853 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5854 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/is_blockdev"];
5855 ["is_blockdev"; "/is_blockdev"]])],
5856 "test if block device",
5858 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a block device
5859 with the given C<path> name.
5861 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5863 ("is_fifo", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 269, [],
5864 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5865 [["is_fifo"; "/directory"]]);
5866 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5867 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/is_fifo"];
5868 ["is_fifo"; "/is_fifo"]])],
5869 "test if FIFO (named pipe)",
5871 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a FIFO (named pipe)
5872 with the given C<path> name.
5874 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5876 ("is_symlink", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 270, [],
5877 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5878 [["is_symlink"; "/directory"]]);
5879 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5880 [["is_symlink"; "/abssymlink"]])],
5881 "test if symbolic link",
5883 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a symbolic link
5884 with the given C<path> name.
5886 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5888 ("is_socket", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 271, [],
5889 (* XXX Need a positive test for sockets. *)
5890 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5891 [["is_socket"; "/directory"]])],
5894 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a Unix domain socket
5895 with the given C<path> name.
5897 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5899 ("part_to_dev", (RString "device", [Device "partition"], []), 272, [],
5900 [InitPartition, Always, TestOutputDevice (
5901 [["part_to_dev"; "/dev/sda1"]], "/dev/sda");
5902 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
5903 [["part_to_dev"; "/dev/sda"]])],
5904 "convert partition name to device name",
5906 This function takes a partition name (eg. \"/dev/sdb1\") and
5907 removes the partition number, returning the device name
5910 The named partition must exist, for example as a string returned
5911 from C<guestfs_list_partitions>.
5913 See also C<guestfs_part_to_partnum>.");
5915 ("upload_offset", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; Int64 "offset"], []), 273, [Progress],
5916 (let md5 = Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB") in
5917 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5918 [["upload_offset"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/upload_offset"; "0"];
5919 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload_offset"]], md5)]),
5920 "upload a file from the local machine with offset",
5922 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
5925 C<remotefilename> is overwritten starting at the byte C<offset>
5926 specified. The intention is to overwrite parts of existing
5927 files or devices, although if a non-existant file is specified
5928 then it is created with a \"hole\" before C<offset>. The
5929 size of the data written is implicit in the size of the
5932 Note that there is no limit on the amount of data that
5933 can be uploaded with this call, unlike with C<guestfs_pwrite>,
5934 and this call always writes the full amount unless an
5937 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
5939 ("download_offset", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"; Int64 "offset"; Int64 "size"], []), 274, [Progress],
5940 (let md5 = Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB") in
5941 let offset = string_of_int 100 in
5942 let size = string_of_int ((Unix.stat "COPYING.LIB").Unix.st_size - 100) in
5943 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5944 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
5945 [["mkdir"; "/download_offset"];
5946 ["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"];
5947 ["download_offset"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"; offset; size];
5948 ["upload_offset"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"; offset];
5949 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"]], md5)]),
5950 "download a file to the local machine with offset and size",
5952 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
5953 on the local machine.
5955 C<remotefilename> is read for C<size> bytes starting at C<offset>
5956 (this region must be within the file or device).
5958 Note that there is no limit on the amount of data that
5959 can be downloaded with this call, unlike with C<guestfs_pread>,
5960 and this call always reads the full amount unless an
5963 See also C<guestfs_download>, C<guestfs_pread>.");
5965 ("pwrite_device", (RInt "nbytes", [Device "device"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"], []), 275, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5966 [InitPartition, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
5967 [["pwrite_device"; "/dev/sda"; "\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000"; "446"];
5968 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"];
5969 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sdb1"])],
5970 "write to part of a device",
5972 This command writes to part of a device. It writes the data
5973 buffer C<content> to C<device> starting at offset C<offset>.
5975 This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
5976 that system call it may not write the full data requested
5977 (although short writes to disk devices and partitions are
5978 probably impossible with standard Linux kernels).
5980 See also C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
5982 ("pread_device", (RBufferOut "content", [Device "device"; Int "count"; Int64 "offset"], []), 276, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5983 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5984 [["pread_device"; "/dev/sdd"; "8"; "32768"]], "\001CD001\001\000")],
5985 "read part of a device",
5987 This command lets you read part of a file. It reads C<count>
5988 bytes of C<device>, starting at C<offset>.
5990 This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
5991 see the L<pread(2)> system call.
5993 See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
5995 ("lvm_canonical_lv_name", (RString "lv", [Device "lvname"], []), 277, [],
5996 [InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutput (
5997 [["lvm_canonical_lv_name"; "/dev/mapper/VG-LV"]], "/dev/VG/LV");
5998 InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutput (
5999 [["lvm_canonical_lv_name"; "/dev/VG/LV"]], "/dev/VG/LV")],
6000 "get canonical name of an LV",
6002 This converts alternative naming schemes for LVs that you
6003 might find to the canonical name. For example, C</dev/mapper/VG-LV>
6004 is converted to C</dev/VG/LV>.
6006 This command returns an error if the C<lvname> parameter does
6007 not refer to a logical volume.
6009 See also C<guestfs_is_lv>.");
6011 ("mkfs_opts", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"], [Int "blocksize"; String "features"; Int "inode"; Int "sectorsize"]), 278, [],
6012 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
6013 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
6014 ["mkfs_opts"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"; ""; "NOARG"; ""; ""];
6015 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
6016 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
6017 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
6018 "make a filesystem",
6020 This function creates a filesystem on C<device>. The filesystem
6021 type is C<fstype>, for example C<ext3>.
6023 The optional arguments are:
6029 The filesystem block size. Supported block sizes depend on the
6030 filesystem type, but typically they are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096>
6031 for Linux ext2/3 filesystems.
6033 For VFAT and NTFS the C<blocksize> parameter is treated as
6034 the requested cluster size.
6036 For UFS block sizes, please see L<mkfs.ufs(8)>.
6040 This passes the I<-O> parameter to the external mkfs program.
6042 For certain filesystem types, this allows extra filesystem
6043 features to be selected. See L<mke2fs(8)> and L<mkfs.ufs(8)>
6046 You cannot use this optional parameter with the C<gfs> or
6047 C<gfs2> filesystem type.
6051 This passes the I<-I> parameter to the external L<mke2fs(8)> program
6052 which sets the inode size (only for ext2/3/4 filesystems at present).
6056 This passes the I<-S> parameter to external L<mkfs.ufs(8)> program,
6057 which sets sector size for ufs filesystem.
6061 ("getxattr", (RBufferOut "xattr", [Pathname "path"; String "name"], []), 279, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
6063 "get a single extended attribute",
6065 Get a single extended attribute from file C<path> named C<name>.
6066 This call follows symlinks. If you want to lookup an extended
6067 attribute for the symlink itself, use C<guestfs_lgetxattr>.
6069 Normally it is better to get all extended attributes from a file
6070 in one go by calling C<guestfs_getxattrs>. However some Linux
6071 filesystem implementations are buggy and do not provide a way to
6072 list out attributes. For these filesystems (notably ntfs-3g)
6073 you have to know the names of the extended attributes you want
6074 in advance and call this function.
6076 Extended attribute values are blobs of binary data. If there
6077 is no extended attribute named C<name>, this returns an error.
6079 See also: C<guestfs_getxattrs>, C<guestfs_lgetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
6081 ("lgetxattr", (RBufferOut "xattr", [Pathname "path"; String "name"], []), 280, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
6083 "get a single extended attribute",
6085 Get a single extended attribute from file C<path> named C<name>.
6086 If C<path> is a symlink, then this call returns an extended
6087 attribute from the symlink.
6089 Normally it is better to get all extended attributes from a file
6090 in one go by calling C<guestfs_getxattrs>. However some Linux
6091 filesystem implementations are buggy and do not provide a way to
6092 list out attributes. For these filesystems (notably ntfs-3g)
6093 you have to know the names of the extended attributes you want
6094 in advance and call this function.
6096 Extended attribute values are blobs of binary data. If there
6097 is no extended attribute named C<name>, this returns an error.
6099 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, C<guestfs_getxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
6101 ("resize2fs_M", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 281, [],
6103 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to the minimum size",
6105 This command is the same as C<guestfs_resize2fs>, but the filesystem
6106 is resized to its minimum size. This works like the I<-M> option
6107 to the C<resize2fs> command.
6109 To get the resulting size of the filesystem you should call
6110 C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> and read the C<Block size> and C<Block count>
6111 values. These two numbers, multiplied together, give the
6112 resulting size of the minimal filesystem in bytes.");
6114 ("internal_autosync", (RErr, [], []), 282, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
6116 "internal autosync operation",
6118 This command performs the autosync operation just before the
6119 handle is closed. You should not call this command directly.
6120 Instead, use the autosync flag (C<guestfs_set_autosync>) to
6121 control whether or not this operation is performed when the
6122 handle is closed.");
6124 ("is_zero", (RBool "zeroflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 283, [],
6125 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
6126 [["is_zero"; "/100kallzeroes"]]);
6127 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
6128 [["is_zero"; "/100kallspaces"]])],
6129 "test if a file contains all zero bytes",
6131 This returns true iff the file exists and the file is empty or
6132 it contains all zero bytes.");
6134 ("is_zero_device", (RBool "zeroflag", [Device "device"], []), 284, [],
6135 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
6136 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
6137 ["zero_device"; "/dev/sda1"];
6138 ["is_zero_device"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
6139 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
6140 [["is_zero_device"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
6141 "test if a device contains all zero bytes",
6143 This returns true iff the device exists and contains all zero bytes.
6145 Note that for large devices this can take a long time to run.");
6147 ("list_9p", (RStringList "mounttags", [], []), 285, [],
6149 "list 9p filesystems",
6151 List all 9p filesystems attached to the guest. A list of
6152 mount tags is returned.");
6154 ("mount_9p", (RErr, [String "mounttag"; String "mountpoint"], [String "options"]), 286, [],
6156 "mount 9p filesystem",
6158 Mount the virtio-9p filesystem with the tag C<mounttag> on the
6159 directory C<mountpoint>.
6161 If required, C<trans=virtio> will be automatically added to the options.
6162 Any other options required can be passed in the optional C<options>
6165 ("list_dm_devices", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 287, [],
6167 "list device mapper devices",
6169 List all device mapper devices.
6171 The returned list contains C</dev/mapper/*> devices, eg. ones created
6172 by a previous call to C<guestfs_luks_open>.
6174 Device mapper devices which correspond to logical volumes are I<not>
6175 returned in this list. Call C<guestfs_lvs> if you want to list logical
6178 ("ntfsresize_opts", (RErr, [Device "device"], [Int64 "size"; Bool "force"]), 288, [Optional "ntfsprogs"],
6180 "resize an NTFS filesystem",
6182 This command resizes an NTFS filesystem, expanding or
6183 shrinking it to the size of the underlying device.
6185 The optional parameters are:
6191 The new size (in bytes) of the filesystem. If omitted, the filesystem
6192 is resized to fit the container (eg. partition).
6196 If this option is true, then force the resize of the filesystem
6197 even if the filesystem is marked as requiring a consistency check.
6199 After the resize operation, the filesystem is always marked
6200 as requiring a consistency check (for safety). You have to boot
6201 into Windows to perform this check and clear this condition.
6202 If you I<don't> set the C<force> option then it is not
6203 possible to call C<guestfs_ntfsresize_opts> multiple times on a
6204 single filesystem without booting into Windows between each resize.
6208 See also L<ntfsresize(8)>.");
6210 ("btrfs_filesystem_resize", (RErr, [Pathname "mountpoint"], [Int64 "size"]), 289, [Optional "btrfs"],
6212 "resize a btrfs filesystem",
6214 This command resizes a btrfs filesystem.
6216 Note that unlike other resize calls, the filesystem has to be
6217 mounted and the parameter is the mountpoint not the device
6218 (this is a requirement of btrfs itself).
6220 The optional parameters are:
6226 The new size (in bytes) of the filesystem. If omitted, the filesystem
6227 is resized to the maximum size.
6231 See also L<btrfs(8)>.");
6233 ("write_append", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"], []), 290, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
6234 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
6235 [["write"; "/write_append"; "line1\n"];
6236 ["write_append"; "/write_append"; "line2\n"];
6237 ["write_append"; "/write_append"; "line3a"];
6238 ["write_append"; "/write_append"; "line3b\n"];
6239 ["cat"; "/write_append"]], "line1\nline2\nline3aline3b\n")],
6240 "append content to end of file",
6242 This call appends C<content> to the end of file C<path>. If
6243 C<path> does not exist, then a new file is created.
6245 See also C<guestfs_write>.");
6247 ("compress_out", (RErr, [String "ctype"; Pathname "file"; FileOut "zfile"], [Int "level"]), 291, [],
6249 "output compressed file",
6251 This command compresses C<file> and writes it out to the local
6254 The compression program used is controlled by the C<ctype> parameter.
6255 Currently this includes: C<compress>, C<gzip>, C<bzip2>, C<xz> or C<lzop>.
6256 Some compression types may not be supported by particular builds of
6257 libguestfs, in which case you will get an error containing the
6258 substring \"not supported\".
6260 The optional C<level> parameter controls compression level. The
6261 meaning and default for this parameter depends on the compression
6262 program being used.");
6264 ("compress_device_out", (RErr, [String "ctype"; Device "device"; FileOut "zdevice"], [Int "level"]), 292, [],
6266 "output compressed device",
6268 This command compresses C<device> and writes it out to the local
6271 The C<ctype> and optional C<level> parameters have the same meaning
6272 as in C<guestfs_compress_out>.");
6274 ("part_to_partnum", (RInt "partnum", [Device "partition"], []), 293, [],
6275 [InitPartition, Always, TestOutputInt (
6276 [["part_to_partnum"; "/dev/sda1"]], 1);
6277 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
6278 [["part_to_partnum"; "/dev/sda"]])],
6279 "convert partition name to partition number",
6281 This function takes a partition name (eg. \"/dev/sdb1\") and
6282 returns the partition number (eg. C<1>).
6284 The named partition must exist, for example as a string returned
6285 from C<guestfs_list_partitions>.
6287 See also C<guestfs_part_to_dev>.");
6289 ("copy_device_to_device", (RErr, [Device "src"; Device "dest"], [Int64 "srcoffset"; Int64 "destoffset"; Int64 "size"]), 294, [Progress],
6291 "copy from source device to destination device",
6293 The four calls C<guestfs_copy_device_to_device>,
6294 C<guestfs_copy_device_to_file>,
6295 C<guestfs_copy_file_to_device>, and
6296 C<guestfs_copy_file_to_file>
6297 let you copy from a source (device|file) to a destination
6300 Partial copies can be made since you can specify optionally
6301 the source offset, destination offset and size to copy. These
6302 values are all specified in bytes. If not given, the offsets
6303 both default to zero, and the size defaults to copying as much
6304 as possible until we hit the end of the source.
6306 The source and destination may be the same object. However
6307 overlapping regions may not be copied correctly.
6309 If the destination is a file, it is created if required. If
6310 the destination file is not large enough, it is extended.");
6312 ("copy_device_to_file", (RErr, [Device "src"; Pathname "dest"], [Int64 "srcoffset"; Int64 "destoffset"; Int64 "size"]), 295, [Progress],
6314 "copy from source device to destination file",
6316 See C<guestfs_copy_device_to_device> for a general overview
6319 ("copy_file_to_device", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Device "dest"], [Int64 "srcoffset"; Int64 "destoffset"; Int64 "size"]), 296, [Progress],
6321 "copy from source file to destination device",
6323 See C<guestfs_copy_device_to_device> for a general overview
6326 ("copy_file_to_file", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], [Int64 "srcoffset"; Int64 "destoffset"; Int64 "size"]), 297, [Progress],
6327 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
6328 [["mkdir"; "/copyff"];
6329 ["write"; "/copyff/src"; "hello, world"];
6330 ["copy_file_to_file"; "/copyff/src"; "/copyff/dest"; ""; ""; ""];
6331 ["read_file"; "/copyff/dest"]], "hello, world")],
6332 "copy from source file to destination file",
6334 See C<guestfs_copy_device_to_device> for a general overview
6337 This is B<not> the function you want for copying files. This
6338 is for copying blocks within existing files. See C<guestfs_cp>,
6339 C<guestfs_cp_a> and C<guestfs_mv> for general file copying and
6340 moving functions.");
6342 ("tune2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"], [Bool "force"; Int "maxmountcount"; Int "mountcount"; String "errorbehavior"; Int64 "group"; Int "intervalbetweenchecks"; Int "reservedblockspercentage"; String "lastmounteddirectory"; Int64 "reservedblockscount"; Int64 "user"]), 298, [],
6343 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputHashtable (
6344 [["tune2fs"; "/dev/sdb1"; "false"; "0"; ""; "NOARG"; ""; "0"; ""; "NOARG"; ""; ""];
6345 ["tune2fs_l"; "/dev/sdb1"]],
6346 ["Check interval", "0 (<none>)";
6347 "Maximum mount count", "-1"]);
6348 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputHashtable (
6349 [["tune2fs"; "/dev/sdb1"; "false"; "0"; ""; "NOARG"; ""; "86400"; ""; "NOARG"; ""; ""];
6350 ["tune2fs_l"; "/dev/sdb1"]],
6351 ["Check interval", "86400 (1 day)";
6352 "Maximum mount count", "-1"]);
6353 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputHashtable (
6354 [["tune2fs"; "/dev/sdb1"; "false"; ""; ""; "NOARG"; "1"; ""; ""; "NOARG"; ""; "1"];
6355 ["tune2fs_l"; "/dev/sdb1"]],
6356 ["Reserved blocks uid", "1 (user bin)";
6357 "Reserved blocks gid", "1 (group bin)"]);
6358 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputHashtable (
6359 [["tune2fs"; "/dev/sdb1"; "false"; ""; ""; "NOARG"; "0"; ""; ""; "NOARG"; ""; "0"];
6360 ["tune2fs_l"; "/dev/sdb1"]],
6361 ["Reserved blocks uid", "0 (user root)";
6362 "Reserved blocks gid", "0 (group root)"])
6364 "adjust ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem parameters",
6366 This call allows you to adjust various filesystem parameters of
6367 an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem called C<device>.
6369 The optional parameters are:
6375 Force tune2fs to complete the operation even in the face of errors.
6376 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-f> option.
6378 =item C<maxmountcount>
6380 Set the number of mounts after which the filesystem is checked
6381 by L<e2fsck(8)>. If this is C<0> then the number of mounts is
6382 disregarded. This is the same as the tune2fs C<-c> option.
6386 Set the number of times the filesystem has been mounted.
6387 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-C> option.
6389 =item C<errorbehavior>
6391 Change the behavior of the kernel code when errors are detected.
6392 Possible values currently are: C<continue>, C<remount-ro>, C<panic>.
6393 In practice these options don't really make any difference,
6394 particularly for write errors.
6396 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-e> option.
6400 Set the group which can use reserved filesystem blocks.
6401 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-g> option except that it
6402 can only be specified as a number.
6404 =item C<intervalbetweenchecks>
6406 Adjust the maximal time between two filesystem checks
6407 (in seconds). If the option is passed as C<0> then
6408 time-dependent checking is disabled.
6410 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-i> option.
6412 =item C<reservedblockspercentage>
6414 Set the percentage of the filesystem which may only be allocated
6415 by privileged processes.
6416 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-m> option.
6418 =item C<lastmounteddirectory>
6420 Set the last mounted directory.
6421 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-M> option.
6423 =item C<reservedblockscount>
6424 Set the number of reserved filesystem blocks.
6425 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-r> option.
6429 Set the user who can use the reserved filesystem blocks.
6430 This is the same as the tune2fs C<-u> option except that it
6431 can only be specified as a number.
6435 To get the current values of filesystem parameters, see
6436 C<guestfs_tune2fs_l>. For precise details of how tune2fs
6437 works, see the L<tune2fs(8)> man page.");
6439 ("md_create", (RErr, [String "name"; DeviceList "devices"], [Int64 "missingbitmap"; Int "nrdevices"; Int "spare"; Int64 "chunk"; String "level"]), 299, [Optional "mdadm"],
6441 "create a Linux md (RAID) device",
6443 Create a Linux md (RAID) device named C<name> on the devices
6444 in the list C<devices>.
6446 The optional parameters are:
6450 =item C<missingbitmap>
6452 A bitmap of missing devices. If a bit is set it means that a
6453 missing device is added to the array. The least significant bit
6454 corresponds to the first device in the array.
6458 If C<devices = [\"/dev/sda\"]> and C<missingbitmap = 0x1> then
6459 the resulting array would be C<[E<lt>missingE<gt>, \"/dev/sda\"]>.
6461 If C<devices = [\"/dev/sda\"]> and C<missingbitmap = 0x2> then
6462 the resulting array would be C<[\"/dev/sda\", E<lt>missingE<gt>]>.
6464 This defaults to C<0> (no missing devices).
6466 The length of C<devices> + the number of bits set in
6467 C<missingbitmap> must equal C<nrdevices> + C<spare>.
6471 The number of active RAID devices.
6473 If not set, this defaults to the length of C<devices> plus
6474 the number of bits set in C<missingbitmap>.
6478 The number of spare devices.
6480 If not set, this defaults to C<0>.
6484 The chunk size in bytes.
6488 The RAID level, which can be one of:
6489 I<linear>, I<raid0>, I<0>, I<stripe>, I<raid1>, I<1>, I<mirror>,
6490 I<raid4>, I<4>, I<raid5>, I<5>, I<raid6>, I<6>, I<raid10>, I<10>.
6491 Some of these are synonymous, and more levels may be added in future.
6493 If not set, this defaults to C<raid1>.
6497 ("list_md_devices", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 300, [],
6499 "list Linux md (RAID) devices",
6501 List all Linux md devices.");
6503 ("md_detail", (RHashtable "info", [Device "md"], []), 301, [Optional "mdadm"],
6505 "obtain metadata for an MD device",
6507 This command exposes the output of 'mdadm -DY <md>'. The following fields are
6508 usually present in the returned hash. Other fields may also be present.
6514 The raid level of the MD device.
6518 The number of underlying devices in the MD device.
6522 The metadata version used.
6526 The UUID of the MD device.
6530 The name of the MD device.
6534 ("md_stop", (RErr, [Device "md"], []), 302, [Optional "mdadm"],
6536 "stop a Linux md (RAID) device",
6538 This command deactivates the MD array named C<md>. The
6539 device is stopped, but it is not destroyed or zeroed.");
6541 ("blkid", (RHashtable "info", [Device "device"], []), 303, [],
6542 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputHashtable (
6543 [["blkid"; "/dev/sdb1"]],
6545 "USAGE", "filesystem";
6546 "PART_ENTRY_NUMBER", "1";
6547 "PART_ENTRY_TYPE", "0x83";
6548 "PART_ENTRY_OFFSET", "128";
6549 "PART_ENTRY_SIZE", "102145"])],
6550 "print block device attributes",
6552 This command returns block device attributes for C<device>. The following fields are
6553 usually present in the returned hash. Other fields may also be present.
6559 The uuid of this device.
6563 The label of this device.
6567 The version of blkid command.
6571 The filesystem type or RAID of this device.
6575 The usage of this device, for example C<filesystem> or C<raid>.
6581 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
6583 (* In some places we want the functions to be displayed sorted
6584 * alphabetically, so this is useful:
6586 let all_functions_sorted = List.sort action_compare all_functions
6588 (* This is used to generate the src/MAX_PROC_NR file which
6589 * contains the maximum procedure number, a surrogate for the
6590 * ABI version number. See src/Makefile.am for the details.
6593 let proc_nrs = List.map (
6594 fun (_, _, proc_nr, _, _, _, _) -> proc_nr
6595 ) daemon_functions in
6596 List.fold_left max 0 proc_nrs
6598 (* Non-API meta-commands available only in guestfish.
6600 * Note (1): style, proc_nr and tests fields are all meaningless.
6601 * The only fields which are actually used are the shortname,
6602 * FishAlias flags, shortdesc and longdesc.
6604 * Note (2): to refer to other commands, use L</shortname>.
6606 * Note (3): keep this list sorted by shortname.
6608 let fish_commands = [
6609 ("alloc", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "allocate"], [],
6610 "allocate and add a disk file",
6611 " alloc filename size
6613 This creates an empty (zeroed) file of the given size, and then adds
6614 so it can be further examined.
6616 For more advanced image creation, see L<qemu-img(1)> utility.
6618 Size can be specified using standard suffixes, eg. C<1M>.
6620 To create a sparse file, use L</sparse> instead. To create a
6621 prepared disk image, see L</PREPARED DISK IMAGES>.");
6623 ("copy_in", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6624 "copy local files or directories into an image",
6625 " copy-in local [local ...] /remotedir
6627 C<copy-in> copies local files or directories recursively into the disk
6628 image, placing them in the directory called C</remotedir> (which must
6629 exist). This guestfish meta-command turns into a sequence of
6630 L</tar-in> and other commands as necessary.
6632 Multiple local files and directories can be specified, but the last
6633 parameter must always be a remote directory. Wildcards cannot be
6636 ("copy_out", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6637 "copy remote files or directories out of an image",
6638 " copy-out remote [remote ...] localdir
6640 C<copy-out> copies remote files or directories recursively out of the
6641 disk image, placing them on the host disk in a local directory called
6642 C<localdir> (which must exist). This guestfish meta-command turns
6643 into a sequence of L</download>, L</tar-out> and other commands as
6646 Multiple remote files and directories can be specified, but the last
6647 parameter must always be a local directory. To download to the
6648 current directory, use C<.> as in:
6652 Wildcards cannot be used in the ordinary command, but you can use
6653 them with the help of L</glob> like this:
6655 glob copy-out /home/* .");
6657 ("display", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6661 Use C<display> (a graphical display program) to display an image
6662 file. It downloads the file, and runs C<display> on it.
6664 To use an alternative program, set the C<GUESTFISH_DISPLAY_IMAGE>
6665 environment variable. For example to use the GNOME display program:
6667 export GUESTFISH_DISPLAY_IMAGE=eog
6669 See also L<display(1)>.");
6671 ("echo", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6672 "display a line of text",
6675 This echos the parameters to the terminal.");
6677 ("edit", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "vi"; FishAlias "emacs"], [],
6681 This is used to edit a file. It downloads the file, edits it
6682 locally using your editor, then uploads the result.
6684 The editor is C<$EDITOR>. However if you use the alternate
6685 commands C<vi> or C<emacs> you will get those corresponding
6688 ("glob", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6689 "expand wildcards in command",
6690 " glob command args...
6692 Expand wildcards in any paths in the args list, and run C<command>
6693 repeatedly on each matching path.
6695 See L</WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING>.");
6697 ("hexedit", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6698 "edit with a hex editor",
6699 " hexedit <filename|device>
6700 hexedit <filename|device> <max>
6701 hexedit <filename|device> <start> <max>
6703 Use hexedit (a hex editor) to edit all or part of a binary file
6706 This command works by downloading potentially the whole file or
6707 device, editing it locally, then uploading it. If the file or
6708 device is large, you have to specify which part you wish to edit
6709 by using C<max> and/or C<start> C<max> parameters.
6710 C<start> and C<max> are specified in bytes, with the usual
6711 modifiers allowed such as C<1M> (1 megabyte).
6713 For example to edit the first few sectors of a disk you
6718 which would allow you to edit anywhere within the first megabyte
6721 To edit the superblock of an ext2 filesystem on C</dev/sda1>, do:
6723 hexedit /dev/sda1 0x400 0x400
6725 (assuming the superblock is in the standard location).
6727 This command requires the external L<hexedit(1)> program. You
6728 can specify another program to use by setting the C<HEXEDITOR>
6729 environment variable.
6731 See also L</hexdump>.");
6733 ("lcd", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6734 "change working directory",
6737 Change the local directory, ie. the current directory of guestfish
6740 Note that C<!cd> won't do what you might expect.");
6742 ("man", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "manual"], [],
6746 Opens the manual page for guestfish.");
6748 ("more", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "less"], [],
6754 This is used to view a file.
6756 The default viewer is C<$PAGER>. However if you use the alternate
6757 command C<less> you will get the C<less> command specifically.");
6759 ("reopen", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6760 "close and reopen libguestfs handle",
6763 Close and reopen the libguestfs handle. It is not necessary to use
6764 this normally, because the handle is closed properly when guestfish
6765 exits. However this is occasionally useful for testing.");
6767 ("setenv", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6768 "set an environment variable",
6771 Set the environment variable C<VAR> to the string C<value>.
6773 To print the value of an environment variable use a shell command
6778 ("sparse", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6779 "create a sparse disk image and add",
6780 " sparse filename size
6782 This creates an empty sparse file of the given size, and then adds
6783 so it can be further examined.
6785 In all respects it works the same as the L</alloc> command, except that
6786 the image file is allocated sparsely, which means that disk blocks are
6787 not assigned to the file until they are needed. Sparse disk files
6788 only use space when written to, but they are slower and there is a
6789 danger you could run out of real disk space during a write operation.
6791 For more advanced image creation, see L<qemu-img(1)> utility.
6793 Size can be specified using standard suffixes, eg. C<1M>.");
6795 ("supported", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6796 "list supported groups of commands",
6799 This command returns a list of the optional groups
6800 known to the daemon, and indicates which ones are
6801 supported by this build of the libguestfs appliance.
6803 See also L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
6805 ("time", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6806 "print elapsed time taken to run a command",
6807 " time command args...
6809 Run the command as usual, but print the elapsed time afterwards. This
6810 can be useful for benchmarking operations.");
6812 ("unsetenv", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6813 "unset an environment variable",
6816 Remove C<VAR> from the environment.");