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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 function should only be called with a root device string
730 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
732 This returns the type of the inspected operating system.
733 Currently defined types are:
739 Any Linux-based operating system.
743 Any Microsoft Windows operating system.
751 The operating system type could not be determined.
755 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
756 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
758 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
760 ("inspect_get_arch", (RString "arch", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
762 "get architecture of inspected operating system",
764 This function should only be called with a root device string
765 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
767 This returns the architecture of the inspected operating system.
768 The possible return values are listed under
769 C<guestfs_file_architecture>.
771 If the architecture could not be determined, then the
772 string C<unknown> is returned.
774 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
776 ("inspect_get_distro", (RString "distro", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
778 "get distro of inspected operating system",
780 This function should only be called with a root device string
781 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
783 This returns the distro (distribution) of the inspected operating
786 Currently defined distros are:
826 =item \"redhat-based\"
828 Some Red Hat-derived distro.
832 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
834 =item \"scientificlinux\"
848 The distro could not be determined.
852 Windows does not have distributions. This string is
853 returned if the OS type is Windows.
857 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
858 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
860 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
862 ("inspect_get_major_version", (RInt "major", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
864 "get major version of inspected operating system",
866 This function should only be called with a root device string
867 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
869 This returns the major version number of the inspected operating
872 Windows uses a consistent versioning scheme which is I<not>
873 reflected in the popular public names used by the operating system.
874 Notably the operating system known as \"Windows 7\" is really
875 version 6.1 (ie. major = 6, minor = 1). You can find out the
876 real versions corresponding to releases of Windows by consulting
879 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
881 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
883 ("inspect_get_minor_version", (RInt "minor", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
885 "get minor version of inspected operating system",
887 This function should only be called with a root device string
888 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
890 This returns the minor version number of the inspected operating
893 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
895 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
896 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_major_version>.");
898 ("inspect_get_product_name", (RString "product", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
900 "get product name of inspected operating system",
902 This function should only be called with a root device string
903 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
905 This returns the product name of the inspected operating
906 system. The product name is generally some freeform string
907 which can be displayed to the user, but should not be
910 If the product name could not be determined, then the
911 string C<unknown> is returned.
913 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
915 ("inspect_get_mountpoints", (RHashtable "mountpoints", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
917 "get mountpoints of inspected operating system",
919 This function should only be called with a root device string
920 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
922 This returns a hash of where we think the filesystems
923 associated with this operating system should be mounted.
924 Callers should note that this is at best an educated guess
925 made by reading configuration files such as C</etc/fstab>.
926 I<In particular note> that this may return filesystems
927 which are non-existent or not mountable and callers should
928 be prepared to handle or ignore failures if they try to
931 Each element in the returned hashtable has a key which
932 is the path of the mountpoint (eg. C</boot>) and a value
933 which is the filesystem that would be mounted there
936 Non-mounted devices such as swap devices are I<not>
937 returned in this list.
939 For operating systems like Windows which still use drive
940 letters, this call will only return an entry for the first
941 drive \"mounted on\" C</>. For information about the
942 mapping of drive letters to partitions, see
943 C<guestfs_inspect_get_drive_mappings>.
945 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
946 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_filesystems>.");
948 ("inspect_get_filesystems", (RStringList "filesystems", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
950 "get filesystems associated with inspected operating system",
952 This function should only be called with a root device string
953 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
955 This returns a list of all the filesystems that we think
956 are associated with this operating system. This includes
957 the root filesystem, other ordinary filesystems, and
958 non-mounted devices like swap partitions.
960 In the case of a multi-boot virtual machine, it is possible
961 for a filesystem to be shared between operating systems.
963 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
964 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>.");
966 ("set_network", (RErr, [Bool "network"], []), -1, [FishAlias "network"],
968 "set enable network flag",
970 If C<network> is true, then the network is enabled in the
971 libguestfs appliance. The default is false.
973 This affects whether commands are able to access the network
974 (see L<guestfs(3)/RUNNING COMMANDS>).
976 You must call this before calling C<guestfs_launch>, otherwise
979 ("get_network", (RBool "network", [], []), -1, [],
981 "get enable network flag",
983 This returns the enable network flag.");
985 ("list_filesystems", (RHashtable "fses", [], []), -1, [],
989 This inspection command looks for filesystems on partitions,
990 block devices and logical volumes, returning a list of devices
991 containing filesystems and their type.
993 The return value is a hash, where the keys are the devices
994 containing filesystems, and the values are the filesystem types.
997 \"/dev/sda1\" => \"ntfs\"
998 \"/dev/sda2\" => \"ext2\"
999 \"/dev/vg_guest/lv_root\" => \"ext4\"
1000 \"/dev/vg_guest/lv_swap\" => \"swap\"
1002 The value can have the special value \"unknown\", meaning the
1003 content of the device is undetermined or empty.
1004 \"swap\" means a Linux swap partition.
1006 This command runs other libguestfs commands, which might include
1007 C<guestfs_mount> and C<guestfs_umount>, and therefore you should
1008 use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted.
1010 Not all of the filesystems returned will be mountable. In
1011 particular, swap partitions are returned in the list. Also
1012 this command does not check that each filesystem
1013 found is valid and mountable, and some filesystems might
1014 be mountable but require special options. Filesystems may
1015 not all belong to a single logical operating system
1016 (use C<guestfs_inspect_os> to look for OSes).");
1018 ("add_drive_opts", (RErr, [String "filename"], [Bool "readonly"; String "format"; String "iface"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
1020 "add an image to examine or modify",
1022 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to
1023 libguestfs. The first time you call this function, the disk
1024 appears as C</dev/sda>, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
1027 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
1028 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
1029 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
1030 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
1033 This call checks that C<filename> exists.
1035 The optional arguments are:
1041 If true then the image is treated as read-only. Writes are still
1042 allowed, but they are stored in a temporary snapshot overlay which
1043 is discarded at the end. The disk that you add is not modified.
1047 This forces the image format. If you omit this (or use C<guestfs_add_drive>
1048 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro>) then the format is automatically detected.
1049 Possible formats include C<raw> and C<qcow2>.
1051 Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential
1052 security hole when dealing with untrusted raw-format images.
1053 See CVE-2010-3851 and RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes
1058 This rarely-used option lets you emulate the behaviour of the
1059 deprecated C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if> call (q.v.)
1063 ("inspect_get_windows_systemroot", (RString "systemroot", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1065 "get Windows systemroot of inspected operating system",
1067 This function should only be called with a root device string
1068 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1070 This returns the Windows systemroot of the inspected guest.
1071 The systemroot is a directory path such as C</WINDOWS>.
1073 This call assumes that the guest is Windows and that the
1074 systemroot could be determined by inspection. If this is not
1075 the case then an error is returned.
1077 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1079 ("inspect_get_roots", (RStringList "roots", [], []), -1, [],
1081 "return list of operating systems found by last inspection",
1083 This function is a convenient way to get the list of root
1084 devices, as returned from a previous call to C<guestfs_inspect_os>,
1085 but without redoing the whole inspection process.
1087 This returns an empty list if either no root devices were
1088 found or the caller has not called C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1090 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1092 ("debug_cmdline", (RStringList "cmdline", [], []), -1, [NotInDocs],
1094 "debug the QEMU command line (internal use only)",
1096 This returns the internal QEMU command line. 'debug' commands are
1097 not part of the formal API and can be removed or changed at any time.");
1099 ("add_domain", (RInt "nrdisks", [String "dom"], [String "libvirturi"; Bool "readonly"; String "iface"; Bool "live"]), -1, [FishAlias "domain"],
1101 "add the disk(s) from a named libvirt domain",
1103 This function adds the disk(s) attached to the named libvirt
1104 domain C<dom>. It works by connecting to libvirt, requesting
1105 the domain and domain XML from libvirt, parsing it for disks,
1106 and calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts> on each one.
1108 The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic:
1109 if an error is returned, then no disks are added.
1111 This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt
1112 domain is not running (unless C<readonly> is true). In a future
1113 version we will try to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk.
1115 Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks
1116 from a remote libvirt connection (see L<http://libvirt.org/remote.html>)
1117 will fail unless those disks are accessible via the same device path
1120 The optional C<libvirturi> parameter sets the libvirt URI
1121 (see L<http://libvirt.org/uri.html>). If this is not set then
1122 we connect to the default libvirt URI (or one set through an
1123 environment variable, see the libvirt documentation for full
1126 The optional C<live> flag controls whether this call will try
1127 to connect to a running virtual machine C<guestfsd> process if
1128 it sees a suitable E<lt>channelE<gt> element in the libvirt
1129 XML definition. The default (if the flag is omitted) is never
1130 to try. See L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS> for more
1133 The other optional parameters are passed directly through to
1134 C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>.");
1137 This interface is not quite baked yet. -- RWMJ 2010-11-11
1138 ("add_libvirt_dom", (RInt "nrdisks", [Pointer ("virDomainPtr", "dom")], [Bool "readonly"; String "iface"; Bool "live"]), -1, [NotInFish],
1140 "add the disk(s) from a libvirt domain",
1142 This function adds the disk(s) attached to the libvirt domain C<dom>.
1143 It works by requesting the domain XML from libvirt, parsing it for
1144 disks, and calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts> on each one.
1146 In the C API we declare C<void *dom>, but really it has type
1147 C<virDomainPtr dom>. This is so we don't need E<lt>libvirt.hE<gt>.
1149 The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic:
1150 if an error is returned, then no disks are added.
1152 This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt
1153 domain is not running (unless C<readonly> is true). In a future
1154 version we will try to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk.
1156 Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks
1157 from a remote libvirt connection (see L<http://libvirt.org/remote.html>)
1158 will fail unless those disks are accessible via the same device path
1161 The optional C<live> flag controls whether this call will try
1162 to connect to a running virtual machine C<guestfsd> process if
1163 it sees a suitable E<lt>channelE<gt> element in the libvirt
1164 XML definition. The default (if the flag is omitted) is never
1165 to try. See L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS> for more
1168 The other optional parameters are passed directly through to
1169 C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>.");
1172 ("inspect_get_package_format", (RString "packageformat", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1174 "get package format used by the operating system",
1176 This function should only be called with a root device string
1177 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1179 This function and C<guestfs_inspect_get_package_management> return
1180 the package format and package management tool used by the
1181 inspected operating system. For example for Fedora these
1182 functions would return C<rpm> (package format) and
1183 C<yum> (package management).
1185 This returns the string C<unknown> if we could not determine the
1186 package format I<or> if the operating system does not have
1187 a real packaging system (eg. Windows).
1189 Possible strings include: C<rpm>, C<deb>, C<ebuild>, C<pisi>, C<pacman>.
1190 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings.
1192 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1194 ("inspect_get_package_management", (RString "packagemanagement", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1196 "get package management tool used by the operating system",
1198 This function should only be called with a root device string
1199 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1201 C<guestfs_inspect_get_package_format> and this function return
1202 the package format and package management tool used by the
1203 inspected operating system. For example for Fedora these
1204 functions would return C<rpm> (package format) and
1205 C<yum> (package management).
1207 This returns the string C<unknown> if we could not determine the
1208 package management tool I<or> if the operating system does not have
1209 a real packaging system (eg. Windows).
1211 Possible strings include: C<yum>, C<up2date>,
1212 C<apt> (for all Debian derivatives),
1213 C<portage>, C<pisi>, C<pacman>, C<urpmi>.
1214 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings.
1216 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1218 ("inspect_list_applications", (RStructList ("applications", "application"), [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1220 "get list of applications installed in the operating system",
1222 This function should only be called with a root device string
1223 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1225 Return the list of applications installed in the operating system.
1227 I<Note:> This call works differently from other parts of the
1228 inspection API. You have to call C<guestfs_inspect_os>, then
1229 C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>, then mount up the disks,
1230 before calling this. Listing applications is a significantly
1231 more difficult operation which requires access to the full
1232 filesystem. Also note that unlike the other
1233 C<guestfs_inspect_get_*> calls which are just returning
1234 data cached in the libguestfs handle, this call actually reads
1235 parts of the mounted filesystems during the call.
1237 This returns an empty list if the inspection code was not able
1238 to determine the list of applications.
1240 The application structure contains the following fields:
1246 The name of the application. For Red Hat-derived and Debian-derived
1247 Linux guests, this is the package name.
1249 =item C<app_display_name>
1251 The display name of the application, sometimes localized to the
1252 install language of the guest operating system.
1254 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1255 Callers needing to display something can use C<app_name> instead.
1259 For package managers which use epochs, this contains the epoch of
1260 the package (an integer). If unavailable, this is returned as C<0>.
1262 =item C<app_version>
1264 The version string of the application or package. If unavailable
1265 this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1267 =item C<app_release>
1269 The release string of the application or package, for package
1270 managers that use this. If unavailable this is returned as an
1271 empty string C<\"\">.
1273 =item C<app_install_path>
1275 The installation path of the application (on operating systems
1276 such as Windows which use installation paths). This path is
1277 in the format used by the guest operating system, it is not
1280 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1282 =item C<app_trans_path>
1284 The install path translated into a libguestfs path.
1285 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1287 =item C<app_publisher>
1289 The name of the publisher of the application, for package
1290 managers that use this. If unavailable this is returned
1291 as an empty string C<\"\">.
1295 The URL (eg. upstream URL) of the application.
1296 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1298 =item C<app_source_package>
1300 For packaging systems which support this, the name of the source
1301 package. If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1303 =item C<app_summary>
1305 A short (usually one line) description of the application or package.
1306 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1308 =item C<app_description>
1310 A longer description of the application or package.
1311 If unavailable this is returned as an empty string C<\"\">.
1315 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1317 ("inspect_get_hostname", (RString "hostname", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1319 "get hostname of the operating system",
1321 This function should only be called with a root device string
1322 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1324 This function returns the hostname of the operating system
1325 as found by inspection of the guest's configuration files.
1327 If the hostname could not be determined, then the
1328 string C<unknown> is returned.
1330 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1332 ("inspect_get_format", (RString "format", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1334 "get format of inspected operating system",
1336 This function should only be called with a root device string
1337 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1339 This returns the format of the inspected operating system. You
1340 can use it to detect install images, live CDs and similar.
1342 Currently defined formats are:
1348 This is an installed operating system.
1352 The disk image being inspected is not an installed operating system,
1353 but a I<bootable> install disk, live CD, or similar.
1357 The format of this disk image is not known.
1361 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
1362 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
1364 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1366 ("inspect_is_live", (RBool "live", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1368 "get live flag for install disk",
1370 This function should only be called with a root device string
1371 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1373 If C<guestfs_inspect_get_format> returns C<installer> (this
1374 is an install disk), then this returns true if a live image
1375 was detected on the disk.
1377 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1379 ("inspect_is_netinst", (RBool "netinst", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1381 "get netinst (network installer) flag for install disk",
1383 This function should only be called with a root device string
1384 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1386 If C<guestfs_inspect_get_format> returns C<installer> (this
1387 is an install disk), then this returns true if the disk is
1388 a network installer, ie. not a self-contained install CD but
1389 one which is likely to require network access to complete
1392 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1394 ("inspect_is_multipart", (RBool "multipart", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1396 "get multipart flag for install disk",
1398 This function should only be called with a root device string
1399 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1401 If C<guestfs_inspect_get_format> returns C<installer> (this
1402 is an install disk), then this returns true if the disk is
1405 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1407 ("set_attach_method", (RErr, [String "attachmethod"], []), -1, [FishAlias "attach-method"],
1409 "set the attach method",
1411 Set the method that libguestfs uses to connect to the back end
1412 guestfsd daemon. Possible methods are:
1418 Launch an appliance and connect to it. This is the ordinary method
1421 =item C<unix:I<path>>
1423 Connect to the Unix domain socket I<path>.
1425 This method lets you connect to an existing daemon or (using
1426 virtio-serial) to a live guest. For more information, see
1427 L<guestfs(3)/ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS>.
1431 ("get_attach_method", (RString "attachmethod", [], []), -1, [],
1432 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
1433 [["get_attach_method"]], "appliance")],
1434 "get the attach method",
1436 Return the current attach method. See C<guestfs_set_attach_method>.");
1438 ("inspect_get_product_variant", (RString "variant", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1440 "get product variant of inspected operating system",
1442 This function should only be called with a root device string
1443 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1445 This returns the product variant of the inspected operating
1448 For Windows guests, this returns the contents of the Registry key
1449 C<HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion>
1450 C<InstallationType> which is usually a string such as
1451 C<Client> or C<Server> (other values are possible). This
1452 can be used to distinguish consumer and enterprise versions
1453 of Windows that have the same version number (for example,
1454 Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server are both version 6.1,
1455 but the former is C<Client> and the latter is C<Server>).
1457 For enterprise Linux guests, in future we intend this to return
1458 the product variant such as C<Desktop>, C<Server> and so on. But
1459 this is not implemented at present.
1461 If the product variant could not be determined, then the
1462 string C<unknown> is returned.
1464 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1465 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_product_name>,
1466 C<guestfs_inspect_get_major_version>.");
1468 ("inspect_get_windows_current_control_set", (RString "controlset", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1470 "get Windows CurrentControlSet of inspected operating system",
1472 This function should only be called with a root device string
1473 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1475 This returns the Windows CurrentControlSet of the inspected guest.
1476 The CurrentControlSet is a registry key name such as C<ControlSet001>.
1478 This call assumes that the guest is Windows and that the
1479 Registry could be examined by inspection. If this is not
1480 the case then an error is returned.
1482 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1484 ("inspect_get_drive_mappings", (RHashtable "drives", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1486 "get drive letter mappings",
1488 This function should only be called with a root device string
1489 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1491 This call is useful for Windows which uses a primitive system
1492 of assigning drive letters (like \"C:\") to partitions.
1493 This inspection API examines the Windows Registry to find out
1494 how disks/partitions are mapped to drive letters, and returns
1495 a hash table as in the example below:
1501 Note that keys are drive letters. For Windows, the key is
1502 case insensitive and just contains the drive letter, without
1503 the customary colon separator character.
1505 In future we may support other operating systems that also used drive
1506 letters, but the keys for those might not be case insensitive
1507 and might be longer than 1 character. For example in OS-9,
1508 hard drives were named C<h0>, C<h1> etc.
1510 For Windows guests, currently only hard drive mappings are
1511 returned. Removable disks (eg. DVD-ROMs) are ignored.
1513 For guests that do not use drive mappings, or if the drive mappings
1514 could not be determined, this returns an empty hash table.
1516 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1517 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>,
1518 C<guestfs_inspect_get_filesystems>.");
1522 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
1523 * to take place in the daemon.
1526 let daemon_functions = [
1527 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 1, [DeprecatedBy "mount_options"],
1528 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1529 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1530 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1531 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1532 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
1533 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1534 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
1536 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
1537 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
1538 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
1539 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
1542 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
1543 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
1544 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
1547 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
1548 on the underlying device.
1551 When you use this call, the filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime>
1552 are set implicitly. This was originally done because we thought it
1553 would improve reliability, but it turns out that I<-o sync> has a
1554 very large negative performance impact and negligible effect on
1555 reliability. Therefore we recommend that you avoid using
1556 C<guestfs_mount> in any code that needs performance, and instead
1557 use C<guestfs_mount_options> (use an empty string for the first
1558 parameter if you don't want any options).");
1560 ("sync", (RErr, [], []), 2, [],
1561 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
1562 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
1564 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
1565 underlying disk image.
1567 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
1568 closing the handle.");
1570 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 3, [],
1571 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1572 [["touch"; "/touch"];
1573 ["exists"; "/touch"]])],
1574 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
1576 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
1577 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
1578 to create a new zero-length file.
1580 This command only works on regular files, and will fail on other
1581 file types such as directories, symbolic links, block special etc.");
1583 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"], []), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1584 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1585 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
1586 "list the contents of a file",
1588 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1590 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1591 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1592 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1593 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
1595 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"], []), 5, [],
1596 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
1597 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
1599 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
1601 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1602 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
1604 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
1605 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
1607 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"], []), 6, [],
1608 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1610 ["touch"; "/ls/new"];
1611 ["touch"; "/ls/newer"];
1612 ["touch"; "/ls/newest"];
1613 ["ls"; "/ls"]], ["new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
1614 "list the files in a directory",
1616 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1617 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
1618 hidden files are shown.
1620 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
1621 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
1623 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 7, [],
1624 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1625 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
1626 "list the block devices",
1628 List all the block devices.
1630 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>.
1632 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1634 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", [], []), 8, [],
1635 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1636 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sdb1"]);
1637 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1638 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1639 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1640 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1641 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1642 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"; "/dev/sdb1"])],
1643 "list the partitions",
1645 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
1647 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
1649 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
1650 call C<guestfs_lvs>.
1652 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1654 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", [], []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
1655 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1656 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1657 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1658 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1659 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1660 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1661 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1662 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1663 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1664 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1665 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1666 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1668 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1669 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1671 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1672 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1674 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1676 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", [], []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1677 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1679 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1680 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1681 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1682 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1683 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1684 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1685 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1686 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1687 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1688 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1689 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1690 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1692 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1693 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1695 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1696 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1698 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1700 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", [], []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1701 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1702 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1703 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1704 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1705 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1706 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1707 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1708 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1709 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1710 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1711 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1712 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1713 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1714 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1715 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1716 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1717 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1719 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1720 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1722 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1723 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1725 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>, C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1727 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), [], []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1728 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1729 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1731 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1732 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1734 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), [], []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1735 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1736 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1738 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1739 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1741 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), [], []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1742 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1743 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1745 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1746 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1748 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 15, [],
1749 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1750 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1751 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1752 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1753 "read file as lines",
1755 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1757 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1758 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1760 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1761 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1762 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1763 function which has a more complex interface.");
1765 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"], []), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1766 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1767 "create a new Augeas handle",
1769 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1770 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1771 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1773 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1776 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1779 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1780 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1785 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1787 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1789 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1791 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1792 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1794 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1798 This option is only useful when debugging Augeas lenses. Use
1799 of this option may require additional memory for the libguestfs
1800 appliance. You may need to set the C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE>
1801 environment variable or call C<guestfs_set_memsize>.
1803 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1805 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1807 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1809 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1811 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1813 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1817 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1819 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1821 ("aug_close", (RErr, [], []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1822 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1823 "close the current Augeas handle",
1825 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1826 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1827 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1828 Augeas functions.");
1830 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"], []), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1831 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1832 "define an Augeas variable",
1834 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1835 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1838 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1839 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1841 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"], []), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1842 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1843 "define an Augeas node",
1845 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1848 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1849 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1850 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1852 On success this returns a pair containing the
1853 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1854 if a node was created.");
1856 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"], []), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1857 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1858 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1860 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1861 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1863 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"], []), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1864 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1865 "set Augeas path to value",
1867 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<val>.
1869 In the Augeas API, it is possible to clear a node by setting
1870 the value to NULL. Due to an oversight in the libguestfs API
1871 you cannot do that with this call. Instead you must use the
1872 C<guestfs_aug_clear> call.");
1874 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"], []), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1875 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1876 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
1878 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
1879 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
1882 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
1883 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
1884 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
1886 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"], []), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
1887 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1888 "remove an Augeas path",
1890 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
1892 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
1894 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"], []), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
1895 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1898 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
1899 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
1901 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"], []), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
1902 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1903 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
1905 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
1906 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
1907 exactly one node in the current tree.");
1909 ("aug_save", (RErr, [], []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
1910 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1911 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
1913 This writes all pending changes to disk.
1915 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
1916 how files are saved.");
1918 ("aug_load", (RErr, [], []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
1919 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1920 "load files into the tree",
1922 Load files into the tree.
1924 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
1927 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"], []), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
1928 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1929 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
1931 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
1932 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
1934 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 29, [],
1935 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun
1937 ["touch"; "/rm/new"];
1939 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
1940 [["rm"; "/nosuchfile"]];
1941 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
1946 Remove the single file C<path>.");
1948 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 30, [],
1949 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun
1950 [["mkdir"; "/rmdir"];
1951 ["rmdir"; "/rmdir"]];
1952 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
1953 [["rmdir"; "/rmdir2"]];
1954 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
1955 [["mkdir"; "/rmdir3"];
1956 ["touch"; "/rmdir3/new"];
1957 ["rmdir"; "/rmdir3/new"]]],
1958 "remove a directory",
1960 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
1962 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 31, [],
1963 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
1964 [["mkdir"; "/rm_rf"];
1965 ["mkdir"; "/rm_rf/foo"];
1966 ["touch"; "/rm_rf/foo/bar"];
1967 ["rm_rf"; "/rm_rf"];
1968 ["exists"; "/rm_rf"]]],
1969 "remove a file or directory recursively",
1971 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
1972 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
1975 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 32, [],
1976 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1977 [["mkdir"; "/mkdir"];
1978 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir"]];
1979 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
1980 [["mkdir"; "/mkdir2/foo/bar"]]],
1981 "create a directory",
1983 Create a directory named C<path>.");
1985 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 33, [],
1986 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1987 [["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p/foo/bar"];
1988 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir_p/foo/bar"]];
1989 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1990 [["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p2/foo/bar"];
1991 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir_p2/foo"]];
1992 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1993 [["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p3/foo/bar"];
1994 ["is_dir"; "/mkdir_p3"]];
1995 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
1996 InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun
1997 [["mkdir"; "/mkdir_p4"];
1998 ["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p4"]];
1999 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2000 [["touch"; "/mkdir_p5"];
2001 ["mkdir_p"; "/mkdir_p5"]]],
2002 "create a directory and parents",
2004 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
2005 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
2007 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"], []), 34, [],
2008 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
2011 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
2012 numeric modes are supported.
2014 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
2015 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
2016 C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
2018 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
2020 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"], []), 35, [],
2021 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
2022 "change file owner and group",
2024 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
2026 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
2027 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
2028 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
2030 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 36, [],
2031 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2032 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
2033 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2034 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
2035 "test if file or directory exists",
2037 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
2038 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
2040 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
2042 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 37, [],
2043 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2044 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
2045 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2046 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
2047 "test if a regular file",
2049 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a regular file
2050 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
2051 other objects like directories.
2053 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
2055 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 38, [],
2056 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2057 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
2058 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2059 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
2060 "test if a directory",
2062 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
2063 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
2064 other objects like files.
2066 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
2068 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
2069 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2070 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2071 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2072 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2073 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2074 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2075 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
2076 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
2077 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
2078 "create an LVM physical volume",
2080 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
2081 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
2084 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"], []), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
2085 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2086 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2087 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2088 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2089 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2090 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2091 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
2092 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
2093 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
2094 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
2095 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
2096 "create an LVM volume group",
2098 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
2099 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
2101 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"], []), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
2102 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2103 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2104 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2105 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2106 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2107 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2108 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
2109 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
2110 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
2111 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
2112 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
2113 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
2114 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
2115 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
2116 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
2118 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
2119 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
2120 "create an LVM logical volume",
2122 This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
2123 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
2125 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"], []), 42, [],
2126 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
2127 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2128 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2129 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2130 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
2131 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
2132 "make a filesystem",
2134 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
2135 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
2138 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
2139 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2140 StringList "lines"], []), 43, [DangerWillRobinson; DeprecatedBy "part_add"],
2142 "create partitions on a block device",
2144 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
2145 partitions on block devices.
2147 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
2149 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
2150 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
2151 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
2152 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
2153 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
2154 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
2155 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
2157 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
2158 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
2160 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
2161 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
2162 the string C<,> (comma).
2164 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
2165 C<guestfs_part_init>");
2167 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"], []), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning; DeprecatedBy "write"],
2168 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *)
2169 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail
2170 [["write_file"; "/write_file"; "abc"; "10000"]]],
2173 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
2174 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
2175 with length C<size>.
2177 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
2178 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
2179 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
2181 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
2182 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.");
2184 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"], []), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
2185 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2186 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2187 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2188 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2189 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
2190 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2191 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2192 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2193 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2196 "unmount a filesystem",
2198 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
2199 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
2200 contains the filesystem.");
2202 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 46, [],
2203 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2204 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sdb1"])],
2205 "show mounted filesystems",
2207 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
2208 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
2210 Some internal mounts are not shown.
2212 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
2214 ("umount_all", (RErr, [], []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
2215 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2218 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
2219 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2220 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2221 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
2222 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
2223 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
2224 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2225 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
2226 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
2227 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2229 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
2230 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
2231 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
2232 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
2235 "unmount all filesystems",
2237 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
2239 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
2241 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, [], []), 48, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "lvm2"],
2243 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
2245 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
2246 and physical volumes.");
2248 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"], []), 49, [],
2249 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2250 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
2251 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2252 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
2253 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2254 [["file"; "/notexists"]]);
2255 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2256 [["file"; "/abssymlink"]], "symbolic link");
2257 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2258 [["file"; "/directory"]], "directory")],
2259 "determine file type",
2261 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
2262 the type or contents of the file.
2264 This call will also transparently look inside various types
2267 The exact command which runs is C<file -zb path>. Note in
2268 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
2271 The output depends on the output of the underlying L<file(1)>
2272 command and it can change in future in ways beyond our control.
2273 In other words, the output is not guaranteed by the ABI.
2275 See also: L<file(1)>, C<guestfs_vfs_type>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
2276 C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_blockdev> (etc).");
2278 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"], []), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2279 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2280 [["mkdir"; "/command"];
2281 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command/test-command"];
2282 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command/test-command"];
2283 ["command"; "/command/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
2284 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2285 [["mkdir"; "/command2"];
2286 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command2/test-command"];
2287 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command2/test-command"];
2288 ["command"; "/command2/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
2289 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2290 [["mkdir"; "/command3"];
2291 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command3/test-command"];
2292 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command3/test-command"];
2293 ["command"; "/command3/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
2294 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2295 [["mkdir"; "/command4"];
2296 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command4/test-command"];
2297 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command4/test-command"];
2298 ["command"; "/command4/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
2299 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2300 [["mkdir"; "/command5"];
2301 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command5/test-command"];
2302 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command5/test-command"];
2303 ["command"; "/command5/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
2304 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2305 [["mkdir"; "/command6"];
2306 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command6/test-command"];
2307 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command6/test-command"];
2308 ["command"; "/command6/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
2309 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2310 [["mkdir"; "/command7"];
2311 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command7/test-command"];
2312 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command7/test-command"];
2313 ["command"; "/command7/test-command 7"]], "");
2314 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2315 [["mkdir"; "/command8"];
2316 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command8/test-command"];
2317 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command8/test-command"];
2318 ["command"; "/command8/test-command 8"]], "\n");
2319 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2320 [["mkdir"; "/command9"];
2321 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command9/test-command"];
2322 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command9/test-command"];
2323 ["command"; "/command9/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
2324 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2325 [["mkdir"; "/command10"];
2326 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command10/test-command"];
2327 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command10/test-command"];
2328 ["command"; "/command10/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
2329 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2330 [["mkdir"; "/command11"];
2331 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command11/test-command"];
2332 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command11/test-command"];
2333 ["command"; "/command11/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
2334 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2335 [["mkdir"; "/command12"];
2336 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command12/test-command"];
2337 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command12/test-command"];
2338 ["command"; "/command12/test-command"]])],
2339 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
2341 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
2342 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
2343 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
2344 or compatible processor architecture).
2346 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
2347 The first element is the name of the program to run.
2348 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
2349 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
2350 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
2351 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
2353 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
2356 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
2357 this function returns an error message. The error message
2358 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
2360 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
2361 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
2362 another location, you should provide the full path in the
2365 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
2366 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
2367 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
2368 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
2371 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"], []), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2372 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2373 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines"];
2374 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines/test-command"];
2375 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines/test-command"];
2376 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
2377 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2378 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines2"];
2379 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines2/test-command"];
2380 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines2/test-command"];
2381 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines2/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
2382 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2383 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines3"];
2384 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines3/test-command"];
2385 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines3/test-command"];
2386 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines3/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
2387 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2388 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines4"];
2389 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines4/test-command"];
2390 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines4/test-command"];
2391 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines4/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
2392 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2393 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines5"];
2394 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines5/test-command"];
2395 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines5/test-command"];
2396 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines5/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
2397 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2398 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines6"];
2399 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines6/test-command"];
2400 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines6/test-command"];
2401 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines6/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
2402 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2403 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines7"];
2404 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines7/test-command"];
2405 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines7/test-command"];
2406 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines7/test-command 7"]], []);
2407 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2408 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines8"];
2409 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines8/test-command"];
2410 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines8/test-command"];
2411 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines8/test-command 8"]], [""]);
2412 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2413 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines9"];
2414 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines9/test-command"];
2415 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines9/test-command"];
2416 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines9/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
2417 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2418 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines10"];
2419 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines10/test-command"];
2420 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines10/test-command"];
2421 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines10/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
2422 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2423 [["mkdir"; "/command_lines11"];
2424 ["upload"; "test-command"; "/command_lines11/test-command"];
2425 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/command_lines11/test-command"];
2426 ["command_lines"; "/command_lines11/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
2427 "run a command, returning lines",
2429 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
2430 result into a list of lines.
2432 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
2434 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"], []), 52, [],
2435 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2436 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2437 "get file information",
2439 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2441 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
2443 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"], []), 53, [],
2444 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2445 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2446 "get file information for a symbolic link",
2448 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2450 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
2451 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
2454 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
2456 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"], []), 54, [],
2457 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2458 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
2459 "get file system statistics",
2461 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
2462 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
2463 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
2465 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
2467 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"], []), 55, [],
2469 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
2471 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
2472 superblock on C<device>.
2474 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
2475 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
2476 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
2477 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
2479 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 56, [],
2480 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2481 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2482 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2483 "set block device to read-only",
2485 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
2487 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2489 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 57, [],
2490 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2491 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
2492 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2493 "set block device to read-write",
2495 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
2497 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2499 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"], []), 58, [],
2500 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2501 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2502 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2503 "is block device set to read-only",
2505 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
2506 (true if read-only, false if not).
2508 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2510 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"], []), 59, [],
2511 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2512 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
2513 "get sectorsize of block device",
2515 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
2516 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
2518 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
2521 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2523 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"], []), 60, [],
2524 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2525 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
2526 "get blocksize of block device",
2528 This returns the block size of a device.
2530 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2531 I<filesystem block size>).
2533 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2535 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"], []), 61, [],
2537 "set blocksize of block device",
2539 This sets the block size of a device.
2541 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2542 I<filesystem block size>).
2544 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2546 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"], []), 62, [],
2547 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2548 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
2549 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
2551 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
2552 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
2554 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
2555 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
2556 useful I<size in bytes>.
2558 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2560 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"], []), 63, [],
2561 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2562 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
2563 "get total size of device in bytes",
2565 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
2567 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
2569 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2571 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 64, [],
2572 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2573 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2574 "flush device buffers",
2576 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
2579 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2581 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 65, [],
2582 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2583 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2584 "reread partition table",
2586 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
2588 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2590 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"], []), 66, [Progress],
2591 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2592 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2593 [["mkdir"; "/upload"];
2594 ["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/upload/COPYING.LIB"];
2595 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload/COPYING.LIB"]],
2596 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2597 "upload a file from the local machine",
2599 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
2602 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2604 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
2606 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"], []), 67, [Progress],
2607 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2608 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2609 [["mkdir"; "/download"];
2610 ["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/download/COPYING.LIB"];
2611 ["download"; "/download/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
2612 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/download/upload"];
2613 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/download/upload"]],
2614 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2615 "download a file to the local machine",
2617 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
2618 on the local machine.
2620 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2622 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
2624 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"], []), 68, [],
2625 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2626 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
2627 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2628 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
2629 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2630 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
2631 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2632 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
2633 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2634 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
2635 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2636 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
2637 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2638 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
2639 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2640 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6");
2641 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2642 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2643 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/abssymlink"]], "5f57d0639bc95081c53afc63a449403883818edc64da48930ad6b1a4fb49be90404686877743fbcd7c99811f3def7df7bc22635c885c6a8cf79c806b43451c1a")],
2644 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
2646 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
2649 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
2650 parameter which must have one of the following values:
2656 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
2657 for the C<cksum> command.
2661 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
2665 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
2669 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
2673 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
2677 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
2681 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
2685 The checksum is returned as a printable string.
2687 To get the checksum for a device, use C<guestfs_checksum_device>.
2689 To get the checksums for many files, use C<guestfs_checksums_out>.");
2691 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; Pathname "directory"], []), 69, [],
2692 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2693 [["mkdir"; "/tar_in"];
2694 ["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/tar_in"];
2695 ["cat"; "/tar_in/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2696 "unpack tarfile to directory",
2698 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
2699 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2701 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>
2702 or C<guestfs_txz_in>.");
2704 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"], []), 70, [],
2706 "pack directory into tarfile",
2708 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2709 it to local file C<tarfile>.
2711 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>
2712 or C<guestfs_txz_out>.");
2714 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"], []), 71, [],
2715 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
2716 [["mkdir"; "/tgz_in"];
2717 ["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/tgz_in"];
2718 ["cat"; "/tgz_in/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2719 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
2721 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
2722 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2724 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
2726 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"], []), 72, [],
2728 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2730 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2731 it to local file C<tarball>.
2733 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2735 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 73, [],
2736 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2738 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2739 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2740 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2741 [["write"; "/new"; "data"];
2743 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2744 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2745 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2747 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2748 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2750 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 74, [],
2752 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2754 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2755 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2756 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.
2758 If the C<options> parameter is an empty string, then
2759 no options are passed (all options default to whatever
2760 the filesystem uses).");
2762 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 75, [],
2764 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2766 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2767 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2768 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2770 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"], []), 76, [NotInDocs],
2772 "debugging and internals",
2774 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2775 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2778 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2779 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2780 to find out what you can do.");
2782 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2783 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2784 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2785 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2786 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2787 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2788 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2789 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2790 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2791 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2792 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2793 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2794 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2795 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2796 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2797 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2799 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2800 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2801 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2802 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2803 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2804 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2805 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2807 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2809 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2810 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2812 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2813 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2815 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"], []), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2816 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2817 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2818 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2819 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2820 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2821 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2824 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2825 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2826 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2827 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2828 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2829 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2832 "remove an LVM volume group",
2834 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2836 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2839 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2840 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2841 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2842 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2843 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2844 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2845 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2847 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2849 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2850 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2851 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2852 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2853 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2854 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2856 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2858 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2859 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2860 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2861 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2862 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2863 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2865 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2867 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2869 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2872 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
2873 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
2874 to remove those first.");
2876 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"], []), 80, [],
2877 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2878 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
2879 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
2880 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2882 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2883 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
2886 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
2887 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
2889 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"], []), 81, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_label"],
2891 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2893 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2896 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"], []), 82, [],
2897 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2898 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2899 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
2900 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
2901 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2902 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
2903 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
2904 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
2905 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2906 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
2907 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2908 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
2909 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2911 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2912 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
2913 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
2914 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
2916 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
2917 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
2919 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 83, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_uuid"],
2920 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597112. *)
2921 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2922 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2923 [["mke2journal"; "1024"; "/dev/sdc"];
2924 ["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdc"; uuid];
2925 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdc"]], uuid)]),
2926 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2928 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2931 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"], []), 84, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
2932 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2933 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2934 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2935 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2936 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2937 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2938 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
2939 "run the filesystem checker",
2941 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
2942 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
2944 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
2945 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
2953 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
2957 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
2958 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
2962 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
2967 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
2969 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 85, [Progress],
2970 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2971 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2972 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2973 "write zeroes to the device",
2975 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
2977 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
2978 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
2979 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
2981 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
2983 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"], []), 86, [],
2985 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484986
2986 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
2988 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2989 [["mkdir_p"; "/boot/grub"];
2990 ["write"; "/boot/grub/device.map"; "(hd0) /dev/vda"];
2991 ["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/vda"];
2992 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
2995 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
2996 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
2998 Note: If grub-install reports the error
2999 \"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\"
3000 it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map>
3001 file first that contains the mapping between grub device names
3002 and Linux device names. It is usually sufficient to create
3007 replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.");
3009 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 87, [],
3010 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3012 ["write"; "/cp/old"; "file content"];
3013 ["cp"; "/cp/old"; "/cp/new"];
3014 ["cat"; "/cp/new"]], "file content");
3015 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
3017 ["write"; "/cp2/old"; "file content"];
3018 ["cp"; "/cp2/old"; "/cp2/new"];
3019 ["is_file"; "/cp2/old"]]);
3020 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3022 ["write"; "/cp3/old"; "file content"];
3023 ["mkdir"; "/cp3/dir"];
3024 ["cp"; "/cp3/old"; "/cp3/dir/new"];
3025 ["cat"; "/cp3/dir/new"]], "file content")],
3028 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
3029 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
3031 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 88, [],
3032 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3033 [["mkdir"; "/cp_a1"];
3034 ["mkdir"; "/cp_a2"];
3035 ["write"; "/cp_a1/file"; "file content"];
3036 ["cp_a"; "/cp_a1"; "/cp_a2"];
3037 ["cat"; "/cp_a2/cp_a1/file"]], "file content")],
3038 "copy a file or directory recursively",
3040 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
3041 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
3043 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 89, [],
3044 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
3046 ["write"; "/mv/old"; "file content"];
3047 ["mv"; "/mv/old"; "/mv/new"];
3048 ["cat"; "/mv/new"]], "file content");
3049 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
3051 ["write"; "/mv2/old"; "file content"];
3052 ["mv"; "/mv2/old"; "/mv2/new"];
3053 ["is_file"; "/mv2/old"]])],
3056 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
3057 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
3059 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"], []), 90, [],
3060 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3061 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
3062 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
3064 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
3065 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
3066 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
3067 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
3069 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
3071 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
3072 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
3074 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", [], []), 91, [],
3075 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3077 "return kernel messages",
3079 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
3080 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
3081 debugging of problems.
3083 Another way to get the same information is to enable
3084 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
3085 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
3086 running the program.");
3088 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, [], []), 92, [],
3089 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3090 [["ping_daemon"]])],
3091 "ping the guest daemon",
3093 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
3094 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
3095 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
3096 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
3098 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"], []), 93, [],
3099 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
3100 [["mkdir"; "/equal"];
3101 ["write"; "/equal/file1"; "contents of a file"];
3102 ["cp"; "/equal/file1"; "/equal/file2"];
3103 ["equal"; "/equal/file1"; "/equal/file2"]]);
3104 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
3105 [["mkdir"; "/equal2"];
3106 ["write"; "/equal2/file1"; "contents of a file"];
3107 ["write"; "/equal2/file2"; "contents of another file"];
3108 ["equal"; "/equal2/file1"; "/equal2/file2"]]);
3109 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3110 [["mkdir"; "/equal3"];
3111 ["equal"; "/equal3/file1"; "/equal3/file2"]])],
3112 "test if two files have equal contents",
3114 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
3115 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
3117 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
3119 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"], []), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3120 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3121 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
3122 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3123 [["strings"; "/empty"]], []);
3124 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3125 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3126 [["strings"; "/abssymlink"]])],
3127 "print the printable strings in a file",
3129 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
3130 the list of printable strings found.");
3132 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"], []), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3133 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3134 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
3135 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3136 [["write"; "/strings_e"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"];
3137 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/strings_e"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
3138 "print the printable strings in a file",
3140 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
3141 specify the encoding of strings that are looked for in
3142 the source file C<path>.
3144 Allowed encodings are:
3150 Single 7-bit-byte characters like ASCII and the ASCII-compatible
3151 parts of ISO-8859-X (this is what C<guestfs_strings> uses).
3155 Single 8-bit-byte characters.
3159 16-bit big endian strings such as those encoded in
3160 UTF-16BE or UCS-2BE.
3162 =item l (lower case letter L)
3164 16-bit little endian such as UTF-16LE and UCS-2LE.
3165 This is useful for examining binaries in Windows guests.
3169 32-bit big endian such as UCS-4BE.
3173 32-bit little endian such as UCS-4LE.
3177 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
3179 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"], []), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3180 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3181 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
3182 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
3183 * commands to segfault.
3185 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3186 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]]);
3187 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3188 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3189 [["hexdump"; "/abssymlink"]])],
3190 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
3192 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
3193 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
3195 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
3196 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3197 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3198 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
3199 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3200 ["write"; "/new"; "test file"];
3201 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
3202 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
3203 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3204 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
3205 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
3207 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
3208 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
3209 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
3212 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
3215 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
3216 or data on the filesystem.");
3218 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
3220 "resize an LVM physical volume",
3222 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
3223 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
3225 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
3226 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
3227 String "line"], []), 99, [DangerWillRobinson; DeprecatedBy "part_add"],
3229 "modify a single partition on a block device",
3231 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
3232 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
3234 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
3235 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
3237 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
3239 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 100, [DeprecatedBy "part_list"],
3241 "display the partition table",
3243 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
3244 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
3245 not intended to be parsed.
3247 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
3249 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 101, [],
3251 "display the kernel geometry",
3253 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
3255 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
3258 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 102, [],
3260 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
3262 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
3263 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
3264 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
3265 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
3267 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
3270 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"], []), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
3272 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
3274 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
3275 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
3276 If activated, then they are made known to the
3277 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
3278 then those devices disappear.
3280 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
3282 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"], []), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
3284 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
3286 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
3287 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
3288 If activated, then they are made known to the
3289 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
3290 then those devices disappear.
3292 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
3294 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
3295 are activated or deactivated.");
3297 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"], []), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
3298 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3299 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3300 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
3301 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
3302 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
3303 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3304 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
3305 ["write"; "/new"; "test content"];
3307 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
3308 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3309 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3310 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
3311 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content");
3312 InitNone, Always, TestRun (
3313 (* Make an LV smaller to test RHBZ#587484. *)
3314 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3315 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
3316 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
3317 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "20"];
3318 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "10"]])],
3319 "resize an LVM logical volume",
3321 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
3322 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
3325 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 106, [],
3326 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
3327 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem",
3329 This resizes an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to match the size of
3330 the underlying device.
3332 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
3333 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
3334 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
3335 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
3336 calling this function.");
3338 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"], []), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3339 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3340 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
3341 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3345 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
3346 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3347 [["mkdir_p"; "/find/b/c"];
3348 ["touch"; "/find/b/c/d"];
3349 ["find"; "/find/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
3350 "find all files and directories",
3352 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
3353 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
3354 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
3355 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
3357 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
3358 if the directory structure was:
3364 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
3372 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
3375 The returned list is sorted.
3377 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
3379 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 108, [],
3380 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
3381 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
3383 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
3384 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (I<-p>),
3385 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (I<-f>).
3387 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
3388 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
3390 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"], []), 109, [],
3391 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
3393 "sleep for some seconds",
3395 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
3397 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"], []), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
3398 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
3399 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3400 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
3401 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
3402 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
3403 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3404 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
3405 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
3406 "probe NTFS volume",
3408 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
3409 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
3410 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
3412 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
3413 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
3414 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
3416 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
3417 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
3418 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
3420 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"], []), 111, [],
3421 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3422 "run a command via the shell",
3424 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
3427 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
3429 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
3431 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
3432 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
3435 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
3437 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"], []), 112, [],
3438 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3439 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
3441 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
3442 into a list of lines.
3444 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
3446 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"], []), 113, [],
3447 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
3448 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
3449 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
3451 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3452 [["mkdir_p"; "/glob_expand/b/c"];
3453 ["touch"; "/glob_expand/b/c/d"];
3454 ["touch"; "/glob_expand/b/c/e"];
3455 ["glob_expand"; "/glob_expand/b/c/*"]], ["/glob_expand/b/c/d"; "/glob_expand/b/c/e"]);
3456 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3457 [["mkdir_p"; "/glob_expand2/b/c"];
3458 ["touch"; "/glob_expand2/b/c/d"];
3459 ["touch"; "/glob_expand2/b/c/e"];
3460 ["glob_expand"; "/glob_expand2/*/c/*"]], ["/glob_expand2/b/c/d"; "/glob_expand2/b/c/e"]);
3461 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3462 [["mkdir_p"; "/glob_expand3/b/c"];
3463 ["touch"; "/glob_expand3/b/c/d"];
3464 ["touch"; "/glob_expand3/b/c/e"];
3465 ["glob_expand"; "/glob_expand3/*/x/*"]], [])],
3466 "expand a wildcard path",
3468 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
3469 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
3472 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
3473 (note: not an error).
3475 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
3476 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
3477 See that manual page for more details.");
3479 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 114, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "scrub"],
3480 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
3481 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
3482 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
3484 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
3487 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3488 manual page for more details.");
3490 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
3491 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
3492 [["write"; "/scrub_file"; "content"];
3493 ["scrub_file"; "/scrub_file"]])],
3494 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
3496 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
3499 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
3501 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3502 manual page for more details.");
3504 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"], []), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
3505 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
3506 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
3508 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
3509 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
3510 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
3511 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
3514 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3515 manual page for more details.");
3517 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"], []), 117, [],
3518 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
3519 [["mkdir"; "/mkdtemp"];
3520 ["mkdtemp"; "/mkdtemp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
3521 "create a temporary directory",
3523 This command creates a temporary directory. The
3524 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
3525 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
3528 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
3529 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
3531 The name of the temporary directory that was created
3534 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
3535 and is owned by root.
3537 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
3538 directory and its contents after use.
3540 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
3542 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 118, [],
3543 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3544 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000);
3545 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3546 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3547 [["wc_l"; "/abssymlink"]], 10000)],
3548 "count lines in a file",
3550 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
3551 C<wc -l> external command.");
3553 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"], []), 119, [],
3554 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3555 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
3556 "count words in a file",
3558 This command counts the words in a file, using the
3559 C<wc -w> external command.");
3561 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"], []), 120, [],
3562 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3563 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
3564 "count characters in a file",
3566 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
3567 C<wc -c> external command.");
3569 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3570 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3571 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3572 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3573 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3574 [["head"; "/abssymlink"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3575 "return first 10 lines of a file",
3577 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
3578 a list of strings.");
3580 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"], []), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3581 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3582 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3583 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3584 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3585 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3586 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3587 "return first N lines of a file",
3589 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
3590 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3592 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3593 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
3595 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3597 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3598 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3599 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3600 "return last 10 lines of a file",
3602 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
3603 a list of strings.");
3605 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"], []), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3606 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3607 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3608 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3609 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3610 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3611 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3612 "return last N lines of a file",
3614 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
3615 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3617 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3618 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
3620 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3622 ("df", (RString "output", [], []), 125, [],
3623 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3624 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3626 "report file system disk space usage",
3628 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
3630 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3631 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3632 Use C<guestfs_statvfs> from programs.");
3634 ("df_h", (RString "output", [], []), 126, [],
3635 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3636 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3638 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
3640 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
3641 in human-readable format.
3643 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3644 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3645 Use C<guestfs_statvfs> from programs.");
3647 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"], []), 127, [Progress],
3648 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3649 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
3650 "estimate file space usage",
3652 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
3655 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
3656 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
3657 subdirectories (recursively).
3659 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
3660 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
3662 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"], []), 128, [],
3663 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3664 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
3665 "list files in an initrd",
3667 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
3669 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
3670 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
3671 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
3673 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
3674 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
3675 format (compressed cpio files).");
3677 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"], []), 129, [],
3679 "mount a file using the loop device",
3681 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
3682 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
3683 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
3685 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 130, [],
3686 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3687 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3688 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3689 "create a swap partition",
3691 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
3693 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"], []), 131, [],
3694 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3695 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3696 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3697 "create a swap partition with a label",
3699 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
3701 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
3702 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
3703 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
3705 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"], []), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3706 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3707 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3708 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3709 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
3710 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
3712 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3714 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
3715 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3716 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/mknod"];
3717 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
3718 ["stat"; "/mknod"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
3719 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3720 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/mknod2"];
3721 ["stat"; "/mknod2"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3722 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
3724 This call creates block or character special devices, or
3725 named pipes (FIFOs).
3727 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
3728 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
3729 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
3730 and character special devices.
3732 Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
3733 OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
3734 just creates a regular file). These constants are
3735 available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
3736 C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
3737 which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
3738 in the appropriate constant for you.
3740 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3742 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"], []), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
3743 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3744 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/mkfifo"];
3745 ["stat"; "/mkfifo"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
3746 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
3748 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
3749 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
3752 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3754 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
3755 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3756 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/mknod_b"];
3757 ["stat"; "/mknod_b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3758 "make block device node",
3760 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
3761 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3762 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3764 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3766 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
3767 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3768 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/mknod_c"];
3769 ["stat"; "/mknod_c"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
3770 "make char device node",
3772 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
3773 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3774 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3776 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3778 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"], []), 137, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
3779 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
3780 [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
3781 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
3783 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
3784 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
3786 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
3787 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
3788 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
3789 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
3791 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
3792 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
3793 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
3795 See also C<guestfs_get_umask>,
3796 L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
3798 This call returns the previous umask.");
3800 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"], []), 138, [],
3802 "read directories entries",
3804 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
3806 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
3807 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
3808 order as the underlying filesystem.
3810 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
3811 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3849 The L<readdir(3)> call returned a C<d_type> field with an
3854 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
3855 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
3856 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
3858 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"], []), 139, [DangerWillRobinson; DeprecatedBy "part_add"],
3860 "create partitions on a block device",
3862 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
3863 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
3864 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
3865 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
3866 were rarely if ever used anyway.
3868 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
3869 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
3871 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"], []), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
3873 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
3875 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
3878 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
3880 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
3881 process compressed files.");
3883 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"], []), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3885 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3887 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
3890 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
3891 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
3893 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
3895 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"], []), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3897 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3899 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
3900 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
3901 of the link itself.");
3903 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3904 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3905 Pathname "path"], []), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3907 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3909 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3910 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
3911 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
3913 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3915 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3916 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3917 Pathname "path"], []), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3919 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3921 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
3922 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
3923 of the link itself.");
3925 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"], []), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3927 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3929 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3930 of the file C<path>.
3932 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3934 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"], []), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3936 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3938 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
3939 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
3940 of the link itself.");
3942 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", [], []), 147, [],
3946 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
3947 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
3948 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
3950 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"], []), 148, [],
3951 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
3952 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
3953 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
3954 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
3957 "create a mountpoint",
3959 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
3960 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
3961 before mounting the first filesystem.
3963 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
3964 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
3965 read-only filesystems together.
3967 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
3968 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
3969 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
3972 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
3976 mkmountpoint /ext3fs
3978 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /sqsh
3979 mount-loop /sqsh/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3fs
3981 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3fs mountpoint.
3983 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> is not compatible with C<guestfs_umount_all>.
3984 You may get unexpected errors if you try to mix these calls. It is
3985 safest to manually unmount filesystems and remove mountpoints after use.
3987 C<guestfs_umount_all> unmounts filesystems by sorting the paths
3988 longest first, so for this to work for manual mountpoints, you
3989 must ensure that the innermost mountpoints have the longest
3990 pathnames, as in the example code above.
3992 For more details see L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503>
3994 Autosync [see C<guestfs_set_autosync>, this is set by default on
3995 handles] can cause C<guestfs_umount_all> to be called when the handle
3996 is closed which can also trigger these issues.");
3998 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"], []), 149, [],
4000 "remove a mountpoint",
4002 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
4003 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
4004 for full details.");
4006 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"], []), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4007 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
4008 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi");
4009 (* Test various near large, large and too large files (RHBZ#589039). *)
4010 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4011 [["touch"; "/read_file"];
4012 ["truncate_size"; "/read_file"; "4194303"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1 *)
4013 ["read_file"; "/read_file"]]);
4014 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4015 [["touch"; "/read_file2"];
4016 ["truncate_size"; "/read_file2"; "4194304"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX *)
4017 ["read_file"; "/read_file2"]]);
4018 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4019 [["touch"; "/read_file3"];
4020 ["truncate_size"; "/read_file3"; "41943040"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX * 10 *)
4021 ["read_file"; "/read_file3"]])],
4024 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
4027 Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
4028 handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
4029 However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
4030 in the total size of file that can be handled.");
4032 ("grep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 151, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4033 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4034 [["grep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"]);
4035 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4036 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/test-grep.txt"]], []);
4037 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
4038 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4039 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/abssymlink"]], [])],
4040 "return lines matching a pattern",
4042 This calls the external C<grep> program and returns the
4045 ("egrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 152, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4046 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4047 [["egrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4048 "return lines matching a pattern",
4050 This calls the external C<egrep> program and returns the
4053 ("fgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 153, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4054 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4055 [["fgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4056 "return lines matching a pattern",
4058 This calls the external C<fgrep> program and returns the
4061 ("grepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 154, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4062 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4063 [["grepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4064 "return lines matching a pattern",
4066 This calls the external C<grep -i> program and returns the
4069 ("egrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 155, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4070 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4071 [["egrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4072 "return lines matching a pattern",
4074 This calls the external C<egrep -i> program and returns the
4077 ("fgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 156, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4078 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4079 [["fgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4080 "return lines matching a pattern",
4082 This calls the external C<fgrep -i> program and returns the
4085 ("zgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 157, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4086 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4087 [["zgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4088 "return lines matching a pattern",
4090 This calls the external C<zgrep> program and returns the
4093 ("zegrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 158, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4094 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4095 [["zegrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4096 "return lines matching a pattern",
4098 This calls the external C<zegrep> program and returns the
4101 ("zfgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 159, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4102 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4103 [["zfgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
4104 "return lines matching a pattern",
4106 This calls the external C<zfgrep> program and returns the
4109 ("zgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 160, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4110 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4111 [["zgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4112 "return lines matching a pattern",
4114 This calls the external C<zgrep -i> program and returns the
4117 ("zegrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"], []), 161, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4118 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4119 [["zegrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4120 "return lines matching a pattern",
4122 This calls the external C<zegrep -i> program and returns the
4125 ("zfgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"], []), 162, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4126 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4127 [["zfgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
4128 "return lines matching a pattern",
4130 This calls the external C<zfgrep -i> program and returns the
4133 ("realpath", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"], []), 163, [Optional "realpath"],
4134 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4135 [["realpath"; "/../directory"]], "/directory")],
4136 "canonicalized absolute pathname",
4138 Return the canonicalized absolute pathname of C<path>. The
4139 returned path has no C<.>, C<..> or symbolic link path elements.");
4141 ("ln", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 164, [],
4142 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4145 ["ln"; "/ln/a"; "/ln/b"];
4146 ["stat"; "/ln/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
4147 "create a hard link",
4149 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln> command.");
4151 ("ln_f", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 165, [],
4152 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4153 [["mkdir"; "/ln_f"];
4154 ["touch"; "/ln_f/a"];
4155 ["touch"; "/ln_f/b"];
4156 ["ln_f"; "/ln_f/a"; "/ln_f/b"];
4157 ["stat"; "/ln_f/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
4158 "create a hard link",
4160 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln -f> command.
4161 The I<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
4163 ("ln_s", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 166, [],
4164 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4165 [["mkdir"; "/ln_s"];
4166 ["touch"; "/ln_s/a"];
4167 ["ln_s"; "a"; "/ln_s/b"];
4168 ["lstat"; "/ln_s/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o120777)])],
4169 "create a symbolic link",
4171 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -s> command.");
4173 ("ln_sf", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"], []), 167, [],
4174 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4175 [["mkdir_p"; "/ln_sf/b"];
4176 ["touch"; "/ln_sf/b/c"];
4177 ["ln_sf"; "../d"; "/ln_sf/b/c"];
4178 ["readlink"; "/ln_sf/b/c"]], "../d")],
4179 "create a symbolic link",
4181 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -sf> command,
4182 The I<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
4184 ("readlink", (RString "link", [Pathname "path"], []), 168, [],
4185 [] (* XXX tested above *),
4186 "read the target of a symbolic link",
4188 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
4190 ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"], []), 169, [DeprecatedBy "fallocate64"],
4191 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4192 [["fallocate"; "/fallocate"; "1000000"];
4193 ["stat"; "/fallocate"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
4194 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
4196 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
4197 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
4200 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
4201 C<alloc> command which allocates a file in the host and
4202 attaches it as a device.");
4204 ("swapon_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 170, [],
4205 [InitPartition, Always, TestRun (
4206 [["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"];
4207 ["swapon_device"; "/dev/sda1"];
4208 ["swapoff_device"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
4209 "enable swap on device",
4211 This command enables the libguestfs appliance to use the
4212 swap device or partition named C<device>. The increased
4213 memory is made available for all commands, for example
4214 those run using C<guestfs_command> or C<guestfs_sh>.
4216 Note that you should not swap to existing guest swap
4217 partitions unless you know what you are doing. They may
4218 contain hibernation information, or other information that
4219 the guest doesn't want you to trash. You also risk leaking
4220 information about the host to the guest this way. Instead,
4221 attach a new host device to the guest and swap on that.");
4223 ("swapoff_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 171, [],
4224 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_device *)
4225 "disable swap on device",
4227 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap
4228 device or partition named C<device>.
4229 See C<guestfs_swapon_device>.");
4231 ("swapon_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 172, [],
4232 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
4233 [["fallocate"; "/swapon_file"; "8388608"];
4234 ["mkswap_file"; "/swapon_file"];
4235 ["swapon_file"; "/swapon_file"];
4236 ["swapoff_file"; "/swapon_file"];
4237 ["rm"; "/swapon_file"]])],
4238 "enable swap on file",
4240 This command enables swap to a file.
4241 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
4243 ("swapoff_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 173, [],
4244 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_file *)
4245 "disable swap on file",
4247 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on file.");
4249 ("swapon_label", (RErr, [String "label"], []), 174, [],
4250 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4251 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4252 ["mkswap_L"; "swapit"; "/dev/sda1"];
4253 ["swapon_label"; "swapit"];
4254 ["swapoff_label"; "swapit"];
4255 ["zero"; "/dev/sda"];
4256 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]])],
4257 "enable swap on labeled swap partition",
4259 This command enables swap to a labeled swap partition.
4260 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
4262 ("swapoff_label", (RErr, [String "label"], []), 175, [],
4263 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_label *)
4264 "disable swap on labeled swap partition",
4266 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on
4267 labeled swap partition.");
4269 ("swapon_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"], []), 176, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4270 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
4271 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4272 [["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sdc"];
4273 ["swapon_uuid"; uuid];
4274 ["swapoff_uuid"; uuid]])]),
4275 "enable swap on swap partition by UUID",
4277 This command enables swap to a swap partition with the given UUID.
4278 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
4280 ("swapoff_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"], []), 177, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4281 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_uuid *)
4282 "disable swap on swap partition by UUID",
4284 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap partition
4285 with the given UUID.");
4287 ("mkswap_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 178, [],
4288 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestRun (
4289 [["fallocate"; "/mkswap_file"; "8388608"];
4290 ["mkswap_file"; "/mkswap_file"];
4291 ["rm"; "/mkswap_file"]])],
4292 "create a swap file",
4296 This command just writes a swap file signature to an existing
4297 file. To create the file itself, use something like C<guestfs_fallocate>.");
4299 ("inotify_init", (RErr, [Int "maxevents"], []), 179, [Optional "inotify"],
4300 [InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
4301 [["inotify_init"; "0"]])],
4302 "create an inotify handle",
4304 This command creates a new inotify handle.
4305 The inotify subsystem can be used to notify events which happen to
4306 objects in the guest filesystem.
4308 C<maxevents> is the maximum number of events which will be
4309 queued up between calls to C<guestfs_inotify_read> or
4310 C<guestfs_inotify_files>.
4311 If this is passed as C<0>, then the kernel (or previously set)
4312 default is used. For Linux 2.6.29 the default was 16384 events.
4313 Beyond this limit, the kernel throws away events, but records
4314 the fact that it threw them away by setting a flag
4315 C<IN_Q_OVERFLOW> in the returned structure list (see
4316 C<guestfs_inotify_read>).
4318 Before any events are generated, you have to add some
4319 watches to the internal watch list. See:
4320 C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>,
4321 C<guestfs_inotify_rm_watch> and
4322 C<guestfs_inotify_watch_all>.
4324 Queued up events should be read periodically by calling
4325 C<guestfs_inotify_read>
4326 (or C<guestfs_inotify_files> which is just a helpful
4327 wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>). If you don't
4328 read the events out often enough then you risk the internal
4331 The handle should be closed after use by calling
4332 C<guestfs_inotify_close>. This also removes any
4333 watches automatically.
4335 See also L<inotify(7)> for an overview of the inotify interface
4336 as exposed by the Linux kernel, which is roughly what we expose
4337 via libguestfs. Note that there is one global inotify handle
4338 per libguestfs instance.");
4340 ("inotify_add_watch", (RInt64 "wd", [Pathname "path"; Int "mask"], []), 180, [Optional "inotify"],
4341 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputList (
4342 [["mkdir"; "/inotify_add_watch"];
4343 ["inotify_init"; "0"];
4344 ["inotify_add_watch"; "/inotify_add_watch"; "1073741823"];
4345 ["touch"; "/inotify_add_watch/a"];
4346 ["touch"; "/inotify_add_watch/b"];
4347 ["inotify_files"]], ["a"; "b"])],
4348 "add an inotify watch",
4350 Watch C<path> for the events listed in C<mask>.
4352 Note that if C<path> is a directory then events within that
4353 directory are watched, but this does I<not> happen recursively
4354 (in subdirectories).
4356 Note for non-C or non-Linux callers: the inotify events are
4357 defined by the Linux kernel ABI and are listed in
4358 C</usr/include/sys/inotify.h>.");
4360 ("inotify_rm_watch", (RErr, [Int(*XXX64*) "wd"], []), 181, [Optional "inotify"],
4362 "remove an inotify watch",
4364 Remove a previously defined inotify watch.
4365 See C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>.");
4367 ("inotify_read", (RStructList ("events", "inotify_event"), [], []), 182, [Optional "inotify"],
4369 "return list of inotify events",
4371 Return the complete queue of events that have happened
4372 since the previous read call.
4374 If no events have happened, this returns an empty list.
4376 I<Note>: In order to make sure that all events have been
4377 read, you must call this function repeatedly until it
4378 returns an empty list. The reason is that the call will
4379 read events up to the maximum appliance-to-host message
4380 size and leave remaining events in the queue.");
4382 ("inotify_files", (RStringList "paths", [], []), 183, [Optional "inotify"],
4384 "return list of watched files that had events",
4386 This function is a helpful wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>
4387 which just returns a list of pathnames of objects that were
4388 touched. The returned pathnames are sorted and deduplicated.");
4390 ("inotify_close", (RErr, [], []), 184, [Optional "inotify"],
4392 "close the inotify handle",
4394 This closes the inotify handle which was previously
4395 opened by inotify_init. It removes all watches, throws
4396 away any pending events, and deallocates all resources.");
4398 ("setcon", (RErr, [String "context"], []), 185, [Optional "selinux"],
4400 "set SELinux security context",
4402 This sets the SELinux security context of the daemon
4403 to the string C<context>.
4405 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>.");
4407 ("getcon", (RString "context", [], []), 186, [Optional "selinux"],
4409 "get SELinux security context",
4411 This gets the SELinux security context of the daemon.
4413 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>,
4414 and C<guestfs_setcon>");
4416 ("mkfs_b", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"], []), 187, [DeprecatedBy "mkfs_opts"],
4417 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4418 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4419 ["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
4420 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
4421 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4422 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
4423 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4424 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4425 ["mkfs_b"; "vfat"; "32768"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
4426 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
4427 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4428 ["mkfs_b"; "vfat"; "32769"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
4429 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
4430 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4431 ["mkfs_b"; "vfat"; "33280"; "/dev/sda1"]]);
4432 InitEmpty, IfAvailable "ntfsprogs", TestRun (
4433 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4434 ["mkfs_b"; "ntfs"; "32768"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
4435 "make a filesystem with block size",
4437 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mkfs>, but it allows you to
4438 control the block size of the resulting filesystem. Supported
4439 block sizes depend on the filesystem type, but typically they
4440 are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096> only.
4442 For VFAT and NTFS the C<blocksize> parameter is treated as
4443 the requested cluster size.");
4445 ("mke2journal", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; Device "device"], []), 188, [],
4446 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4447 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4448 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
4449 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "-64"];
4450 ["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
4451 ["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
4452 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
4453 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4454 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
4455 "make ext2/3/4 external journal",
4457 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device>. It is equivalent
4460 mke2fs -O journal_dev -b blocksize device");
4462 ("mke2journal_L", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "label"; Device "device"], []), 189, [],
4463 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4464 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4465 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
4466 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "-64"];
4467 ["mke2journal_L"; "4096"; "JOURNAL"; "/dev/sda1"];
4468 ["mke2fs_JL"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "JOURNAL"];
4469 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
4470 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4471 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
4472 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with label",
4474 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with label C<label>.");
4476 ("mke2journal_U", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "uuid"; Device "device"], []), 190, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4477 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
4478 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4479 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4480 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
4481 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "-64"];
4482 ["mke2journal_U"; "4096"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"];
4483 ["mke2fs_JU"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; uuid];
4484 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
4485 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
4486 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")]),
4487 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID",
4489 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
4491 ("mke2fs_J", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; Device "journal"], []), 191, [],
4493 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
4495 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
4496 an external journal on C<journal>. It is equivalent
4499 mke2fs -t fstype -b blocksize -J device=<journal> <device>
4501 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal>.");
4503 ("mke2fs_JL", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "label"], []), 192, [],
4505 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
4507 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
4508 an external journal on the journal labeled C<label>.
4510 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_L>.");
4512 ("mke2fs_JU", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "uuid"], []), 193, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
4514 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
4516 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
4517 an external journal on the journal with UUID C<uuid>.
4519 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_U>.");
4521 ("modprobe", (RErr, [String "modulename"], []), 194, [Optional "linuxmodules"],
4522 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["modprobe"; "fat"]]],
4523 "load a kernel module",
4525 This loads a kernel module in the appliance.
4527 The kernel module must have been whitelisted when libguestfs
4528 was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
4530 ("echo_daemon", (RString "output", [StringList "words"], []), 195, [],
4531 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
4532 [["echo_daemon"; "This is a test"]], "This is a test"
4534 "echo arguments back to the client",
4536 This command concatenates the list of C<words> passed with single spaces
4537 between them and returns the resulting string.
4539 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
4541 See also C<guestfs_ping_daemon>.");
4543 ("find0", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "files"], []), 196, [],
4544 [], (* There is a regression test for this. *)
4545 "find all files and directories, returning NUL-separated list",
4547 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
4548 starting at C<directory>, placing the resulting list in the
4549 external file called C<files>.
4551 This command works the same way as C<guestfs_find> with the
4552 following exceptions:
4558 The resulting list is written to an external file.
4562 Items (filenames) in the result are separated
4563 by C<\\0> characters. See L<find(1)> option I<-print0>.
4567 This command is not limited in the number of names that it
4572 The result list is not sorted.
4576 ("case_sensitive_path", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"], []), 197, [],
4577 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4578 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/DIRECTORY"]], "/directory");
4579 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4580 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/DIRECTORY/"]], "/directory");
4581 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
4582 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/Known-1"]], "/known-1");
4583 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4584 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/Known-1/"]]);
4585 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4586 [["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path"];
4587 ["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path/bbb"];
4588 ["touch"; "/case_sensitive_path/bbb/c"];
4589 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/CASE_SENSITIVE_path/bbB/C"]], "/case_sensitive_path/bbb/c");
4590 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4591 [["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path2"];
4592 ["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path2/bbb"];
4593 ["touch"; "/case_sensitive_path2/bbb/c"];
4594 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/case_sensitive_PATH2////bbB/C"]], "/case_sensitive_path2/bbb/c");
4595 InitScratchFS, Always, TestLastFail (
4596 [["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path3"];
4597 ["mkdir"; "/case_sensitive_path3/bbb"];
4598 ["touch"; "/case_sensitive_path3/bbb/c"];
4599 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/case_SENSITIVE_path3/bbb/../bbb/C"]])],
4600 "return true path on case-insensitive filesystem",
4602 This can be used to resolve case insensitive paths on
4603 a filesystem which is case sensitive. The use case is
4604 to resolve paths which you have read from Windows configuration
4605 files or the Windows Registry, to the true path.
4607 The command handles a peculiarity of the Linux ntfs-3g
4608 filesystem driver (and probably others), which is that although
4609 the underlying filesystem is case-insensitive, the driver
4610 exports the filesystem to Linux as case-sensitive.
4612 One consequence of this is that special directories such
4613 as C<c:\\windows> may appear as C</WINDOWS> or C</windows>
4614 (or other things) depending on the precise details of how
4615 they were created. In Windows itself this would not be
4618 Bug or feature? You decide:
4619 L<http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#posixfilenames1>
4621 This function resolves the true case of each element in the
4622 path and returns the case-sensitive path.
4624 Thus C<guestfs_case_sensitive_path> (\"/Windows/System32\")
4625 might return C<\"/WINDOWS/system32\"> (the exact return value
4626 would depend on details of how the directories were originally
4627 created under Windows).
4630 This function does not handle drive names, backslashes etc.
4632 See also C<guestfs_realpath>.");
4634 ("vfs_type", (RString "fstype", [Device "device"], []), 198, [],
4635 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
4636 [["vfs_type"; "/dev/sdb1"]], "ext2")],
4637 "get the Linux VFS type corresponding to a mounted device",
4639 This command gets the filesystem type corresponding to
4640 the filesystem on C<device>.
4642 For most filesystems, the result is the name of the Linux
4643 VFS module which would be used to mount this filesystem
4644 if you mounted it without specifying the filesystem type.
4645 For example a string such as C<ext3> or C<ntfs>.");
4647 ("truncate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 199, [],
4648 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4649 [["write"; "/truncate"; "some stuff so size is not zero"];
4650 ["truncate"; "/truncate"];
4651 ["stat"; "/truncate"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
4652 "truncate a file to zero size",
4654 This command truncates C<path> to a zero-length file. The
4655 file must exist already.");
4657 ("truncate_size", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "size"], []), 200, [],
4658 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4659 [["touch"; "/truncate_size"];
4660 ["truncate_size"; "/truncate_size"; "1000"];
4661 ["stat"; "/truncate_size"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1000)])],
4662 "truncate a file to a particular size",
4664 This command truncates C<path> to size C<size> bytes. The file
4667 If the current file size is less than C<size> then
4668 the file is extended to the required size with zero bytes.
4669 This creates a sparse file (ie. disk blocks are not allocated
4670 for the file until you write to it). To create a non-sparse
4671 file of zeroes, use C<guestfs_fallocate64> instead.");
4673 ("utimens", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "atsecs"; Int64 "atnsecs"; Int64 "mtsecs"; Int64 "mtnsecs"], []), 201, [],
4674 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4675 [["touch"; "/utimens"];
4676 ["utimens"; "/utimens"; "12345"; "67890"; "9876"; "5432"];
4677 ["stat"; "/utimens"]], [CompareWithInt ("mtime", 9876)])],
4678 "set timestamp of a file with nanosecond precision",
4680 This command sets the timestamps of a file with nanosecond
4683 C<atsecs, atnsecs> are the last access time (atime) in secs and
4684 nanoseconds from the epoch.
4686 C<mtsecs, mtnsecs> are the last modification time (mtime) in
4687 secs and nanoseconds from the epoch.
4689 If the C<*nsecs> field contains the special value C<-1> then
4690 the corresponding timestamp is set to the current time. (The
4691 C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).
4693 If the C<*nsecs> field contains the special value C<-2> then
4694 the corresponding timestamp is left unchanged. (The
4695 C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).");
4697 ("mkdir_mode", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "mode"], []), 202, [],
4698 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
4699 [["mkdir_mode"; "/mkdir_mode"; "0o111"];
4700 ["stat"; "/mkdir_mode"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o40111)])],
4701 "create a directory with a particular mode",
4703 This command creates a directory, setting the initial permissions
4704 of the directory to C<mode>.
4706 For common Linux filesystems, the actual mode which is set will
4707 be C<mode & ~umask & 01777>. Non-native-Linux filesystems may
4708 interpret the mode in other ways.
4710 See also C<guestfs_mkdir>, C<guestfs_umask>");
4712 ("lchown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"], []), 203, [],
4714 "change file owner and group",
4716 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
4717 This is like C<guestfs_chown> but if C<path> is a symlink then
4718 the link itself is changed, not the target.
4720 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
4721 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
4722 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
4724 ("lstatlist", (RStructList ("statbufs", "stat"), [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"], []), 204, [],
4726 "lstat on multiple files",
4728 This call allows you to perform the C<guestfs_lstat> operation
4729 on multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
4730 C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
4732 On return you get a list of stat structs, with a one-to-one
4733 correspondence to the C<names> list. If any name did not exist
4734 or could not be lstat'd, then the C<ino> field of that structure
4737 This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
4738 list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
4739 See also C<guestfs_lxattrlist> for a similarly efficient call
4740 for getting extended attributes. Very long directory listings
4741 might cause the protocol message size to be exceeded, causing
4742 this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
4743 into smaller groups of names.");
4745 ("lxattrlist", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"], []), 205, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
4747 "lgetxattr on multiple files",
4749 This call allows you to get the extended attributes
4750 of multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
4751 C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
4753 On return you get a flat list of xattr structs which must be
4754 interpreted sequentially. The first xattr struct always has a zero-length
4755 C<attrname>. C<attrval> in this struct is zero-length
4756 to indicate there was an error doing C<lgetxattr> for this
4757 file, I<or> is a C string which is a decimal number
4758 (the number of following attributes for this file, which could
4759 be C<\"0\">). Then after the first xattr struct are the
4760 zero or more attributes for the first named file.
4761 This repeats for the second and subsequent files.
4763 This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
4764 list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
4765 See also C<guestfs_lstatlist> for a similarly efficient call
4766 for getting standard stats. Very long directory listings
4767 might cause the protocol message size to be exceeded, causing
4768 this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
4769 into smaller groups of names.");
4771 ("readlinklist", (RStringList "links", [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"], []), 206, [],
4773 "readlink on multiple files",
4775 This call allows you to do a C<readlink> operation
4776 on multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
4777 C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
4779 On return you get a list of strings, with a one-to-one
4780 correspondence to the C<names> list. Each string is the
4781 value of the symbolic link.
4783 If the C<readlink(2)> operation fails on any name, then
4784 the corresponding result string is the empty string C<\"\">.
4785 However the whole operation is completed even if there
4786 were C<readlink(2)> errors, and so you can call this
4787 function with names where you don't know if they are
4788 symbolic links already (albeit slightly less efficient).
4790 This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
4791 list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
4792 Very long directory listings might cause the protocol
4793 message size to be exceeded, causing
4794 this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
4795 into smaller groups of names.");
4797 ("pread", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"; Int "count"; Int64 "offset"], []), 207, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
4798 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
4799 [["pread"; "/known-4"; "1"; "3"]], "\n");
4800 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
4801 [["pread"; "/empty"; "0"; "100"]], "")],
4802 "read part of a file",
4804 This command lets you read part of a file. It reads C<count>
4805 bytes of the file, starting at C<offset>, from file C<path>.
4807 This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
4808 see the L<pread(2)> system call.
4810 See also C<guestfs_pwrite>, C<guestfs_pread_device>.");
4812 ("part_init", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"], []), 208, [],
4813 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4814 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
4815 "create an empty partition table",
4817 This creates an empty partition table on C<device> of one of the
4818 partition types listed below. Usually C<parttype> should be
4819 either C<msdos> or C<gpt> (for large disks).
4821 Initially there are no partitions. Following this, you should
4822 call C<guestfs_part_add> for each partition required.
4824 Possible values for C<parttype> are:
4828 =item B<efi> | B<gpt>
4830 Intel EFI / GPT partition table.
4832 This is recommended for >= 2 TB partitions that will be accessed
4833 from Linux and Intel-based Mac OS X. It also has limited backwards
4834 compatibility with the C<mbr> format.
4836 =item B<mbr> | B<msdos>
4838 The standard PC \"Master Boot Record\" (MBR) format used
4839 by MS-DOS and Windows. This partition type will B<only> work
4840 for device sizes up to 2 TB. For large disks we recommend
4845 Other partition table types that may work but are not
4854 =item B<amiga> | B<rdb>
4856 Amiga \"Rigid Disk Block\" format.
4864 DASD, used on IBM mainframes.
4872 Old Mac partition format. Modern Macs use C<gpt>.
4876 NEC PC-98 format, common in Japan apparently.
4884 ("part_add", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "prlogex"; Int64 "startsect"; Int64 "endsect"], []), 209, [],
4885 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4886 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4887 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"]]);
4888 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4889 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
4890 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "34"; "127"];
4891 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "-34"]]);
4892 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4893 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4894 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "32"; "127"];
4895 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "255"];
4896 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "256"; "511"];
4897 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "512"; "-1"]])],
4898 "add a partition to the device",
4900 This command adds a partition to C<device>. If there is no partition
4901 table on the device, call C<guestfs_part_init> first.
4903 The C<prlogex> parameter is the type of partition. Normally you
4904 should pass C<p> or C<primary> here, but MBR partition tables also
4905 support C<l> (or C<logical>) and C<e> (or C<extended>) partition
4908 C<startsect> and C<endsect> are the start and end of the partition
4909 in I<sectors>. C<endsect> may be negative, which means it counts
4910 backwards from the end of the disk (C<-1> is the last sector).
4912 Creating a partition which covers the whole disk is not so easy.
4913 Use C<guestfs_part_disk> to do that.");
4915 ("part_disk", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"], []), 210, [DangerWillRobinson],
4916 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4917 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"]]);
4918 InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4919 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
4920 "partition whole disk with a single primary partition",
4922 This command is simply a combination of C<guestfs_part_init>
4923 followed by C<guestfs_part_add> to create a single primary partition
4924 covering the whole disk.
4926 C<parttype> is the partition table type, usually C<mbr> or C<gpt>,
4927 but other possible values are described in C<guestfs_part_init>.");
4929 ("part_set_bootable", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Bool "bootable"], []), 211, [],
4930 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4931 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
4932 ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"]])],
4933 "make a partition bootable",
4935 This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
4936 device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
4938 The bootable flag is used by some operating systems (notably
4939 Windows) to determine which partition to boot from. It is by
4940 no means universally recognized.");
4942 ("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"], []), 212, [],
4943 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
4944 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
4945 ["part_set_name"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "thepartname"]])],
4946 "set partition name",
4948 This sets the partition name on partition numbered C<partnum> on
4949 device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
4951 The partition name can only be set on certain types of partition
4952 table. This works on C<gpt> but not on C<mbr> partitions.");
4954 ("part_list", (RStructList ("partitions", "partition"), [Device "device"], []), 213, [],
4955 [], (* XXX Add a regression test for this. *)
4956 "list partitions on a device",
4958 This command parses the partition table on C<device> and
4959 returns the list of partitions found.
4961 The fields in the returned structure are:
4967 Partition number, counting from 1.
4971 Start of the partition I<in bytes>. To get sectors you have to
4972 divide by the device's sector size, see C<guestfs_blockdev_getss>.
4976 End of the partition in bytes.
4980 Size of the partition in bytes.
4984 ("part_get_parttype", (RString "parttype", [Device "device"], []), 214, [],
4985 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
4986 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
4987 ["part_get_parttype"; "/dev/sda"]], "gpt")],
4988 "get the partition table type",
4990 This command examines the partition table on C<device> and
4991 returns the partition table type (format) being used.
4993 Common return values include: C<msdos> (a DOS/Windows style MBR
4994 partition table), C<gpt> (a GPT/EFI-style partition table). Other
4995 values are possible, although unusual. See C<guestfs_part_init>
4998 ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"], []), 215, [Progress],
4999 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5000 [["fill"; "0x63"; "10"; "/fill"];
5001 ["read_file"; "/fill"]], "cccccccccc")],
5002 "fill a file with octets",
5004 This command creates a new file called C<path>. The initial
5005 content of the file is C<len> octets of C<c>, where C<c>
5006 must be a number in the range C<[0..255]>.
5008 To fill a file with zero bytes (sparsely), it is
5009 much more efficient to use C<guestfs_truncate_size>.
5010 To create a file with a pattern of repeating bytes
5011 use C<guestfs_fill_pattern>.");
5013 ("available", (RErr, [StringList "groups"], []), 216, [],
5014 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available"; ""]]],
5015 "test availability of some parts of the API",
5017 This command is used to check the availability of some
5018 groups of functionality in the appliance, which not all builds of
5019 the libguestfs appliance will be able to provide.
5021 The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those
5022 groups correspond to, are listed in L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.
5023 You can also fetch this list at runtime by calling
5024 C<guestfs_available_all_groups>.
5026 The argument C<groups> is a list of group names, eg:
5027 C<[\"inotify\", \"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of
5028 the Linux inotify functions and Augeas (configuration file
5031 The command returns no error if I<all> requested groups are available.
5033 It fails with an error if one or more of the requested
5034 groups is unavailable in the appliance.
5036 If an unknown group name is included in the
5037 list of groups then an error is always returned.
5045 You must call C<guestfs_launch> before calling this function.
5047 The reason is because we don't know what groups are
5048 supported by the appliance/daemon until it is running and can
5053 If a group of functions is available, this does not necessarily
5054 mean that they will work. You still have to check for errors
5055 when calling individual API functions even if they are
5060 It is usually the job of distro packagers to build
5061 complete functionality into the libguestfs appliance.
5062 Upstream libguestfs, if built from source with all
5063 requirements satisfied, will support everything.
5067 This call was added in version C<1.0.80>. In previous
5068 versions of libguestfs all you could do would be to speculatively
5069 execute a command to find out if the daemon implemented it.
5070 See also C<guestfs_version>.
5074 ("dd", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"], []), 217, [],
5075 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5077 ["write"; "/dd/src"; "hello, world"];
5078 ["dd"; "/dd/src"; "/dd/dest"];
5079 ["read_file"; "/dd/dest"]], "hello, world")],
5080 "copy from source to destination using dd",
5082 This command copies from one source device or file C<src>
5083 to another destination device or file C<dest>. Normally you
5084 would use this to copy to or from a device or partition, for
5085 example to duplicate a filesystem.
5087 If the destination is a device, it must be as large or larger
5088 than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
5089 This command cannot do partial copies (see C<guestfs_copy_size>).");
5091 ("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"], []), 218, [],
5092 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
5093 [["write"; "/filesize"; "hello, world"];
5094 ["filesize"; "/filesize"]], 12)],
5095 "return the size of the file in bytes",
5097 This command returns the size of C<file> in bytes.
5099 To get other stats about a file, use C<guestfs_stat>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
5100 C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_is_file> etc.
5101 To get the size of block devices, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64>.");
5103 ("lvrename", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "newlogvol"], []), 219, [],
5104 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
5105 [["lvrename"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/dev/VG/LV2"];
5106 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"])],
5107 "rename an LVM logical volume",
5109 Rename a logical volume C<logvol> with the new name C<newlogvol>.");
5111 ("vgrename", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; String "newvolgroup"], []), 220, [],
5112 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
5114 ["vg_activate"; "false"; "VG"];
5115 ["vgrename"; "VG"; "VG2"];
5116 ["vg_activate"; "true"; "VG2"];
5117 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG2/LV"; "/"];
5118 ["vgs"]], ["VG2"])],
5119 "rename an LVM volume group",
5121 Rename a volume group C<volgroup> with the new name C<newvolgroup>.");
5123 ("initrd_cat", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "initrdpath"; String "filename"], []), 221, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5124 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5125 [["initrd_cat"; "/initrd"; "known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
5126 "list the contents of a single file in an initrd",
5128 This command unpacks the file C<filename> from the initrd file
5129 called C<initrdpath>. The filename must be given I<without> the
5130 initial C</> character.
5132 For example, in guestfish you could use the following command
5133 to examine the boot script (usually called C</init>)
5134 contained in a Linux initrd or initramfs image:
5136 initrd-cat /boot/initrd-<version>.img init
5138 See also C<guestfs_initrd_list>.");
5140 ("pvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 222, [],
5142 "get the UUID of a physical volume",
5144 This command returns the UUID of the LVM PV C<device>.");
5146 ("vguuid", (RString "uuid", [String "vgname"], []), 223, [],
5148 "get the UUID of a volume group",
5150 This command returns the UUID of the LVM VG named C<vgname>.");
5152 ("lvuuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 224, [],
5154 "get the UUID of a logical volume",
5156 This command returns the UUID of the LVM LV C<device>.");
5158 ("vgpvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"], []), 225, [],
5160 "get the PV UUIDs containing the volume group",
5162 Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
5163 the physical volumes that this volume group resides on.
5165 You can use this along with C<guestfs_pvs> and C<guestfs_pvuuid>
5166 calls to associate physical volumes and volume groups.
5168 See also C<guestfs_vglvuuids>.");
5170 ("vglvuuids", (RStringList "uuids", [String "vgname"], []), 226, [],
5172 "get the LV UUIDs of all LVs in the volume group",
5174 Given a VG called C<vgname>, this returns the UUIDs of all
5175 the logical volumes created in this volume group.
5177 You can use this along with C<guestfs_lvs> and C<guestfs_lvuuid>
5178 calls to associate logical volumes and volume groups.
5180 See also C<guestfs_vgpvuuids>.");
5182 ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"], []), 227, [Progress],
5183 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5184 [["mkdir"; "/copy_size"];
5185 ["write"; "/copy_size/src"; "hello, world"];
5186 ["copy_size"; "/copy_size/src"; "/copy_size/dest"; "5"];
5187 ["read_file"; "/copy_size/dest"]], "hello")],
5188 "copy size bytes from source to destination using dd",
5190 This command copies exactly C<size> bytes from one source device
5191 or file C<src> to another destination device or file C<dest>.
5193 Note this will fail if the source is too short or if the destination
5194 is not large enough.");
5196 ("zero_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 228, [DangerWillRobinson; Progress],
5197 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestRun (
5198 [["zero_device"; "/dev/VG/LV"]])],
5199 "write zeroes to an entire device",
5201 This command writes zeroes over the entire C<device>. Compare
5202 with C<guestfs_zero> which just zeroes the first few blocks of
5205 ("txz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"], []), 229, [Optional "xz"],
5206 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5207 [["mkdir"; "/txz_in"];
5208 ["txz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.xz"; "/txz_in"];
5209 ["cat"; "/txz_in/hello"]], "hello\n")],
5210 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
5212 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (an
5213 I<xz compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.");
5215 ("txz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"], []), 230, [Optional "xz"],
5217 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
5219 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
5220 it to local file C<tarball> (as an xz compressed tar archive).");
5222 ("ntfsresize", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 231, [Optional "ntfsprogs"],
5224 "resize an NTFS filesystem",
5226 This command resizes an NTFS filesystem, expanding or
5227 shrinking it to the size of the underlying device.
5229 I<Note:> After the resize operation, the filesystem is marked
5230 as requiring a consistency check (for safety). You have to boot
5231 into Windows to perform this check and clear this condition.
5232 Furthermore, ntfsresize refuses to resize filesystems
5233 which have been marked in this way. So in effect it is
5234 not possible to call ntfsresize multiple times on a single
5235 filesystem without booting into Windows between each resize.
5237 See also L<ntfsresize(8)>.");
5239 ("vgscan", (RErr, [], []), 232, [],
5240 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5242 "rescan for LVM physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes",
5244 This rescans all block devices and rebuilds the list of LVM
5245 physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes.");
5247 ("part_del", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"], []), 233, [],
5248 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
5249 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5250 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
5251 ["part_del"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
5252 "delete a partition",
5254 This command deletes the partition numbered C<partnum> on C<device>.
5256 Note that in the case of MBR partitioning, deleting an
5257 extended partition also deletes any logical partitions
5260 ("part_get_bootable", (RBool "bootable", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"], []), 234, [],
5261 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5262 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5263 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
5264 ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"];
5265 ["part_get_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
5266 "return true if a partition is bootable",
5268 This command returns true if the partition C<partnum> on
5269 C<device> has the bootable flag set.
5271 See also C<guestfs_part_set_bootable>.");
5273 ("part_get_mbr_id", (RInt "idbyte", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"], []), 235, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
5274 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
5275 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5276 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
5277 ["part_set_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "0x7f"];
5278 ["part_get_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]], 0x7f)],
5279 "get the MBR type byte (ID byte) from a partition",
5281 Returns the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) from
5282 the numbered partition C<partnum>.
5284 Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
5285 You will get undefined results for other partition table
5286 types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
5288 ("part_set_mbr_id", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Int "idbyte"], []), 236, [],
5289 [], (* tested by part_get_mbr_id *)
5290 "set the MBR type byte (ID byte) of a partition",
5292 Sets the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) of
5293 the numbered partition C<partnum> to C<idbyte>. Note
5294 that the type bytes quoted in most documentation are
5295 in fact hexadecimal numbers, but usually documented
5296 without any leading \"0x\" which might be confusing.
5298 Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
5299 You will get undefined results for other partition table
5300 types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
5302 ("checksum_device", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Device "device"], []), 237, [],
5303 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFileMD5 (
5304 [["checksum_device"; "md5"; "/dev/sdd"]],
5305 "../images/test.iso")],
5306 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the contents of a device",
5308 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
5309 contents of the device named C<device>. For the types of
5310 checksums supported see the C<guestfs_checksum> command.");
5312 ("lvresize_free", (RErr, [Device "lv"; Int "percent"], []), 238, [Optional "lvm2"],
5313 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
5314 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5315 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
5316 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
5317 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
5318 ["lvresize_free"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "100"]])],
5319 "expand an LV to fill free space",
5321 This expands an existing logical volume C<lv> so that it fills
5322 C<pc>% of the remaining free space in the volume group. Commonly
5323 you would call this with pc = 100 which expands the logical volume
5324 as much as possible, using all remaining free space in the volume
5327 ("aug_clear", (RErr, [String "augpath"], []), 239, [Optional "augeas"],
5328 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
5329 "clear Augeas path",
5331 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<NULL>. This
5332 is the same as the L<augtool(1)> C<clear> command.");
5334 ("get_umask", (RInt "mask", [], []), 240, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
5335 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
5336 [["get_umask"]], 0o22)],
5337 "get the current umask",
5339 Return the current umask. By default the umask is C<022>
5340 unless it has been set by calling C<guestfs_umask>.");
5342 ("debug_upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; String "tmpname"; Int "mode"], []), 241, [NotInDocs],
5344 "upload a file to the appliance (internal use only)",
5346 The C<guestfs_debug_upload> command uploads a file to
5347 the libguestfs appliance.
5349 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
5350 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
5351 to find out what it is for.");
5353 ("base64_in", (RErr, [FileIn "base64file"; Pathname "filename"], []), 242, [],
5354 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5355 [["base64_in"; "../images/hello.b64"; "/base64_in"];
5356 ["cat"; "/base64_in"]], "hello\n")],
5357 "upload base64-encoded data to file",
5359 This command uploads base64-encoded data from C<base64file>
5362 ("base64_out", (RErr, [Pathname "filename"; FileOut "base64file"], []), 243, [],
5364 "download file and encode as base64",
5366 This command downloads the contents of C<filename>, writing
5367 it out to local file C<base64file> encoded as base64.");
5369 ("checksums_out", (RErr, [String "csumtype"; Pathname "directory"; FileOut "sumsfile"], []), 244, [],
5371 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of files in a directory",
5373 This command computes the checksums of all regular files in
5374 C<directory> and then emits a list of those checksums to
5375 the local output file C<sumsfile>.
5377 This can be used for verifying the integrity of a virtual
5378 machine. However to be properly secure you should pay
5379 attention to the output of the checksum command (it uses
5380 the ones from GNU coreutils). In particular when the
5381 filename is not printable, coreutils uses a special
5382 backslash syntax. For more information, see the GNU
5383 coreutils info file.");
5385 ("fill_pattern", (RErr, [String "pattern"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"], []), 245, [Progress],
5386 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5387 [["fill_pattern"; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; "28"; "/fill_pattern"];
5388 ["read_file"; "/fill_pattern"]], "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab")],
5389 "fill a file with a repeating pattern of bytes",
5391 This function is like C<guestfs_fill> except that it creates
5392 a new file of length C<len> containing the repeating pattern
5393 of bytes in C<pattern>. The pattern is truncated if necessary
5394 to ensure the length of the file is exactly C<len> bytes.");
5396 ("write", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"], []), 246, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5397 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5398 [["write"; "/write"; "new file contents"];
5399 ["cat"; "/write"]], "new file contents");
5400 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5401 [["write"; "/write2"; "\nnew file contents\n"];
5402 ["cat"; "/write2"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
5403 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5404 [["write"; "/write3"; "\n\n"];
5405 ["cat"; "/write3"]], "\n\n");
5406 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5407 [["write"; "/write4"; ""];
5408 ["cat"; "/write4"]], "");
5409 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5410 [["write"; "/write5"; "\n\n\n"];
5411 ["cat"; "/write5"]], "\n\n\n");
5412 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5413 [["write"; "/write6"; "\n"];
5414 ["cat"; "/write6"]], "\n")],
5415 "create a new file",
5417 This call creates a file called C<path>. The content of the
5418 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data).");
5420 ("pwrite", (RInt "nbytes", [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"], []), 247, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5421 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5422 [["write"; "/pwrite"; "new file contents"];
5423 ["pwrite"; "/pwrite"; "data"; "4"];
5424 ["cat"; "/pwrite"]], "new data contents");
5425 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5426 [["write"; "/pwrite2"; "new file contents"];
5427 ["pwrite"; "/pwrite2"; "is extended"; "9"];
5428 ["cat"; "/pwrite2"]], "new file is extended");
5429 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5430 [["write"; "/pwrite3"; "new file contents"];
5431 ["pwrite"; "/pwrite3"; ""; "4"];
5432 ["cat"; "/pwrite3"]], "new file contents")],
5433 "write to part of a file",
5435 This command writes to part of a file. It writes the data
5436 buffer C<content> to the file C<path> starting at offset C<offset>.
5438 This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
5439 that system call it may not write the full data requested. The
5440 return value is the number of bytes that were actually written
5441 to the file. This could even be 0, although short writes are
5442 unlikely for regular files in ordinary circumstances.
5444 See also C<guestfs_pread>, C<guestfs_pwrite_device>.");
5446 ("resize2fs_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"], []), 248, [],
5448 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem (with size)",
5450 This command is the same as C<guestfs_resize2fs> except that it
5451 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
5453 ("pvresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"], []), 249, [Optional "lvm2"],
5455 "resize an LVM physical volume (with size)",
5457 This command is the same as C<guestfs_pvresize> except that it
5458 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
5460 ("ntfsresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"], []), 250, [Optional "ntfsprogs"],
5462 "resize an NTFS filesystem (with size)",
5464 This command is the same as C<guestfs_ntfsresize> except that it
5465 allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
5467 ("available_all_groups", (RStringList "groups", [], []), 251, [],
5468 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available_all_groups"]]],
5469 "return a list of all optional groups",
5471 This command returns a list of all optional groups that this
5472 daemon knows about. Note this returns both supported and unsupported
5473 groups. To find out which ones the daemon can actually support
5474 you have to call C<guestfs_available> on each member of the
5477 See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
5479 ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"], []), 252, [],
5480 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
5481 [["fallocate64"; "/fallocate64"; "1000000"];
5482 ["stat"; "/fallocate64"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
5483 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
5485 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
5486 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
5489 Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
5490 To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
5492 The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
5493 but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
5494 to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
5495 of files created through that call to 1GB.
5497 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
5498 C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
5499 a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
5501 ("vfs_label", (RString "label", [Device "device"], []), 253, [],
5502 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
5503 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "LTEST"];
5504 ["vfs_label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "LTEST")],
5505 "get the filesystem label",
5507 This returns the filesystem label of the filesystem on
5510 If the filesystem is unlabeled, this returns the empty string.
5512 To find a filesystem from the label, use C<guestfs_findfs_label>.");
5514 ("vfs_uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 254, [],
5515 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
5516 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
5517 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
5518 ["vfs_uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid)]),
5519 "get the filesystem UUID",
5521 This returns the filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
5524 If the filesystem does not have a UUID, this returns the empty string.
5526 To find a filesystem from the UUID, use C<guestfs_findfs_uuid>.");
5528 ("lvm_set_filter", (RErr, [DeviceList "devices"], []), 255, [Optional "lvm2"],
5529 (* Can't be tested with the current framework because
5530 * the VG is being used by the mounted filesystem, so
5531 * the vgchange -an command we do first will fail.
5534 "set LVM device filter",
5536 This sets the LVM device filter so that LVM will only be
5537 able to \"see\" the block devices in the list C<devices>,
5538 and will ignore all other attached block devices.
5540 Where disk image(s) contain duplicate PVs or VGs, this
5541 command is useful to get LVM to ignore the duplicates, otherwise
5542 LVM can get confused. Note also there are two types
5543 of duplication possible: either cloned PVs/VGs which have
5544 identical UUIDs; or VGs that are not cloned but just happen
5545 to have the same name. In normal operation you cannot
5546 create this situation, but you can do it outside LVM, eg.
5547 by cloning disk images or by bit twiddling inside the LVM
5550 This command also clears the LVM cache and performs a volume
5553 You can filter whole block devices or individual partitions.
5555 You cannot use this if any VG is currently in use (eg.
5556 contains a mounted filesystem), even if you are not
5557 filtering out that VG.");
5559 ("lvm_clear_filter", (RErr, [], []), 256, [],
5560 [], (* see note on lvm_set_filter *)
5561 "clear LVM device filter",
5563 This undoes the effect of C<guestfs_lvm_set_filter>. LVM
5564 will be able to see every block device.
5566 This command also clears the LVM cache and performs a volume
5569 ("luks_open", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; String "mapname"], []), 257, [Optional "luks"],
5571 "open a LUKS-encrypted block device",
5573 This command opens a block device which has been encrypted
5574 according to the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) standard.
5576 C<device> is the encrypted block device or partition.
5578 The caller must supply one of the keys associated with the
5579 LUKS block device, in the C<key> parameter.
5581 This creates a new block device called C</dev/mapper/mapname>.
5582 Reads and writes to this block device are decrypted from and
5583 encrypted to the underlying C<device> respectively.
5585 If this block device contains LVM volume groups, then
5586 calling C<guestfs_vgscan> followed by C<guestfs_vg_activate_all>
5587 will make them visible.");
5589 ("luks_open_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; String "mapname"], []), 258, [Optional "luks"],
5591 "open a LUKS-encrypted block device read-only",
5593 This is the same as C<guestfs_luks_open> except that a read-only
5594 mapping is created.");
5596 ("luks_close", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 259, [Optional "luks"],
5598 "close a LUKS device",
5600 This closes a LUKS device that was created earlier by
5601 C<guestfs_luks_open> or C<guestfs_luks_open_ro>. The
5602 C<device> parameter must be the name of the LUKS mapping
5603 device (ie. C</dev/mapper/mapname>) and I<not> the name
5604 of the underlying block device.");
5606 ("luks_format", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"], []), 260, [Optional "luks"; DangerWillRobinson],
5608 "format a block device as a LUKS encrypted device",
5610 This command erases existing data on C<device> and formats
5611 the device as a LUKS encrypted device. C<key> is the
5612 initial key, which is added to key slot C<slot>. (LUKS
5613 supports 8 key slots, numbered 0-7).");
5615 ("luks_format_cipher", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"; String "cipher"], []), 261, [Optional "luks"; DangerWillRobinson],
5617 "format a block device as a LUKS encrypted device",
5619 This command is the same as C<guestfs_luks_format> but
5620 it also allows you to set the C<cipher> used.");
5622 ("luks_add_key", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Key "newkey"; Int "keyslot"], []), 262, [Optional "luks"],
5624 "add a key on a LUKS encrypted device",
5626 This command adds a new key on LUKS device C<device>.
5627 C<key> is any existing key, and is used to access the device.
5628 C<newkey> is the new key to add. C<keyslot> is the key slot
5629 that will be replaced.
5631 Note that if C<keyslot> already contains a key, then this
5632 command will fail. You have to use C<guestfs_luks_kill_slot>
5633 first to remove that key.");
5635 ("luks_kill_slot", (RErr, [Device "device"; Key "key"; Int "keyslot"], []), 263, [Optional "luks"],
5637 "remove a key from a LUKS encrypted device",
5639 This command deletes the key in key slot C<keyslot> from the
5640 encrypted LUKS device C<device>. C<key> must be one of the
5643 ("is_lv", (RBool "lvflag", [Device "device"], []), 264, [Optional "lvm2"],
5644 [InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutputTrue (
5645 [["is_lv"; "/dev/VG/LV"]]);
5646 InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutputFalse (
5647 [["is_lv"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
5648 "test if device is a logical volume",
5650 This command tests whether C<device> is a logical volume, and
5651 returns true iff this is the case.");
5653 ("findfs_uuid", (RString "device", [String "uuid"], []), 265, [],
5655 "find a filesystem by UUID",
5657 This command searches the filesystems and returns the one
5658 which has the given UUID. An error is returned if no such
5659 filesystem can be found.
5661 To find the UUID of a filesystem, use C<guestfs_vfs_uuid>.");
5663 ("findfs_label", (RString "device", [String "label"], []), 266, [],
5665 "find a filesystem by label",
5667 This command searches the filesystems and returns the one
5668 which has the given label. An error is returned if no such
5669 filesystem can be found.
5671 To find the label of a filesystem, use C<guestfs_vfs_label>.");
5673 ("is_chardev", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 267, [],
5674 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5675 [["is_chardev"; "/directory"]]);
5676 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5677 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/is_chardev"];
5678 ["is_chardev"; "/is_chardev"]])],
5679 "test if character device",
5681 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a character device
5682 with the given C<path> name.
5684 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5686 ("is_blockdev", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 268, [],
5687 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5688 [["is_blockdev"; "/directory"]]);
5689 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5690 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/is_blockdev"];
5691 ["is_blockdev"; "/is_blockdev"]])],
5692 "test if block device",
5694 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a block device
5695 with the given C<path> name.
5697 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5699 ("is_fifo", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 269, [],
5700 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5701 [["is_fifo"; "/directory"]]);
5702 InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5703 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/is_fifo"];
5704 ["is_fifo"; "/is_fifo"]])],
5705 "test if FIFO (named pipe)",
5707 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a FIFO (named pipe)
5708 with the given C<path> name.
5710 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5712 ("is_symlink", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 270, [],
5713 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5714 [["is_symlink"; "/directory"]]);
5715 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
5716 [["is_symlink"; "/abssymlink"]])],
5717 "test if symbolic link",
5719 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a symbolic link
5720 with the given C<path> name.
5722 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5724 ("is_socket", (RBool "flag", [Pathname "path"], []), 271, [],
5725 (* XXX Need a positive test for sockets. *)
5726 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
5727 [["is_socket"; "/directory"]])],
5730 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a Unix domain socket
5731 with the given C<path> name.
5733 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
5735 ("part_to_dev", (RString "device", [Device "partition"], []), 272, [],
5736 [InitPartition, Always, TestOutputDevice (
5737 [["part_to_dev"; "/dev/sda1"]], "/dev/sda");
5738 InitEmpty, Always, TestLastFail (
5739 [["part_to_dev"; "/dev/sda"]])],
5740 "convert partition name to device name",
5742 This function takes a partition name (eg. \"/dev/sdb1\") and
5743 removes the partition number, returning the device name
5746 The named partition must exist, for example as a string returned
5747 from C<guestfs_list_partitions>.");
5749 ("upload_offset", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; Int64 "offset"], []), 273, [Progress],
5750 (let md5 = Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB") in
5751 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5752 [["upload_offset"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/upload_offset"; "0"];
5753 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload_offset"]], md5)]),
5754 "upload a file from the local machine with offset",
5756 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
5759 C<remotefilename> is overwritten starting at the byte C<offset>
5760 specified. The intention is to overwrite parts of existing
5761 files or devices, although if a non-existant file is specified
5762 then it is created with a \"hole\" before C<offset>. The
5763 size of the data written is implicit in the size of the
5766 Note that there is no limit on the amount of data that
5767 can be uploaded with this call, unlike with C<guestfs_pwrite>,
5768 and this call always writes the full amount unless an
5771 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
5773 ("download_offset", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"; Int64 "offset"; Int64 "size"], []), 274, [Progress],
5774 (let md5 = Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB") in
5775 let offset = string_of_int 100 in
5776 let size = string_of_int ((Unix.stat "COPYING.LIB").Unix.st_size - 100) in
5777 [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
5778 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
5779 [["mkdir"; "/download_offset"];
5780 ["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"];
5781 ["download_offset"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"; offset; size];
5782 ["upload_offset"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"; offset];
5783 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/download_offset/COPYING.LIB"]], md5)]),
5784 "download a file to the local machine with offset and size",
5786 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
5787 on the local machine.
5789 C<remotefilename> is read for C<size> bytes starting at C<offset>
5790 (this region must be within the file or device).
5792 Note that there is no limit on the amount of data that
5793 can be downloaded with this call, unlike with C<guestfs_pread>,
5794 and this call always reads the full amount unless an
5797 See also C<guestfs_download>, C<guestfs_pread>.");
5799 ("pwrite_device", (RInt "nbytes", [Device "device"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"], []), 275, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5800 [InitPartition, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
5801 [["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"];
5802 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"];
5803 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sdb1"])],
5804 "write to part of a device",
5806 This command writes to part of a device. It writes the data
5807 buffer C<content> to C<device> starting at offset C<offset>.
5809 This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
5810 that system call it may not write the full data requested
5811 (although short writes to disk devices and partitions are
5812 probably impossible with standard Linux kernels).
5814 See also C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
5816 ("pread_device", (RBufferOut "content", [Device "device"; Int "count"; Int64 "offset"], []), 276, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
5817 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
5818 [["pread_device"; "/dev/sdd"; "8"; "32768"]], "\001CD001\001\000")],
5819 "read part of a device",
5821 This command lets you read part of a file. It reads C<count>
5822 bytes of C<device>, starting at C<offset>.
5824 This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
5825 see the L<pread(2)> system call.
5827 See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
5829 ("lvm_canonical_lv_name", (RString "lv", [Device "lvname"], []), 277, [],
5830 [InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutput (
5831 [["lvm_canonical_lv_name"; "/dev/mapper/VG-LV"]], "/dev/VG/LV");
5832 InitBasicFSonLVM, IfAvailable "lvm2", TestOutput (
5833 [["lvm_canonical_lv_name"; "/dev/VG/LV"]], "/dev/VG/LV")],
5834 "get canonical name of an LV",
5836 This converts alternative naming schemes for LVs that you
5837 might find to the canonical name. For example, C</dev/mapper/VG-LV>
5838 is converted to C</dev/VG/LV>.
5840 This command returns an error if the C<lvname> parameter does
5841 not refer to a logical volume.
5843 See also C<guestfs_is_lv>.");
5845 ("mkfs_opts", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"], [Int "blocksize"; String "features"]), 278, [],
5846 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
5847 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
5848 ["mkfs_opts"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"; "4096"; ""];
5849 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
5850 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
5851 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
5852 "make a filesystem",
5854 This function creates a filesystem on C<device>. The filesystem
5855 type is C<fstype>, for example C<ext3>.
5857 The optional arguments are:
5863 The filesystem block size. Supported block sizes depend on the
5864 filesystem type, but typically they are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096>
5865 for Linux ext2/3 filesystems.
5867 For VFAT and NTFS the C<blocksize> parameter is treated as
5868 the requested cluster size.
5870 For UFS block sizes, please see L<mkfs.ufs(8)>.
5874 This passes the I<-O> parameter to the external mkfs program.
5876 For certain filesystem types, this allows extra filesystem
5877 features to be selected. See L<mke2fs(8)> and L<mkfs.ufs(8)>
5880 You cannot use this optional parameter with the C<gfs> or
5881 C<gfs2> filesystem type.
5885 ("getxattr", (RBufferOut "xattr", [Pathname "path"; String "name"], []), 279, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
5887 "get a single extended attribute",
5889 Get a single extended attribute from file C<path> named C<name>.
5890 This call follows symlinks. If you want to lookup an extended
5891 attribute for the symlink itself, use C<guestfs_lgetxattr>.
5893 Normally it is better to get all extended attributes from a file
5894 in one go by calling C<guestfs_getxattrs>. However some Linux
5895 filesystem implementations are buggy and do not provide a way to
5896 list out attributes. For these filesystems (notably ntfs-3g)
5897 you have to know the names of the extended attributes you want
5898 in advance and call this function.
5900 Extended attribute values are blobs of binary data. If there
5901 is no extended attribute named C<name>, this returns an error.
5903 See also: C<guestfs_getxattrs>, C<guestfs_lgetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
5905 ("lgetxattr", (RBufferOut "xattr", [Pathname "path"; String "name"], []), 280, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
5907 "get a single extended attribute",
5909 Get a single extended attribute from file C<path> named C<name>.
5910 If C<path> is a symlink, then this call returns an extended
5911 attribute from the symlink.
5913 Normally it is better to get all extended attributes from a file
5914 in one go by calling C<guestfs_getxattrs>. However some Linux
5915 filesystem implementations are buggy and do not provide a way to
5916 list out attributes. For these filesystems (notably ntfs-3g)
5917 you have to know the names of the extended attributes you want
5918 in advance and call this function.
5920 Extended attribute values are blobs of binary data. If there
5921 is no extended attribute named C<name>, this returns an error.
5923 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, C<guestfs_getxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
5925 ("resize2fs_M", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 281, [],
5927 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to the minimum size",
5929 This command is the same as C<guestfs_resize2fs>, but the filesystem
5930 is resized to its minimum size. This works like the I<-M> option
5931 to the C<resize2fs> command.
5933 To get the resulting size of the filesystem you should call
5934 C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> and read the C<Block size> and C<Block count>
5935 values. These two numbers, multiplied together, give the
5936 resulting size of the minimal filesystem in bytes.");
5938 ("internal_autosync", (RErr, [], []), 282, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
5940 "internal autosync operation",
5942 This command performs the autosync operation just before the
5943 handle is closed. You should not call this command directly.
5944 Instead, use the autosync flag (C<guestfs_set_autosync>) to
5945 control whether or not this operation is performed when the
5946 handle is closed.");
5950 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
5952 (* In some places we want the functions to be displayed sorted
5953 * alphabetically, so this is useful:
5955 let all_functions_sorted = List.sort action_compare all_functions
5957 (* This is used to generate the src/MAX_PROC_NR file which
5958 * contains the maximum procedure number, a surrogate for the
5959 * ABI version number. See src/Makefile.am for the details.
5962 let proc_nrs = List.map (
5963 fun (_, _, proc_nr, _, _, _, _) -> proc_nr
5964 ) daemon_functions in
5965 List.fold_left max 0 proc_nrs
5967 (* Non-API meta-commands available only in guestfish.
5969 * Note (1): style, proc_nr and tests fields are all meaningless.
5970 * The only fields which are actually used are the shortname,
5971 * FishAlias flags, shortdesc and longdesc.
5973 * Note (2): to refer to other commands, use L</shortname>.
5975 * Note (3): keep this list sorted by shortname.
5977 let fish_commands = [
5978 ("alloc", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "allocate"], [],
5979 "allocate and add a disk file",
5980 " alloc filename size
5982 This creates an empty (zeroed) file of the given size, and then adds
5983 so it can be further examined.
5985 For more advanced image creation, see L<qemu-img(1)> utility.
5987 Size can be specified using standard suffixes, eg. C<1M>.
5989 To create a sparse file, use L</sparse> instead. To create a
5990 prepared disk image, see L</PREPARED DISK IMAGES>.");
5992 ("copy_in", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
5993 "copy local files or directories into an image",
5994 " copy-in local [local ...] /remotedir
5996 C<copy-in> copies local files or directories recursively into the disk
5997 image, placing them in the directory called C</remotedir> (which must
5998 exist). This guestfish meta-command turns into a sequence of
5999 L</tar-in> and other commands as necessary.
6001 Multiple local files and directories can be specified, but the last
6002 parameter must always be a remote directory. Wildcards cannot be
6005 ("copy_out", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6006 "copy remote files or directories out of an image",
6007 " copy-out remote [remote ...] localdir
6009 C<copy-out> copies remote files or directories recursively out of the
6010 disk image, placing them on the host disk in a local directory called
6011 C<localdir> (which must exist). This guestfish meta-command turns
6012 into a sequence of L</download>, L</tar-out> and other commands as
6015 Multiple remote files and directories can be specified, but the last
6016 parameter must always be a local directory. To download to the
6017 current directory, use C<.> as in:
6021 Wildcards cannot be used in the ordinary command, but you can use
6022 them with the help of L</glob> like this:
6024 glob copy-out /home/* .");
6026 ("echo", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6027 "display a line of text",
6030 This echos the parameters to the terminal.");
6032 ("edit", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "vi"; FishAlias "emacs"], [],
6036 This is used to edit a file. It downloads the file, edits it
6037 locally using your editor, then uploads the result.
6039 The editor is C<$EDITOR>. However if you use the alternate
6040 commands C<vi> or C<emacs> you will get those corresponding
6043 ("glob", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6044 "expand wildcards in command",
6045 " glob command args...
6047 Expand wildcards in any paths in the args list, and run C<command>
6048 repeatedly on each matching path.
6050 See L</WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING>.");
6052 ("hexedit", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6053 "edit with a hex editor",
6054 " hexedit <filename|device>
6055 hexedit <filename|device> <max>
6056 hexedit <filename|device> <start> <max>
6058 Use hexedit (a hex editor) to edit all or part of a binary file
6061 This command works by downloading potentially the whole file or
6062 device, editing it locally, then uploading it. If the file or
6063 device is large, you have to specify which part you wish to edit
6064 by using C<max> and/or C<start> C<max> parameters.
6065 C<start> and C<max> are specified in bytes, with the usual
6066 modifiers allowed such as C<1M> (1 megabyte).
6068 For example to edit the first few sectors of a disk you
6073 which would allow you to edit anywhere within the first megabyte
6076 To edit the superblock of an ext2 filesystem on C</dev/sda1>, do:
6078 hexedit /dev/sda1 0x400 0x400
6080 (assuming the superblock is in the standard location).
6082 This command requires the external L<hexedit(1)> program. You
6083 can specify another program to use by setting the C<HEXEDITOR>
6084 environment variable.
6086 See also L</hexdump>.");
6088 ("lcd", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6089 "change working directory",
6092 Change the local directory, ie. the current directory of guestfish
6095 Note that C<!cd> won't do what you might expect.");
6097 ("man", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "manual"], [],
6101 Opens the manual page for guestfish.");
6103 ("more", (RErr,[], []), -1, [FishAlias "less"], [],
6109 This is used to view a file.
6111 The default viewer is C<$PAGER>. However if you use the alternate
6112 command C<less> you will get the C<less> command specifically.");
6114 ("reopen", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6115 "close and reopen libguestfs handle",
6118 Close and reopen the libguestfs handle. It is not necessary to use
6119 this normally, because the handle is closed properly when guestfish
6120 exits. However this is occasionally useful for testing.");
6122 ("sparse", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6123 "create a sparse disk image and add",
6124 " sparse filename size
6126 This creates an empty sparse file of the given size, and then adds
6127 so it can be further examined.
6129 In all respects it works the same as the L</alloc> command, except that
6130 the image file is allocated sparsely, which means that disk blocks are
6131 not assigned to the file until they are needed. Sparse disk files
6132 only use space when written to, but they are slower and there is a
6133 danger you could run out of real disk space during a write operation.
6135 For more advanced image creation, see L<qemu-img(1)> utility.
6137 Size can be specified using standard suffixes, eg. C<1M>.");
6139 ("supported", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6140 "list supported groups of commands",
6143 This command returns a list of the optional groups
6144 known to the daemon, and indicates which ones are
6145 supported by this build of the libguestfs appliance.
6147 See also L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
6149 ("time", (RErr,[], []), -1, [], [],
6150 "print elapsed time taken to run a command",
6151 " time command args...
6153 Run the command as usual, but print the elapsed time afterwards. This
6154 can be useful for benchmarking operations.");