#, fuzzy
msgid ""
msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.8.3\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.8.5\n"
"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: libguestfs@redhat.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-03-21 11:58+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-04-11 11:35+0200\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:388 ../src/guestfs.pod:393 ../src/guestfs.pod:398 ../src/guestfs.pod:402 ../src/guestfs.pod:407 ../src/guestfs.pod:411 ../src/guestfs.pod:416 ../src/guestfs.pod:421 ../src/guestfs.pod:1011 ../src/guestfs.pod:1015 ../src/guestfs.pod:1019 ../src/guestfs.pod:1024 ../src/guestfs.pod:1032 ../src/guestfs.pod:1051 ../src/guestfs.pod:1059 ../src/guestfs.pod:1081 ../src/guestfs.pod:1085 ../src/guestfs.pod:1089 ../src/guestfs.pod:1093 ../src/guestfs.pod:1097 ../src/guestfs.pod:1101 ../src/guestfs.pod:1583 ../src/guestfs.pod:1588 ../src/guestfs.pod:1592 ../src/guestfs.pod:1702 ../src/guestfs.pod:1707 ../src/guestfs.pod:1711 ../src/guestfs.pod:2063 ../src/guestfs.pod:2069 ../src/guestfs.pod:2074 ../src/guestfs.pod:2080 ../src/guestfs.pod:2534 ../src/guestfs.pod:2538 ../src/guestfs.pod:2542 ../src/guestfs.pod:2546 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:15 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:22 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:569 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:577 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:584 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:591 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1587 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1591 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1595 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1599 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1607 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1611 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1615 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1625 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1629 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1633 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1771 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1775 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1780 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1785 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1846 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1850 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1855 ../fish/guestfish.pod:427 ../fish/guestfish.pod:431 ../fish/guestfish.pod:435 ../fish/guestfish.pod:439 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:13 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:20 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:373 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:381 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:388 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:395 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1065 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1069 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1073 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1077 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1085 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1089 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1093 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1103 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1107 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1111 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1201 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1205 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1210 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1215 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1257 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1261 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1266 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:536 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:542 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:548 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:345 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:350 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:360
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:388 ../src/guestfs.pod:393 ../src/guestfs.pod:398 ../src/guestfs.pod:402 ../src/guestfs.pod:407 ../src/guestfs.pod:411 ../src/guestfs.pod:416 ../src/guestfs.pod:421 ../src/guestfs.pod:1011 ../src/guestfs.pod:1015 ../src/guestfs.pod:1019 ../src/guestfs.pod:1024 ../src/guestfs.pod:1032 ../src/guestfs.pod:1051 ../src/guestfs.pod:1059 ../src/guestfs.pod:1081 ../src/guestfs.pod:1085 ../src/guestfs.pod:1089 ../src/guestfs.pod:1093 ../src/guestfs.pod:1097 ../src/guestfs.pod:1101 ../src/guestfs.pod:1583 ../src/guestfs.pod:1588 ../src/guestfs.pod:1592 ../src/guestfs.pod:1702 ../src/guestfs.pod:1707 ../src/guestfs.pod:1711 ../src/guestfs.pod:2064 ../src/guestfs.pod:2070 ../src/guestfs.pod:2075 ../src/guestfs.pod:2081 ../src/guestfs.pod:2535 ../src/guestfs.pod:2539 ../src/guestfs.pod:2543 ../src/guestfs.pod:2547 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:15 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:22 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:569 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:577 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:584 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:591 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1587 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1591 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1595 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1599 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1607 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1611 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1615 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1625 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1629 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1633 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1771 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1775 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1780 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1785 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1846 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1850 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1855 ../fish/guestfish.pod:427 ../fish/guestfish.pod:431 ../fish/guestfish.pod:435 ../fish/guestfish.pod:439 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:13 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:20 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:373 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:381 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:388 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:395 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1065 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1069 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1073 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1077 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1085 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1089 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1093 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1103 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1107 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1111 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1201 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1205 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1210 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1215 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1257 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1261 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1266 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:536 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:542 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:548 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:345 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:350 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:360
msgid "*"
msgstr ""
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:469 ../src/guestfs.pod:1204 ../src/guestfs.pod:1335 ../src/guestfs.pod:2108
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:469 ../src/guestfs.pod:1204 ../src/guestfs.pod:1335 ../src/guestfs.pod:2109
msgid "1."
msgstr ""
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:475 ../src/guestfs.pod:1208 ../src/guestfs.pod:1339 ../src/guestfs.pod:2133
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:475 ../src/guestfs.pod:1208 ../src/guestfs.pod:1339 ../src/guestfs.pod:2134
msgid "2."
msgstr ""
#: ../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>."
+"notification is always sent when C<position> = C<total> (I<unless> the call "
+"fails with an error)."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1716
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1717
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1722
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1723
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1727
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1728
msgid "PRIVATE DATA AREA"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1729
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1730
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1733
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1734
msgid "To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1735
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1736
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" void guestfs_set_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key, void *data);\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1737
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1738
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1741
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1742
msgid ""
"You can use any C<key> you want, but names beginning with an underscore "
"character are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes (for implementing "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1746
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1747
msgid "To retrieve the pointer, use:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1748
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1749
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" void *guestfs_get_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key);\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1750
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1751
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1754
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1755
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1762
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1763
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1766 ../src/guestfs.pod:1771
msgid "html"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1767
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1768
msgid ""
"<!-- old anchor for the next section --> <a "
"name=\"state_machine_and_low_level_event_api\"/>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1772
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1773
msgid "ARCHITECTURE"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1774
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1775
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1778
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1779
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" ___________________\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1798
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1799
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1802
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1810
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1811
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1817
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1818
msgid "STATE MACHINE"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1819
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1820
msgid "libguestfs uses a state machine to model the child process:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1821
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1822
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" |\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1843
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1844
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), "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1848
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1849
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1852
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1853
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1856
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1861
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1862
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1867
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1868
msgid ""
"Finally, the child process sends asynchronous messages back to the main "
"program, such as kernel log messages. You can register a callback to "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1871
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1872
msgid "INTERNALS"
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1873
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1874
msgid "COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1875
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1876
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1879
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1882
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1883
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1886
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head3
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1892
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1893
msgid "ORDINARY FUNCTIONS (NO FILEIN/FILEOUT PARAMS)"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1894
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1895
msgid "For ordinary functions, the request message is:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1896
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1897
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" total length (header + arguments,\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1901
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1902
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1907
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1908
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1911
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1915
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1922
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1923
msgid "The reply message for ordinary functions is:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1924
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1925
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" total length (header + ret,\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1929
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1930
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1933
msgid "As above the total length of the reply is limited to C<GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX>."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1935
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1936
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1939
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" total length (header + error,\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1943
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1944
msgid ""
"The C<guestfs_message_error> structure contains the error message as a "
"string."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head3
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1946
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1947
msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEIN PARAMETERS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1948
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1949
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1952
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1953
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" total length (header + arguments,\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1960
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1961
msgid "The \"sequence of chunks\" is:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1962
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1963
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" length of chunk (not including length word itself)\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1970
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1971
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1974
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1975
msgid ""
"At time of writing there are no functions that have more than one FileIn "
"parameter. However this is (theoretically) supported, by sending the "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1979
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1980
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1985
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1986
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1994
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1995
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head3
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2000
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2001
msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEOUT PARAMETERS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2002
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2003
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2006
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" total length (header + ret,\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: =head3
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2013
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2014
msgid "INITIAL MESSAGE"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2015
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2016
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head3
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2019
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2020
msgid "PROGRESS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2021
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2022
msgid ""
"The daemon may send progress notification messages at any time. These are "
"distinguished by the normal length word being replaced by "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2025
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2026
msgid ""
"The library turns them into progress callbacks (see "
"C<guestfs_set_progress_callback>) if there is a callback registered, or "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2029
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2030
msgid ""
"The daemon self-limits the frequency of progress messages it sends (see "
"C<daemon/proto.c:notify_progress>). Not all calls generate progress "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2033
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2034
msgid "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2035
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2036
msgid ""
"Since April 2010, libguestfs has started to make separate development and "
"stable releases, along with corresponding branches in our git repository. "
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2040
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2041
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" even numbers for stable: 1.2.x, 1.4.x, ...\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2051
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2052
msgid "Thus \"1.3.5\" is the 5th update to the development branch \"1.3\"."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2053
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2054
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2059
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2060
msgid "Our criteria for backporting changes are:"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2065
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2066
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2072
msgid ""
"Bug fixes which are not controversial, fix obvious problems, and have been "
"well tested are backported."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2076
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2077
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2082
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2083
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2088
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2089
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2096
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2097
msgid "EXTENDING LIBGUESTFS"
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2098
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2099
msgid "ADDING A NEW API ACTION"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2100
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2101
msgid ""
"Large amounts of boilerplate code in libguestfs (RPC, bindings, "
"documentation) are generated, and this makes it easy to extend the "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2104
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2105
msgid "To add a new API action there are two changes:"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2110
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2111
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2114
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2121
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2122
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2127
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2128
msgid ""
"For library-only actions of the second type, add to the "
"C<non_daemon_functions> list. Since these functions are serviced by the "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2135
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2136
msgid "Implement the action (in C):"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2137
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2138
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2141
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2144
msgid "In either case, use another function as an example of what to do."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2147
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2148
msgid "After making these changes, use C<make> to compile."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2149
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2150
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2153
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2154
msgid "ADDING TESTS FOR AN API ACTION"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2155
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2156
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2161
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2162
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2165
msgid "The test environment has 4 block devices:"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2168
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2169
msgid "C</dev/sda> 500MB"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2170
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2171
msgid "General block device for testing."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2172
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2173
msgid "C</dev/sdb> 50MB"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2174
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2175
msgid ""
"C</dev/sdb1> is an ext2 filesystem used for testing filesystem write "
"operations."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2177
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2178
msgid "C</dev/sdc> 10MB"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2179
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2180
msgid "Used in a few tests where two block devices are needed."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2181
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2182
msgid "C</dev/sdd>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2183
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2184
msgid "ISO with fixed content (see C<images/test.iso>)."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2187
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2188
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2191
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2192
msgid ""
"Each test starts with an initial scenario, selected using one of the "
"C<Init*> expressions, described in C<generator/generator_types.ml>. These "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2197
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2198
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2203
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2204
msgid ""
"In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting environment "
"variables before running C<make check>."
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2206
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2207
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2208
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2209
msgid "eg: C<SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1> skips test #3 of L</guestfs_command>."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2210
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2211
msgid "or:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2212
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2213
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2214
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2215
msgid "eg: C<SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1> skips all L</guestfs_zerofree> tests."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2216
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2217
msgid "Packagers can run only certain tests by setting for example:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2218
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2219
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" TEST_ONLY=\"vfs_type zerofree\"\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2220
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2221
msgid ""
"See C<capitests/tests.c> for more details of how these environment variables "
"work."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2223
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2224
msgid "DEBUGGING NEW API ACTIONS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2225
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2226
msgid "Test new actions work before submitting them."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2227
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2228
msgid "You can use guestfish to try out new commands."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2229
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2230
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2233
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2234
msgid "FORMATTING CODE AND OTHER CONVENTIONS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2235
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2236
msgid ""
"Our C source code generally adheres to some basic code-formatting "
"conventions. The existing code base is not totally consistent on this "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2241
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2242
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2245
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" ;;; In libguestfs, indent with spaces everywhere (not TABs).\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2254
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2255
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" ;;; When editing C sources in libguestfs, use this style.\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2266
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2267
msgid "Enable warnings when compiling (and fix any problems this finds):"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2269
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2270
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" ./configure --enable-gcc-warnings\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2271
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2272
msgid "Useful targets are:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2273
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2274
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" make syntax-check # checks the syntax of the C code\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2276
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2277
msgid "DAEMON CUSTOM PRINTF FORMATTERS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2278
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2279
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2284
msgid "%Q"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2285
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2286
msgid ""
"Simple shell quoted string. Any spaces or other shell characters are "
"escaped for you."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2288
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2289
msgid "%R"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2290
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2291
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2296 ../fish/guestfish.pod:240 ../fish/guestfish.pod:594
msgid "For example:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2297
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2298
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" asprintf (&cmd, \"cat %R\", path);\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2299
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2300
msgid "would produce C<cat /sysroot/some\\ path\\ with\\ spaces>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2301
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2302
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2307
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2308
msgid "SUBMITTING YOUR NEW API ACTIONS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2309
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2310
msgid ""
"Submit patches to the mailing list: "
"L<http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs> and CC to "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2313
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2314
msgid "INTERNATIONALIZATION (I18N) SUPPORT"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2315
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2316
msgid "We support i18n (gettext anyhow) in the library."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2317
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2318
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2323
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2324
msgid ""
"Debugging messages are never translated, since they are intended for the "
"programmers."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head2
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2326
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2327
msgid "SOURCE CODE SUBDIRECTORIES"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2330
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2331
msgid "C<appliance>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2332
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2333
msgid "The libguestfs appliance, build scripts and so on."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2334
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2335
msgid "C<capitests>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2336
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2337
msgid "Automated tests of the C API."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2338
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2339
msgid "C<cat>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2340
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2341
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2344
msgid "C<contrib>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2345
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2346
msgid "Outside contributions, experimental parts."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2347
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2348
msgid "C<daemon>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2349
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2350
msgid ""
"The daemon that runs inside the libguestfs appliance and carries out "
"actions."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2352
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2353
msgid "C<df>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2354
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2355
msgid "L<virt-df(1)> command and documentation."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2356
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2357
msgid "C<examples>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2358
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2359
msgid "C API example code."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2360
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2361
msgid "C<fish>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2362
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2363
msgid "L<guestfish(1)>, the command-line shell."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2364
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2365
msgid "C<fuse>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2366
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2367
msgid "L<guestmount(1)>, FUSE (userspace filesystem) built on top of libguestfs."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2368
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2369
msgid "C<generator>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2370
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2371
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2374
msgid "C<images>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2375
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2376
msgid "Files used by the test suite."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2377
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2378
msgid "Some \"phony\" guest images which we test against."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2379
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2380
msgid "C<inspector>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2381
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2382
msgid "L<virt-inspector(1)>, the virtual machine image inspector."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2383
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2384
msgid "C<m4>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2385
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2386
msgid "M4 macros used by autoconf."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2387
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2388
msgid "C<po>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2389
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2390
msgid "Translations of simple gettext strings."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2391
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2392
msgid "C<po-docs>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2393
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2394
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 "
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2397
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2398
msgid "C<regressions>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2399
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2400
msgid "Regression tests."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2401
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2402
msgid "C<rescue>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2403
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2404
msgid "L<virt-rescue(1)> command and documentation."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2405
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2406
msgid "C<src>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2407
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2408
msgid "Source code to the C library."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2409
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2410
msgid "C<tools>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2411
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2412
msgid "Command line tools written in Perl (L<virt-resize(1)> and many others)."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2413
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2414
msgid "C<test-tool>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2415
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2416
msgid ""
"Test tool for end users to test if their qemu/kernel combination will work "
"with libguestfs."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2418
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2419
msgid "C<csharp>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2420
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2421
msgid "C<haskell>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2422
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2423
msgid "C<java>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2424
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2425
msgid "C<ocaml>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2426
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2427
msgid "C<php>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2428
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2429
msgid "C<perl>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2430
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2431
msgid "C<python>"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2432
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2433
msgid "C<ruby>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2434
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2435
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
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2439 ../fish/guestfish.pod:965 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:104 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:375
msgid "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2442 ../fish/guestfish.pod:991
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2443 ../fish/guestfish.pod:991
msgid "LIBGUESTFS_APPEND"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2444 ../fish/guestfish.pod:993
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2445 ../fish/guestfish.pod:993
msgid "Pass additional options to the guest kernel."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2446 ../fish/guestfish.pod:995
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2447 ../fish/guestfish.pod:995
msgid "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2448
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2449
msgid ""
"Set C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> to enable verbose messages. This has the same "
"effect as calling C<guestfs_set_verbose (g, 1)>."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2451 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1000
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2452 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1000
msgid "LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2453 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1002
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2454 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1002
msgid "Set the memory allocated to the qemu process, in megabytes. For example:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2456 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1005
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2457 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1005
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE=700\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2458 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1007
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2459 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1007
msgid "LIBGUESTFS_PATH"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2460
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2461
msgid ""
"Set the path that libguestfs uses to search for a supermin appliance. See "
"the discussion of paths in section L</PATH> above."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2463 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1012
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2464 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1012
msgid "LIBGUESTFS_QEMU"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2465 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1014
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2466 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1014
msgid ""
"Set the default qemu binary that libguestfs uses. If not set, then the qemu "
"which was found at compile time by the configure script is used."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2469
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2470
msgid "See also L</QEMU WRAPPERS> above."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2471 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1018
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2472 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1018
msgid "LIBGUESTFS_TRACE"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2473
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2474
msgid ""
"Set C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1> to enable command traces. This has the same "
"effect as calling C<guestfs_set_trace (g, 1)>."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2476 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1027
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2477 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1027
msgid "TMPDIR"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2478 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1029
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2479 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1029
msgid "Location of temporary directory, defaults to C</tmp>."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2480 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1031
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2481 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1031
msgid ""
"If libguestfs was compiled to use the supermin appliance then the real "
"appliance is cached in this directory, shared between all handles belonging "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2488 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1089 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:109 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:233 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:350 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:572 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1483 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:189 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:281 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:539 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:257
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2489 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1089 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:109 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:233 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:395 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:572 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1483 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:189 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:281 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:539 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:257
msgid "SEE ALSO"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2490
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2491
msgid ""
"L<guestfs-examples(3)>, L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>, L<guestfs-python(3)>, "
"L<guestfs-ruby(3)>, L<guestfish(1)>, L<guestmount(1)>, L<virt-cat(1)>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2513
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2514
msgid ""
"Tools with a similar purpose: L<fdisk(8)>, L<parted(8)>, L<kpartx(8)>, "
"L<lvm(8)>, L<disktype(1)>."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2520 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:587 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:553
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2521 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:587 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:553
msgid "BUGS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2522
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2523
msgid "To get a list of bugs against libguestfs use this link:"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2524
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2525
msgid "L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2526
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2527
msgid "To report a new bug against libguestfs use this link:"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2528
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2529
msgid "L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2530
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2531
msgid "When reporting a bug, please check:"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2536
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2537
msgid "That the bug hasn't been reported already."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2540
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2541
msgid "That you are testing a recent version."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2544
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2545
msgid "Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2548
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2549
msgid ""
"Run libguestfs-test-tool and paste the B<complete, unedited> output into the "
"bug report."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2553 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1108 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:115 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:244
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2554 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1108 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:115 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:244
msgid "AUTHORS"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2555 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1110 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:117 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:246
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2556 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1110 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:117 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:246
msgid "Richard W.M. Jones (C<rjones at redhat dot com>)"
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2557 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1112 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:119 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:248 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:366 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:602 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1508 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:206 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:296 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:568 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:273
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2558 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1112 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:119 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:248 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:411 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:602 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1508 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:206 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:296 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:568 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:273
msgid "COPYRIGHT"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2559 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1114 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:250
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2560 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1114 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:250
msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc. L<http://libguestfs.org/>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2562
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2563
msgid ""
"This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it "
"under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2567
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2568
msgid ""
"This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT "
"ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2572
+#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2573
msgid ""
"You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License "
"along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:41 ../fish/guestfish.pod:897 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:39 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:58 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:64 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:45
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:41 ../fish/guestfish.pod:897 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:39 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:63 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:64 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:45
msgid "EXAMPLES"
msgstr ""
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:148 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:37 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:73 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:72 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:96 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:254 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:53 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:98 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:153 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:54
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:148 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:37 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:73 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:77 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:96 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:254 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:53 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:98 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:153 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:54
msgid "OPTIONS"
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:152 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:131 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:80 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:104 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:262 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:61 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:106 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:161 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:62
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:152 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:131 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:85 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:104 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:262 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:61 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:106 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:161 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:62
msgid "B<--help>"
msgstr ""
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:383 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:88 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:112 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:270 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:69 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:114 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:169 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:70
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:383 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:93 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:112 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:270 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:69 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:114 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:169 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:70
msgid "B<--version>"
msgstr ""
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:1117 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:124 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:253 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:370 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:606 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1512 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:210 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:300 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:572 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:277
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:1117 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:124 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:253 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:415 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:606 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1512 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:210 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:300 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:572 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:277
msgid ""
"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it "
"under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:1122 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:129 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:258 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:375 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:611 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1517 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:215 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:305 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:577 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:282
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:1122 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:129 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:258 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:420 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:611 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1517 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:215 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:305 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:577 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:282
msgid ""
"This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT "
"ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:1127 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:134 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:263 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:380 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:616 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1522 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:220 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:310 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:582 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:287
+#: ../fish/guestfish.pod:1127 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:134 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:263 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:425 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:616 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1522 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:220 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:310 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:582 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:287
msgid ""
"You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with "
"this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass "
#. type: textblock
#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:55
+msgid "If you want to just view a file, use L<virt-cat(1)>."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:57
msgid ""
-"If you want to just view a file, use L<virt-cat(1)>. For more complex cases "
-"you should look at the L<guestfish(1)> tool."
+"For more complex cases you should look at the L<guestfish(1)> tool (see "
+"L</USING GUESTFISH> below)."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:60
+msgid ""
+"C<virt-edit> cannot be used to create a new file, nor to edit multiple "
+"files. L<guestfish(1)> can do that and much more."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:65
msgid "Edit the named files interactively:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:62
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:67
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit mydomain /boot/grub/grub.conf\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:64
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:69
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit mydomain /etc/passwd\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:66
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:71
msgid ""
"You can also edit files non-interactively (see L</NON-INTERACTIVE EDITING> "
"below). To change the init default level to 5:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:70
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:75
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit mydomain /etc/inittab -e 's/^id:.*/id:5:initdefault:/'\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:82 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:106 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:63 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:108 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:163 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:64
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:87 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:106 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:63 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:108 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:163 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:64
msgid "Display brief help."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:90 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:114 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:272 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:71 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:116 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:171 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:72
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:95 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:114 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:272 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:71 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:116 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:171 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:72
msgid "Display version number and exit."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:96
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:101
msgid "B<--backup extension> | B<-b extension>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:98
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:103
msgid ""
"Create a backup of the original file I<in the guest disk image>. The backup "
"has the original filename with C<extension> added."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:101
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:106
msgid ""
"Usually the first character of C<extension> would be a dot C<.> so you would "
"write:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:104
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:109
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit -b .orig [etc]\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:106
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:111
msgid "By default, no backup file is made."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:112 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:128 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:77 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:122 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:78
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:117 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:128 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:77 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:122 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:78
msgid "B<--connect URI> | B<-c URI>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:114 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:130 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:79 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:124 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:80
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:119 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:130 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:79 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:124 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:80
msgid ""
"If using libvirt, connect to the given I<URI>. If omitted, then we connect "
"to the default libvirt hypervisor."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:117 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:133 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:82 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:127 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:83
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:122 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:133 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:82 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:127 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:83
msgid ""
"If you specify guest block devices directly, then libvirt is not used at "
"all."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:124 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:140 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:520 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:89 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:134 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:90
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:129 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:140 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:520 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:89 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:134 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:90
msgid "B<--format> raw"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:126 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:142 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:91 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:136 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:92
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:131 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:142 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:91 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:136 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:92
msgid ""
"Specify the format of disk images given on the command line. If this is "
"omitted then the format is autodetected from the content of the disk image."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:130 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:146 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:95 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:140 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:96
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:135 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:146 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:95 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:140 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:96
msgid ""
"If disk images are requested from libvirt, then this program asks libvirt "
"for this information. In this case, the value of the format parameter is "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:134 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:150 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:525 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:540 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:99 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:144 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:100
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:139 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:150 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:525 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:540 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:99 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:144 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:100
msgid ""
"If working with untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should ensure "
"the format is always specified."
msgstr ""
#. type: =item
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:141
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:146
msgid "B<--expr EXPR> | B<-e EXPR>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:143
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:148
msgid ""
"Instead of launching the external editor, non-interactively apply the Perl "
"expression C<EXPR> to each line in the file. See L</NON-INTERACTIVE "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:147
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:152
msgid ""
"Be careful to properly quote the expression to prevent it from being altered "
"by the shell."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:268
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:272
msgid "NON-INTERACTIVE EDITING"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:270
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:274
msgid ""
"C<virt-edit> normally calls out to C<$EDITOR> (or vi) so the system "
"administrator can interactively edit the file."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:273
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:277
msgid ""
"There are two ways also to use C<virt-edit> from scripts in order to make "
"automated edits to files. (Note that although you I<can> use C<virt-edit> "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:279
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:283
msgid ""
"The first method is to temporarily set C<$EDITOR> to any script or program "
"you want to run. The script is invoked as C<$EDITOR tmpfile> and it should "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:283
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:287
msgid ""
"The second method is to use the C<-e> parameter of C<virt-edit> to run a "
"short Perl snippet in the style of L<sed(1)>. For example to replace all "
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:287
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:291
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit domname filename -e 's/foo/bar/'\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:289
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:293
msgid ""
"The full power of Perl regular expressions can be used (see L<perlre(1)>). "
"For example to delete root's password you could do:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:292
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:296
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit domname /etc/passwd -e 's/^root:.*?:/root::/'\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:294
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:298
msgid ""
"What really happens is that the snippet is evaluated as a Perl expression "
"for each line of the file. The line, including the final C<\\n>, is passed "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:299
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:303
msgid ""
"To delete a line, set C<$_> to the empty string. For example, to delete the "
"C<apache> user account from the password file you can do:"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:302
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:306
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" virt-edit mydomain /etc/passwd -e '$_ = \"\" if /^apache:/'\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:304
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:308
msgid ""
"To insert a line, prepend or append it to C<$_>. However appending lines to "
"the end of the file is rather difficult this way since there is no concept "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:310
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:314
msgid ""
"The variable C<$lineno> contains the current line number. As is "
"traditional, the first line in the file is number C<1>."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:313
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:317
msgid ""
"The return value from the expression is ignored, but the expression may call "
"C<die> in order to abort the whole program, leaving the original file "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:317
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:321
msgid ""
"Remember when matching the end of a line that C<$_> may contain the final "
"C<\\n>, or (for DOS files) C<\\r\\n>, or if the file does not end with a "
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:322
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:326
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" /some text(\\r?\\n)?$/\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:324
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:328
msgid ""
"Alternately, use the perl C<chomp> function, being careful not to chomp "
"C<$_> itself (since that would remove all newlines from the file):"
msgstr ""
#. type: verbatim
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:328
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:332
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
" my $m = $_; chomp $m; $m =~ /some text$/\n"
"\n"
msgstr ""
-#. type: =item
+#. type: =head1
#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:334
-msgid "C<EDITOR>"
+msgid "USING GUESTFISH"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:336
msgid ""
+"L<guestfish(1)> is a more powerful, lower level tool which you can use when "
+"C<virt-edit> doesn't work."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:339
+msgid "Using C<virt-edit> is approximately equivalent to doing:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:341
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" guestfish --rw -i -d domname edit /file\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:343
+msgid ""
+"where C<domname> is the name of the libvirt guest, and C</file> is the full "
+"path to the file."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:346
+msgid ""
+"The command above uses libguestfs's guest inspection feature and so does not "
+"work on guests that libguestfs cannot inspect, or on things like arbitrary "
+"disk images that don't contain guests. To edit a file on a disk image "
+"directly, use:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:351
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" guestfish --rw -a disk.img -m /dev/sda1 edit /file\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:353
+msgid ""
+"where C<disk.img> is the disk image, C</dev/sda1> is the filesystem within "
+"the disk image to edit, and C</file> is the full path to the file."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:357
+msgid ""
+"C<virt-edit> cannot create new files. Use the guestfish commands C<touch>, "
+"C<write> or C<upload> instead:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:360
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" guestfish --rw -i -d domname touch /newfile\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:362
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" guestfish --rw -i -d domname write /newfile \"new content\"\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:364
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" guestfish --rw -i -d domname upload localfile /newfile\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:366
+msgid "C<virt-edit> cannot edit multiple files, but guestfish can do it like this:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: verbatim
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:369
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" guestfish --rw -i -d domname edit /file1 : edit /file2\n"
+"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: =item
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:379
+msgid "C<EDITOR>"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:381
+msgid ""
"If set, this string is used as the editor. It may contain arguments, "
"eg. C<\"emacs -nw\">"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:339
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:384
msgid "If not set, C<vi> is used."
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:343 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:559 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1476 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:182 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:274 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:532 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:250
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:388 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:559 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1476 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:182 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:274 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:532 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:250
msgid "SHELL QUOTING"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:345 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:567 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1478 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:184 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:276 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:534 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:252
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:390 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:567 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1478 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:184 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:276 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:534 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:252
msgid ""
"Libvirt guest names can contain arbitrary characters, some of which have "
"meaning to the shell such as C<#> and space. You may need to quote or "
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:352
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:397
msgid ""
"L<guestfs(3)>, L<guestfish(1)>, L<virt-cat(1)>, L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>, "
"L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)>, L<Sys::Virt(3)>, L<http://libguestfs.org/>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: =head1
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:362 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:598 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1504 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:202 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:292 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:564 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:269
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:407 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:598 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1504 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:202 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:292 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:564 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:269
msgid "AUTHOR"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:364 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:600 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1506 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:204 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:294 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:566 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:271
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:409 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:600 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1506 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:204 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:294 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:566 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:271
msgid "Richard W.M. Jones L<http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/>"
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
-#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:368 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:275
-msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc."
+#: ../tools/virt-edit.pl:413
+msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Red Hat Inc."
msgstr ""
#. type: textblock
"L<virt-list-filesystems(1)>, L<virt-resize(1)>, L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>, "
"L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)>, L<Sys::Virt(3)>, L<http://libguestfs.org/>."
msgstr ""
+
+#. type: textblock
+#: ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:275
+msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc."
+msgstr ""
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