This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
see the L<pread(2)> system call.
-See also C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
+See also C<guestfs_pwrite>, C<guestfs_pread_device>.");
("part_init", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 208, [],
[InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
to the file. This could even be 0, although short writes are
unlikely for regular files in ordinary circumstances.
-See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
+See also C<guestfs_pread>, C<guestfs_pwrite_device>.");
("resize2fs_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 248, [],
[],
See also C<guestfs_download>, C<guestfs_pread>.");
+ ("pwrite_device", (RInt "nbytes", [Device "device"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"]), 275, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitPartition, Always, TestOutputList (
+ [["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"];
+ ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"];
+ ["list_partitions"]], [])],
+ "write to part of a device",
+ "\
+This command writes to part of a device. It writes the data
+buffer C<content> to C<device> starting at offset C<offset>.
+
+This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
+that system call it may not write the full data requested
+(although short writes to disk devices and partitions are
+probably impossible with standard Linux kernels).
+
+See also C<guestfs_pwrite>.");
+
+ ("pread_device", (RBufferOut "content", [Device "device"; Int "count"; Int64 "offset"]), 276, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["pread_device"; "/dev/sdd"; "8"; "32768"]], "\001CD001\001\000")],
+ "read part of a device",
+ "\
+This command lets you read part of a file. It reads C<count>
+bytes of C<device>, starting at C<offset>.
+
+This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
+see the L<pread(2)> system call.
+
+See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
+
]
let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions