Add: pvresize, sfdisk-N, sfdisk-l, sfdisk-kernel-geomtry, sfdisk-disk-geometry comman...

[libguestfs.git] / perl / lib / Sys / Guestfs.pm

diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
index b11594f..0249a41 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm
@@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
 to remove those first.
 
 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
 to remove those first.
 

+=item $h->pvresize ($device);
+
+This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
+volume to match the new size of the underlying device.
+

 =item @physvols = $h->pvs ();
 
 List all the physical volumes detected.  This is the equivalent
 =item @physvols = $h->pvs ();
 
 List all the physical volumes detected.  This is the equivalent


@@ -985,9 +990,45 @@ To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
 the string C<,> (comma).
 
 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
 the string C<,> (comma).
 

+See also: C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk_l>, C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk_N>
+
+B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
+can easily destroy all your data>.
+
+=item $h->sfdisk_N ($device, $n, $cyls, $heads, $sectors, $line);
+
+This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
+partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
+
+For other parameters, see C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk>.  You should usually
+pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
+

 B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
 can easily destroy all your data>.
 
 B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
 can easily destroy all your data>.
 

+=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_disk_geometry ($device);
+
+This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
+partition table.  Especially in the case where the underlying
+block device has been resized, this can be different from the
+kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
+
+The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
+be parsed.
+
+=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_kernel_geometry ($device);
+
+This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
+
+The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
+be parsed.
+
+=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_l ($device);
+
+This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
+human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command.  It is
+not intended to be parsed.
+

 =item %statbuf = $h->stat ($path);
 
 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
 =item %statbuf = $h->stat ($path);
 
 Returns file information for the given C<path>.