+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1677
+msgid "guestfs_set_progress_callback"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1679
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" typedef void (*guestfs_progress_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque,\n"
+" int proc_nr, int serial,\n"
+" uint64_t position, uint64_t total);\n"
+" void guestfs_set_progress_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n"
+" guestfs_progress_cb cb,\n"
+" void *opaque);\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1686
+msgid ""
+"Some long-running operations can generate progress messages. If this "
+"callback is registered, then it will be called each time a progress message "
+"is generated (usually two seconds after the operation started, and three "
+"times per second thereafter until it completes, although the frequency may "
+"change in future versions)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1692
+msgid ""
+"The callback receives two numbers: C<position> and C<total>. The units of "
+"C<total> are not defined, although for some operations C<total> may relate "
+"in some way to the amount of data to be transferred (eg. in bytes or "
+"megabytes), and C<position> may be the portion which has been transferred."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1698
+msgid "The only defined and stable parts of the API are:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1704
+msgid ""
+"The callback can display to the user some type of progress bar or indicator "
+"which shows the ratio of C<position>:C<total>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1709
+msgid "0 E<lt>= C<position> E<lt>= C<total>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1713
+msgid ""
+"If any progress notification is sent during a call, then a final progress "
+"notification is always sent when C<position> = C<total>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1716
+msgid ""
+"This is to simplify caller code, so callers can easily set the progress "
+"indicator to \"100%\" at the end of the operation, without requiring special "
+"code to detect this case."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1722
+msgid ""
+"The callback also receives the procedure number and serial number of the "
+"call. These are only useful for debugging protocol issues, and the callback "
+"can normally ignore them. The callback may want to print these numbers in "
+"error messages or debugging messages."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1727
+msgid "PRIVATE DATA AREA"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1729
+msgid ""
+"You can attach named pieces of private data to the libguestfs handle, and "
+"fetch them by name for the lifetime of the handle. This is called the "
+"private data area and is only available from the C API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1733
+msgid "To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1735
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" void guestfs_set_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key, void *data);\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1737
+msgid ""
+"C<key> is the name to associate with this data, and C<data> is an arbitrary "
+"pointer (which can be C<NULL>). Any previous item with the same name is "
+"overwritten."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1741
+msgid ""
+"You can use any C<key> you want, but names beginning with an underscore "
+"character are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes (for implementing "
+"language bindings). It is recommended to prefix the name with some unique "
+"string to avoid collisions with other users."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1746
+msgid "To retrieve the pointer, use:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1748
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" void *guestfs_get_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key);\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1750
+msgid ""
+"This function returns C<NULL> if either no data is found associated with "
+"C<key>, or if the user previously set the C<key>'s C<data> pointer to "
+"C<NULL>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1754
+msgid ""
+"Libguestfs does not try to look at or interpret the C<data> pointer in any "
+"way. As far as libguestfs is concerned, it need not be a valid pointer at "
+"all. In particular, libguestfs does I<not> try to free the data when the "
+"handle is closed. If the data must be freed, then the caller must either "
+"free it before calling L</guestfs_close> or must set up a close callback to "
+"do it (see L</guestfs_set_close_callback>, and note that only one callback "
+"can be registered for a handle)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1762
+msgid ""
+"The private data area is implemented using a hash table, and should be "
+"reasonably efficient for moderate numbers of keys."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =end
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1765 ../src/guestfs.pod:1770
+msgid "html"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1767
+msgid ""
+"<!-- old anchor for the next section --> <a "
+"name=\"state_machine_and_low_level_event_api\"/>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1772
+msgid "ARCHITECTURE"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1774
+msgid ""
+"Internally, libguestfs is implemented by running an appliance (a special "
+"type of small virtual machine) using L<qemu(1)>. Qemu runs as a child "
+"process of the main program."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1778
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ___________________\n"
+" / \\\n"
+" | main program |\n"
+" | |\n"
+" | | child process / appliance\n"
+" | | __________________________\n"
+" | | / qemu \\\n"
+" +-------------------+ RPC | +-----------------+ |\n"
+" | libguestfs <--------------------> guestfsd | |\n"
+" | | | +-----------------+ |\n"
+" \\___________________/ | | Linux kernel | |\n"
+" | +--^--------------+ |\n"
+" \\_________|________________/\n"
+" |\n"
+" _______v______\n"
+" / \\\n"
+" | Device or |\n"
+" | disk image |\n"
+" \\______________/\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1798
+msgid ""
+"The library, linked to the main program, creates the child process and hence "
+"the appliance in the L</guestfs_launch> function."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1801
+msgid ""
+"Inside the appliance is a Linux kernel and a complete stack of userspace "
+"tools (such as LVM and ext2 programs) and a small controlling daemon called "
+"L</guestfsd>. The library talks to L</guestfsd> using remote procedure "
+"calls (RPC). There is a mostly one-to-one correspondence between libguestfs "
+"API calls and RPC calls to the daemon. Lastly the disk image(s) are "
+"attached to the qemu process which translates device access by the "
+"appliance's Linux kernel into accesses to the image."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1810
+msgid ""
+"A common misunderstanding is that the appliance \"is\" the virtual machine. "
+"Although the disk image you are attached to might also be used by some "
+"virtual machine, libguestfs doesn't know or care about this. (But you will "
+"care if both libguestfs's qemu process and your virtual machine are trying "
+"to update the disk image at the same time, since these usually results in "
+"massive disk corruption)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1817
+msgid "STATE MACHINE"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1819
+msgid "libguestfs uses a state machine to model the child process:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1821
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" |\n"
+" guestfs_create\n"
+" |\n"
+" |\n"
+" ____V_____\n"
+" / \\\n"
+" | CONFIG |\n"
+" \\__________/\n"
+" ^ ^ ^ \\\n"
+" / | \\ \\ guestfs_launch\n"
+" / | _\\__V______\n"
+" / | / \\\n"
+" / | | LAUNCHING |\n"
+" / | \\___________/\n"
+" / | /\n"
+" / | guestfs_launch\n"
+" / | /\n"
+" ______ / __|____V\n"
+" / \\ ------> / \\\n"
+" | BUSY | | READY |\n"
+" \\______/ <------ \\________/\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1843
+msgid ""
+"The normal transitions are (1) CONFIG (when the handle is created, but there "
+"is no child process), (2) LAUNCHING (when the child process is booting up), "
+"(3) alternating between READY and BUSY as commands are issued to, and "
+"carried out by, the child process."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1848
+msgid ""
+"The guest may be killed by L</guestfs_kill_subprocess>, or may die "
+"asynchronously at any time (eg. due to some internal error), and that causes "
+"the state to transition back to CONFIG."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1852
+msgid ""
+"Configuration commands for qemu such as L</guestfs_add_drive> can only be "
+"issued when in the CONFIG state."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1855
+msgid ""
+"The API offers one call that goes from CONFIG through LAUNCHING to READY. "
+"L</guestfs_launch> blocks until the child process is READY to accept "
+"commands (or until some failure or timeout). L</guestfs_launch> internally "
+"moves the state from CONFIG to LAUNCHING while it is running."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1861
+msgid ""
+"API actions such as L</guestfs_mount> can only be issued when in the READY "
+"state. These API calls block waiting for the command to be carried out "
+"(ie. the state to transition to BUSY and then back to READY). There are no "
+"non-blocking versions, and no way to issue more than one command per handle "
+"at the same time."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1867
+msgid ""
+"Finally, the child process sends asynchronous messages back to the main "
+"program, such as kernel log messages. You can register a callback to "
+"receive these messages."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1871
+msgid "INTERNALS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1873
+msgid "COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1875
+msgid ""
+"Don't rely on using this protocol directly. This section documents how it "
+"currently works, but it may change at any time."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1878
+msgid ""
+"The protocol used to talk between the library and the daemon running inside "
+"the qemu virtual machine is a simple RPC mechanism built on top of XDR (RFC "
+"1014, RFC 1832, RFC 4506)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1882
+msgid ""
+"The detailed format of structures is in C<src/guestfs_protocol.x> (note: "
+"this file is automatically generated)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1885
+msgid ""
+"There are two broad cases, ordinary functions that don't have any C<FileIn> "
+"and C<FileOut> parameters, which are handled with very simple request/reply "
+"messages. Then there are functions that have any C<FileIn> or C<FileOut> "
+"parameters, which use the same request and reply messages, but they may also "
+"be followed by files sent using a chunked encoding."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head3
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1892
+msgid "ORDINARY FUNCTIONS (NO FILEIN/FILEOUT PARAMS)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1894
+msgid "For ordinary functions, the request message is:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1896
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" total length (header + arguments,\n"
+" but not including the length word itself)\n"
+" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" struct guestfs_<foo>_args (encoded as XDR)\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1901
+msgid ""
+"The total length field allows the daemon to allocate a fixed size buffer "
+"into which it slurps the rest of the message. As a result, the total length "
+"is limited to C<GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX> bytes (currently 4MB), which means the "
+"effective size of any request is limited to somewhere under this size."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1907
+msgid ""
+"Note also that many functions don't take any arguments, in which case the "
+"C<guestfs_I<foo>_args> is completely omitted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1910
+msgid ""
+"The header contains the procedure number (C<guestfs_proc>) which is how the "
+"receiver knows what type of args structure to expect, or none at all."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1914
+msgid ""
+"For functions that take optional arguments, the optional arguments are "
+"encoded in the C<guestfs_I<foo>_args> structure in the same way as ordinary "
+"arguments. A bitmask in the header indicates which optional arguments are "
+"meaningful. The bitmask is also checked to see if it contains bits set "
+"which the daemon does not know about (eg. if more optional arguments were "
+"added in a later version of the library), and this causes the call to be "
+"rejected."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1922
+msgid "The reply message for ordinary functions is:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1924
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" total length (header + ret,\n"
+" but not including the length word itself)\n"
+" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" struct guestfs_<foo>_ret (encoded as XDR)\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1929
+msgid ""
+"As above the C<guestfs_I<foo>_ret> structure may be completely omitted for "
+"functions that return no formal return values."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1932
+msgid "As above the total length of the reply is limited to C<GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1935
+msgid ""
+"In the case of an error, a flag is set in the header, and the reply message "
+"is slightly changed:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1938
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" total length (header + error,\n"
+" but not including the length word itself)\n"
+" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" struct guestfs_message_error (encoded as XDR)\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1943
+msgid ""
+"The C<guestfs_message_error> structure contains the error message as a "
+"string."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head3
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1946
+msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEIN PARAMETERS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1948
+msgid ""
+"A C<FileIn> parameter indicates that we transfer a file I<into> the guest. "
+"The normal request message is sent (see above). However this is followed by "
+"a sequence of file chunks."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1952
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" total length (header + arguments,\n"
+" but not including the length word itself,\n"
+" and not including the chunks)\n"
+" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" struct guestfs_<foo>_args (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" sequence of chunks for FileIn param #0\n"
+" sequence of chunks for FileIn param #1 etc.\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1960
+msgid "The \"sequence of chunks\" is:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1962
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" length of chunk (not including length word itself)\n"
+" struct guestfs_chunk (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" length of chunk\n"
+" struct guestfs_chunk (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" ...\n"
+" length of chunk\n"
+" struct guestfs_chunk (with data.data_len == 0)\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1970
+msgid ""
+"The final chunk has the C<data_len> field set to zero. Additionally a flag "
+"is set in the final chunk to indicate either successful completion or early "
+"cancellation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1974
+msgid ""
+"At time of writing there are no functions that have more than one FileIn "
+"parameter. However this is (theoretically) supported, by sending the "
+"sequence of chunks for each FileIn parameter one after another (from left to "
+"right)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1979
+msgid ""
+"Both the library (sender) I<and> the daemon (receiver) may cancel the "
+"transfer. The library does this by sending a chunk with a special flag set "
+"to indicate cancellation. When the daemon sees this, it cancels the whole "
+"RPC, does I<not> send any reply, and goes back to reading the next request."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1985
+msgid ""
+"The daemon may also cancel. It does this by writing a special word "
+"C<GUESTFS_CANCEL_FLAG> to the socket. The library listens for this during "
+"the transfer, and if it gets it, it will cancel the transfer (it sends a "
+"cancel chunk). The special word is chosen so that even if cancellation "
+"happens right at the end of the transfer (after the library has finished "
+"writing and has started listening for the reply), the \"spurious\" cancel "
+"flag will not be confused with the reply message."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1994
+msgid ""
+"This protocol allows the transfer of arbitrary sized files (no 32 bit "
+"limit), and also files where the size is not known in advance (eg. from "
+"pipes or sockets). However the chunks are rather small "
+"(C<GUESTFS_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE>), so that neither the library nor the daemon need "
+"to keep much in memory."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head3
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2000
+msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEOUT PARAMETERS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2002
+msgid ""
+"The protocol for FileOut parameters is exactly the same as for FileIn "
+"parameters, but with the roles of daemon and library reversed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2005
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" total length (header + ret,\n"
+" but not including the length word itself,\n"
+" and not including the chunks)\n"
+" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" struct guestfs_<foo>_ret (encoded as XDR)\n"
+" sequence of chunks for FileOut param #0\n"
+" sequence of chunks for FileOut param #1 etc.\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head3
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2013
+msgid "INITIAL MESSAGE"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2015
+msgid ""
+"When the daemon launches it sends an initial word (C<GUESTFS_LAUNCH_FLAG>) "
+"which indicates that the guest and daemon is alive. This is what "
+"L</guestfs_launch> waits for."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head3
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2019
+msgid "PROGRESS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2021
+msgid ""
+"The daemon may send progress notification messages at any time. These are "
+"distinguished by the normal length word being replaced by "
+"C<GUESTFS_PROGRESS_FLAG>, followed by a fixed size progress message."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2025
+msgid ""
+"The library turns them into progress callbacks (see "
+"C<guestfs_set_progress_callback>) if there is a callback registered, or "
+"discards them if not."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2029
+msgid ""
+"The daemon self-limits the frequency of progress messages it sends (see "
+"C<daemon/proto.c:notify_progress>). Not all calls generate progress "
+"messages."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2033
+msgid "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2035
+msgid ""
+"Since April 2010, libguestfs has started to make separate development and "
+"stable releases, along with corresponding branches in our git repository. "
+"These separate releases can be identified by version number:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2040
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" even numbers for stable: 1.2.x, 1.4.x, ...\n"
+" .-------- odd numbers for development: 1.3.x, 1.5.x, ...\n"
+" |\n"
+" v\n"
+" 1 . 3 . 5\n"
+" ^ ^\n"
+" | |\n"
+" | `-------- sub-version\n"
+" |\n"
+" `------ always '1' because we don't change the ABI\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2051
+msgid "Thus \"1.3.5\" is the 5th update to the development branch \"1.3\"."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2053
+msgid ""
+"As time passes we cherry pick fixes from the development branch and backport "
+"those into the stable branch, the effect being that the stable branch should "
+"get more stable and less buggy over time. So the stable releases are ideal "
+"for people who don't need new features but would just like the software to "
+"work."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2059
+msgid "Our criteria for backporting changes are:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2065
+msgid ""
+"Documentation changes which don't affect any code are backported unless the "
+"documentation refers to a future feature which is not in stable."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2071
+msgid ""
+"Bug fixes which are not controversial, fix obvious problems, and have been "
+"well tested are backported."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2076
+msgid ""
+"Simple rearrangements of code which shouldn't affect how it works get "
+"backported. This is so that the code in the two branches doesn't get too "
+"far out of step, allowing us to backport future fixes more easily."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2082
+msgid ""
+"We I<don't> backport new features, new APIs, new tools etc, except in one "
+"exceptional case: the new feature is required in order to implement an "
+"important bug fix."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2088
+msgid ""
+"A new stable branch starts when we think the new features in development are "
+"substantial and compelling enough over the current stable branch to warrant "
+"it. When that happens we create new stable and development versions 1.N.0 "
+"and 1.(N+1).0 [N is even]. The new dot-oh release won't necessarily be so "
+"stable at this point, but by backporting fixes from development, that branch "
+"will stabilize over time."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2096
+msgid "EXTENDING LIBGUESTFS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2098
+msgid "ADDING A NEW API ACTION"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2100
+msgid ""
+"Large amounts of boilerplate code in libguestfs (RPC, bindings, "
+"documentation) are generated, and this makes it easy to extend the "
+"libguestfs API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2104
+msgid "To add a new API action there are two changes:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2110
+msgid ""
+"You need to add a description of the call (name, parameters, return type, "
+"tests, documentation) to C<generator/generator_actions.ml>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2113
+msgid ""
+"There are two sorts of API action, depending on whether the call goes "
+"through to the daemon in the appliance, or is serviced entirely by the "
+"library (see L</ARCHITECTURE> above). L</guestfs_sync> is an example of the "
+"former, since the sync is done in the appliance. L</guestfs_set_trace> is "
+"an example of the latter, since a trace flag is maintained in the handle and "
+"all tracing is done on the library side."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2121
+msgid ""
+"Most new actions are of the first type, and get added to the "
+"C<daemon_functions> list. Each function has a unique procedure number used "
+"in the RPC protocol which is assigned to that action when we publish "
+"libguestfs and cannot be reused. Take the latest procedure number and "
+"increment it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2127
+msgid ""
+"For library-only actions of the second type, add to the "
+"C<non_daemon_functions> list. Since these functions are serviced by the "
+"library and do not travel over the RPC mechanism to the daemon, these "
+"functions do not need a procedure number, and so the procedure number is set "
+"to C<-1>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2135
+msgid "Implement the action (in C):"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2137
+msgid ""
+"For daemon actions, implement the function C<do_E<lt>nameE<gt>> in the "
+"C<daemon/> directory."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2140
+msgid ""
+"For library actions, implement the function C<guestfs__E<lt>nameE<gt>> "
+"(note: double underscore) in the C<src/> directory."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2143
+msgid "In either case, use another function as an example of what to do."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2147
+msgid "After making these changes, use C<make> to compile."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2149
+msgid ""
+"Note that you don't need to implement the RPC, language bindings, manual "
+"pages or anything else. It's all automatically generated from the OCaml "
+"description."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2153
+msgid "ADDING TESTS FOR AN API ACTION"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2155
+msgid ""
+"You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call. The tests "
+"can either be added as part of the API description "
+"(C<generator/generator_actions.ml>), or in some rarer cases you may want to "
+"drop a script into C<regressions/>. Note that adding a script to "
+"C<regressions/> is slower, so if possible use the first method."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2161
+msgid ""
+"The following describes the test environment used when you add an API test "
+"in C<generator_actions.ml>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2164
+msgid "The test environment has 4 block devices:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2168
+msgid "C</dev/sda> 500MB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2170
+msgid "General block device for testing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2172
+msgid "C</dev/sdb> 50MB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2174
+msgid ""
+"C</dev/sdb1> is an ext2 filesystem used for testing filesystem write "
+"operations."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2177
+msgid "C</dev/sdc> 10MB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2179
+msgid "Used in a few tests where two block devices are needed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2181
+msgid "C</dev/sdd>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2183
+msgid "ISO with fixed content (see C<images/test.iso>)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2187
+msgid ""
+"To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time, the libguestfs "
+"appliance and block devices are reused between tests. So don't try testing "
+"L</guestfs_kill_subprocess> :-x"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2191
+msgid ""
+"Each test starts with an initial scenario, selected using one of the "
+"C<Init*> expressions, described in C<generator/generator_types.ml>. These "
+"initialize the disks mentioned above in a particular way as documented in "
+"C<generator_types.ml>. You should not assume anything about the previous "
+"contents of other disks that are not initialized."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2197
+msgid ""
+"You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This is a "
+"run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be skipped. Useful "
+"if testing a command which might not work on all variations of libguestfs "
+"builds. A test that has prerequisite of C<Always> means to run "
+"unconditionally."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2203
+msgid ""
+"In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting environment "
+"variables before running C<make check>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2206
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2208
+msgid "eg: C<SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1> skips test #3 of L</guestfs_command>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2210
+msgid "or:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2212
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2214
+msgid "eg: C<SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1> skips all L</guestfs_zerofree> tests."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2216
+msgid "Packagers can run only certain tests by setting for example:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2218
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" TEST_ONLY=\"vfs_type zerofree\"\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2220
+msgid ""
+"See C<capitests/tests.c> for more details of how these environment variables "
+"work."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2223
+msgid "DEBUGGING NEW API ACTIONS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2225
+msgid "Test new actions work before submitting them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2227
+msgid "You can use guestfish to try out new commands."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2229
+msgid ""
+"Debugging the daemon is a problem because it runs inside a minimal "
+"environment. However you can fprintf messages in the daemon to stderr, and "
+"they will show up if you use C<guestfish -v>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2233
+msgid "FORMATTING CODE AND OTHER CONVENTIONS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2235
+msgid ""
+"Our C source code generally adheres to some basic code-formatting "
+"conventions. The existing code base is not totally consistent on this "
+"front, but we do prefer that contributed code be formatted similarly. In "
+"short, use spaces-not-TABs for indentation, use 2 spaces for each "
+"indentation level, and other than that, follow the K&R style."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2241
+msgid ""
+"If you use Emacs, add the following to one of one of your start-up files "
+"(e.g., ~/.emacs), to help ensure that you get indentation right:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2244
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ;;; In libguestfs, indent with spaces everywhere (not TABs).\n"
+" ;;; Exceptions: Makefile and ChangeLog modes.\n"
+" (add-hook 'find-file-hook\n"
+" '(lambda () (if (and buffer-file-name\n"
+" (string-match \"/libguestfs\\\\>\"\n"
+" (buffer-file-name))\n"
+" (not (string-equal mode-name \"Change Log\"))\n"
+" (not (string-equal mode-name \"Makefile\")))\n"
+" (setq indent-tabs-mode nil))))\n"
+" \n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2254
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ;;; When editing C sources in libguestfs, use this style.\n"
+" (defun libguestfs-c-mode ()\n"
+" \"C mode with adjusted defaults for use with libguestfs.\"\n"
+" (interactive)\n"
+" (c-set-style \"K&R\")\n"
+" (setq c-indent-level 2)\n"
+" (setq c-basic-offset 2))\n"
+" (add-hook 'c-mode-hook\n"
+" '(lambda () (if (string-match \"/libguestfs\\\\>\"\n"
+" (buffer-file-name))\n"
+" (libguestfs-c-mode))))\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2266
+msgid "Enable warnings when compiling (and fix any problems this finds):"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2269
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" ./configure --enable-gcc-warnings\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2271
+msgid "Useful targets are:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2273
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" make syntax-check # checks the syntax of the C code\n"
+" make check # runs the test suite\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2276
+msgid "DAEMON CUSTOM PRINTF FORMATTERS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2278
+msgid ""
+"In the daemon code we have created custom printf formatters C<%Q> and C<%R>, "
+"which are used to do shell quoting."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2283
+msgid "%Q"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2285
+msgid ""
+"Simple shell quoted string. Any spaces or other shell characters are "
+"escaped for you."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2288
+msgid "%R"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2290
+msgid ""
+"Same as C<%Q> except the string is treated as a path which is prefixed by "
+"the sysroot."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2295 ../fish/guestfish.pod:240 ../fish/guestfish.pod:594
+msgid "For example:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2297
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" asprintf (&cmd, \"cat %R\", path);\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2299
+msgid "would produce C<cat /sysroot/some\\ path\\ with\\ spaces>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2301
+msgid ""
+"I<Note:> Do I<not> use these when you are passing parameters to the "
+"C<command{,r,v,rv}()> functions. These parameters do NOT need to be quoted "
+"because they are not passed via the shell (instead, straight to exec). You "
+"probably want to use the C<sysroot_path()> function however."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2307
+msgid "SUBMITTING YOUR NEW API ACTIONS"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2309
+msgid ""
+"Submit patches to the mailing list: "
+"L<http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs> and CC to "
+"L<rjones@redhat.com>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2313
+msgid "INTERNATIONALIZATION (I18N) SUPPORT"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2315
+msgid "We support i18n (gettext anyhow) in the library."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2317
+msgid ""
+"However many messages come from the daemon, and we don't translate those at "
+"the moment. One reason is that the appliance generally has all locale files "
+"removed from it, because they take up a lot of space. So we'd have to readd "
+"some of those, as well as copying our PO files into the appliance."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2323
+msgid ""
+"Debugging messages are never translated, since they are intended for the "
+"programmers."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head2
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2326
+msgid "SOURCE CODE SUBDIRECTORIES"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2330
+msgid "C<appliance>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2332
+msgid "The libguestfs appliance, build scripts and so on."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2334
+msgid "C<capitests>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2336
+msgid "Automated tests of the C API."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2338
+msgid "C<cat>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2340
+msgid ""
+"The L<virt-cat(1)>, L<virt-filesystems(1)> and L<virt-ls(1)> commands and "
+"documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2343
+msgid "C<contrib>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2345
+msgid "Outside contributions, experimental parts."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2347
+msgid "C<daemon>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2349
+msgid ""
+"The daemon that runs inside the libguestfs appliance and carries out "
+"actions."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2352
+msgid "C<df>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2354
+msgid "L<virt-df(1)> command and documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2356
+msgid "C<examples>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2358
+msgid "C API example code."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2360
+msgid "C<fish>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2362
+msgid "L<guestfish(1)>, the command-line shell."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2364
+msgid "C<fuse>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2366
+msgid "L<guestmount(1)>, FUSE (userspace filesystem) built on top of libguestfs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2368
+msgid "C<generator>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2370
+msgid ""
+"The crucially important generator, used to automatically generate large "
+"amounts of boilerplate C code for things like RPC and bindings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2373
+msgid "C<images>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2375
+msgid "Files used by the test suite."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2377
+msgid "Some \"phony\" guest images which we test against."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2379
+msgid "C<inspector>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2381
+msgid "L<virt-inspector(1)>, the virtual machine image inspector."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2383
+msgid "C<m4>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2385
+msgid "M4 macros used by autoconf."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2387
+msgid "C<po>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2389
+msgid "Translations of simple gettext strings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2391
+msgid "C<po-docs>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2393
+msgid ""
+"The build infrastructure and PO files for translations of manpages and POD "
+"files. Eventually this will be combined with the C<po> directory, but that "
+"is rather complicated."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2397
+msgid "C<regressions>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2399
+msgid "Regression tests."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2401
+msgid "C<rescue>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2403
+msgid "L<virt-rescue(1)> command and documentation."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2405
+msgid "C<src>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2407
+msgid "Source code to the C library."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2409
+msgid "C<tools>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2411
+msgid "Command line tools written in Perl (L<virt-resize(1)> and many others)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2413
+msgid "C<test-tool>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2415
+msgid ""
+"Test tool for end users to test if their qemu/kernel combination will work "
+"with libguestfs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2418
+msgid "C<csharp>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2420
+msgid "C<haskell>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2422
+msgid "C<java>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2424
+msgid "C<ocaml>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2426
+msgid "C<php>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2428
+msgid "C<perl>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2430
+msgid "C<python>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2432
+msgid "C<ruby>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2434
+msgid "Language bindings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =head1
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2438 ../fish/guestfish.pod:965 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:104 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:330
+msgid "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2442 ../fish/guestfish.pod:991
+msgid "LIBGUESTFS_APPEND"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2444 ../fish/guestfish.pod:993
+msgid "Pass additional options to the guest kernel."
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