This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=...>.
+
C<cache=off> is omitted in cases where it is not supported by
the underlying filesystem.
+C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
+C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
+might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
+or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
+
Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
-Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+This call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
-the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
+the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
+
+=item *
+
+If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
+efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
+should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
+
+=back");
("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
[],
This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,if=...>.
+C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
+C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
+might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
+or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
+
Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
"\
Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
+ ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
+ [],
+ "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
+ "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
+to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
+
+ ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
+ [],
+ "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
+ "\
+This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
+to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
+
]
(* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
"change file mode",
"\
Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
-numeric modes are supported.");
+numeric modes are supported.
+
+I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
+by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
+C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.");
("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
[], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
[InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
[["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
"make a filesystem",
[InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
[["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
[["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["umount"; "/"];
["mounts"]], [])],
"unmount a filesystem",
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["mkdir"; "/mp1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
["umount_all"];
["mounts"]], [])],
[InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
[["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "test file"; "0"];
["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
"zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
"\
["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
["umount"; "/"];
["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "test content")],
"resize an LVM logical volume",
"\
[InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
[["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
"make a filesystem with block size",
[["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
"make ext2/3/4 external journal",
[["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
["mke2journal_L"; "4096"; "JOURNAL"; "/dev/sda1"];
["mke2fs_JL"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "JOURNAL"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
"make ext2/3/4 external journal with label",
[["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
["mke2journal_U"; "4096"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"];
["mke2fs_JU"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; uuid];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")]),
"make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID",
than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
This command cannot do partial copies.");
+ ("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"]), 218, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["write_file"; "/file"; "hello, world"; "0"];
+ ["filesize"; "/file"]], 12)],
+ "return the size of the file in bytes",
+ "\
+This command returns the size of C<file> in bytes.
+
+To get other stats about a file, use C<guestfs_stat>, C<guestfs_lstat>,
+C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_is_file> etc.
+To get the size of block devices, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64>.");
+
+ ("lvrename", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "newlogvol"]), 219, [],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["lvrename"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/dev/VG/LV2"];
+ ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"])],
+ "rename an LVM logical volume",
+ "\
+Rename a logical volume C<logvol> with the new name C<newlogvol>.");
+
+ ("vgrename", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; String "newvolgroup"]), 220, [],
+ [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["umount"; "/"];
+ ["vg_activate"; "false"; "VG"];
+ ["vgrename"; "VG"; "VG2"];
+ ["vg_activate"; "true"; "VG2"];
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG2/LV"; "/"];
+ ["vgs"]], ["VG2"])],
+ "rename an LVM volume group",
+ "\
+Rename a volume group C<volgroup> with the new name C<newvolgroup>.");
+
+ ("initrd_cat", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "initrdpath"; String "filename"]), 221, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["initrd_cat"; "/initrd"; "known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
+ "list the contents of a single file in an initrd",
+ "\
+This command unpacks the file C<filename> from the initrd file
+called C<initrdpath>. The filename must be given I<without> the
+initial C</> character.
+
+For example, in guestfish you could use the following command
+to examine the boot script (usually called C</init>)
+contained in a Linux initrd or initramfs image:
+
+ initrd-cat /boot/initrd-<version>.img init
+
+See also C<guestfs_initrd_list>.");
+
]
let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
in
loop 0 xs
+let count_chars c str =
+ let count = ref 0 in
+ for i = 0 to String.length str - 1 do
+ if c = String.unsafe_get str i then incr count
+ done;
+ !count
+
let name_of_argt = function
| Pathname n | Device n | Dev_or_Path n | String n | OptString n
| StringList n | DeviceList n | Bool n | Int n | Int64 n
(* Handling for function flags. *)
let protocol_limit_warning =
"Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
-of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use
-FTP."
+of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. See L<guestfs(3)/PROTOCOL LIMITS>."
let danger_will_robinson =
"B<This command is dangerous. Without careful use you
"for"; "forall"; "foreign"; "fun"; "function"; "functor"; "goto";
"hiding"; "if"; "import"; "in"; "include"; "infix"; "infixl";
"infixr"; "inherit"; "initializer"; "inline"; "instance"; "int";
+ "interface";
"land"; "lazy"; "let"; "long"; "lor"; "lsl"; "lsr"; "lxor";
"match"; "mdo"; "method"; "mod"; "module"; "mutable"; "new";
"newtype"; "object"; "of"; "open"; "or"; "private"; "qualified";
(* 'pr' prints to the current output file. *)
let chan = ref Pervasives.stdout
-let pr fs = ksprintf (output_string !chan) fs
+let lines = ref 0
+let pr fs =
+ ksprintf
+ (fun str ->
+ let i = count_chars '\n' str in
+ lines := !lines + i;
+ output_string !chan str
+ ) fs
let copyright_years =
let this_year = 1900 + (localtime (time ())).tm_year in
(* Having to choose a maximum message size is annoying for several
* reasons (it limits what we can do in the API), but it (a) makes
* the protocol a lot simpler, and (b) provides a bound on the size
- * of the daemon which operates in limited memory space. For large
- * file transfers you should use FTP.
+ * of the daemon which operates in limited memory space.
*)
pr "const GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX = %d;\n" (4 * 1024 * 1024);
pr "\n";
name style;
) daemon_functions
+(* Generate the linker script which controls the visibility of
+ * symbols in the public ABI and ensures no other symbols get
+ * exported accidentally.
+ *)
+and generate_linker_script () =
+ generate_header HashStyle GPLv2plus;
+
+ let globals = [
+ "guestfs_create";
+ "guestfs_close";
+ "guestfs_get_error_handler";
+ "guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler";
+ "guestfs_last_error";
+ "guestfs_set_error_handler";
+ "guestfs_set_launch_done_callback";
+ "guestfs_set_log_message_callback";
+ "guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler";
+ "guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback";
+
+ (* Unofficial parts of the API: the bindings code use these
+ * functions, so it is useful to export them.
+ *)
+ "guestfs_safe_calloc";
+ "guestfs_safe_malloc";
+ ] in
+ let functions =
+ List.map (fun (name, _, _, _, _, _, _) -> "guestfs_" ^ name)
+ all_functions in
+ let structs =
+ List.concat (
+ List.map (fun (typ, _) ->
+ ["guestfs_free_" ^ typ; "guestfs_free_" ^ typ ^ "_list"])
+ structs
+ ) in
+ let globals = List.sort compare (globals @ functions @ structs) in
+
+ pr "{\n";
+ pr " global:\n";
+ List.iter (pr " %s;\n") globals;
+ pr "\n";
+
+ pr " local:\n";
+ pr " *;\n";
+ pr "};\n"
+
(* Generate the server-side stubs. *)
and generate_daemon_actions () =
generate_header CStyle GPLv2plus;
pr " memset (&args, 0, sizeof args);\n";
pr "\n";
pr " if (!xdr_guestfs_%s_args (xdr_in, &args)) {\n" name;
- pr " reply_with_error (\"%%s: daemon failed to decode procedure arguments\", \"%s\");\n" name;
+ pr " reply_with_error (\"daemon failed to decode procedure arguments\");\n";
pr " return;\n";
pr " }\n";
let pr_args n =
["lvm_remove_all"];
["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"]]
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"]]
| InitBasicFSonLVM ->
pr " /* InitBasicFSonLVM for %s: create ext2 on /dev/VG/LV */\n"
test_name;
["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "8"];
["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
- ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"]]
+ ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"]]
| InitISOFS ->
pr " /* InitISOFS for %s */\n" test_name;
List.iter (generate_test_command_call test_name)
fun (_, _, _, flags, _, _, _) -> not (List.mem NotInFish flags)
) all_functions_sorted in
+ pr "#include <config.h>\n";
+ pr "\n";
pr "#include <stdio.h>\n";
pr "#include <stdlib.h>\n";
pr "#include <string.h>\n";
pr "\n";
pr "#include <guestfs.h>\n";
pr "#include \"c-ctype.h\"\n";
+ pr "#include \"full-write.h\"\n";
+ pr "#include \"xstrtol.h\"\n";
pr "#include \"fish.h\"\n";
pr "\n";
pr " fprintf (stderr, _(\"type 'help %%s' for help on %%s\\n\"), cmd, cmd);\n";
pr " return -1;\n";
pr " }\n";
+
+ let parse_integer fn fntyp rtyp range name i =
+ pr " {\n";
+ pr " strtol_error xerr;\n";
+ pr " %s r;\n" fntyp;
+ pr "\n";
+ pr " xerr = %s (argv[%d], NULL, 0, &r, \"\");\n" fn i;
+ pr " if (xerr != LONGINT_OK) {\n";
+ pr " fprintf (stderr,\n";
+ pr " _(\"%%s: %%s: invalid integer parameter (%%s returned %%d)\\n\"),\n";
+ pr " cmd, \"%s\", \"%s\", xerr);\n" name fn;
+ pr " return -1;\n";
+ pr " }\n";
+ (match range with
+ | None -> ()
+ | Some (min, max, comment) ->
+ pr " /* %s */\n" comment;
+ pr " if (r < %s || r > %s) {\n" min max;
+ pr " fprintf (stderr, _(\"%%s: %%s: integer out of range\\n\"), cmd, \"%s\");\n"
+ name;
+ pr " return -1;\n";
+ pr " }\n";
+ pr " /* The check above should ensure this assignment does not overflow. */\n";
+ );
+ pr " %s = r;\n" name;
+ pr " }\n";
+ in
+
iteri (
fun i ->
function
| Bool name ->
pr " %s = is_true (argv[%d]) ? 1 : 0;\n" name i
| Int name ->
- pr " %s = atoi (argv[%d]);\n" name i
+ let range =
+ let min = "(-(2LL<<30))"
+ and max = "((2LL<<30)-1)"
+ and comment =
+ "The Int type in the generator is a signed 31 bit int." in
+ Some (min, max, comment) in
+ parse_integer "xstrtol" "long" "int" range name i
| Int64 name ->
- pr " %s = atoll (argv[%d]);\n" name i
+ parse_integer "xstrtoll" "long long" "int64_t" None name i
) (snd style);
(* Call C API function. *)
pr " return 0;\n"
| RBufferOut _ ->
pr " if (r == NULL) return -1;\n";
- pr " fwrite (r, size, 1, stdout);\n";
+ pr " if (full_write (1, r, size) != size) {\n";
+ pr " perror (\"write\");\n";
+ pr " free (r);\n";
+ pr " return -1;\n";
+ pr " }\n";
pr " free (r);\n";
pr " return 0;\n"
);
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (r == -1)\n";
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
| RInt n
| RBool n ->
pr "PREINIT:\n";
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == -1)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " RETVAL = newSViv (%s);\n" n;
pr " OUTPUT:\n";
pr " RETVAL\n"
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == -1)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " RETVAL = my_newSVll (%s);\n" n;
pr " OUTPUT:\n";
pr " RETVAL\n"
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, 0);\n" n;
pr " OUTPUT:\n";
pr " RETVAL\n"
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, 0);\n" n;
pr " free (%s);\n" n;
pr " OUTPUT:\n";
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " for (n = 0; %s[n] != NULL; ++n) /**/;\n" n;
pr " EXTEND (SP, n);\n";
pr " for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {\n";
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, size);\n" n;
pr " free (%s);\n" n;
pr " OUTPUT:\n";
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " EXTEND (SP, %s->len);\n" n;
pr " for (i = 0; i < %s->len; ++i) {\n" n;
pr " hv = newHV ();\n";
pr ";\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
- pr " croak (\"%s: %%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n" name;
+ pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
pr " EXTEND (SP, 2 * %d);\n" (List.length cols);
List.iter (
fun ((name, _) as col) ->
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
-in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
+in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over
+FUSE.
See also L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)> for a set of useful library
functions for using libguestfs from Perl, including integration
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
-in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
+in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over
+FUSE.
Errors which happen while using the API are turned into Python
RuntimeError exceptions.
pr " r = ";
generate_call ();
pr " if (r %s)\n" (c_error_comparison ());
- pr " throw new Error (\"%s: \" + guestfs_last_error (_handle));\n"
- name;
+ pr " throw new Error (guestfs_last_error (_handle));\n";
(match fst style with
| RErr -> ()
| RBool _ ->
output_to "src/guestfs-structs.pod" generate_structs_pod;
output_to "src/guestfs-actions.pod" generate_actions_pod;
output_to "src/guestfs-availability.pod" generate_availability_pod;
+ output_to "src/MAX_PROC_NR" generate_max_proc_nr;
+ output_to "src/libguestfs.syms" generate_linker_script;
output_to "daemon/actions.h" generate_daemon_actions_h;
output_to "daemon/stubs.c" generate_daemon_actions;
output_to "daemon/names.c" generate_daemon_names;
output_to "haskell/Guestfs.hs" generate_haskell_hs;
output_to "haskell/Bindtests.hs" generate_haskell_bindtests;
output_to "csharp/Libguestfs.cs" generate_csharp;
- output_to "src/MAX_PROC_NR" generate_max_proc_nr;
(* Always generate this file last, and unconditionally. It's used
* by the Makefile to know when we must re-run the generator.
*)
let chan = open_out "src/stamp-generator" in
fprintf chan "1\n";
- close_out chan
+ close_out chan;
+
+ printf "generated %d lines of code\n" !lines