I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
-C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.");
+C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
[], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
["lvs"]],
["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
"/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
- "create an LVM volume group",
+ "create an LVM logical volume",
"\
-This creates an LVM volume group called C<logvol>
+This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 42, [],
The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
-and character special devices.");
+and character special devices.
+
+Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
+OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
+just creates a regular file). These constants are
+available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
+C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
+which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
+in the appropriate constant for you.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
"\
This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
-C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+C<guestfs_mknod>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
"\
This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
-It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
"\
This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
-It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
+It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
+
+The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [],
- [], (* XXX umask is one of those stateful things that we should
- * reset between each test.
- *)
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
"set file mode creation mask (umask)",
"\
This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
"create a directory with a particular mode",
"\
This command creates a directory, setting the initial permissions
-of the directory to C<mode>. See also C<guestfs_mkdir>.");
+of the directory to C<mode>.
+
+For common Linux filesystems, the actual mode which is set will
+be C<mode & ~umask & 01777>. Non-native-Linux filesystems may
+interpret the mode in other ways.
+
+See also C<guestfs_mkdir>, C<guestfs_umask>");
("lchown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 203, [],
[], (* XXX *)
This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
-The bootable flag is used by some PC BIOSes to determine which
-partition to boot from. It is by no means universally recognized,
-and in any case if your operating system installed a boot
-sector on the device itself, then that takes precedence.");
+The bootable flag is used by some operating systems (notably
+Windows) to determine which partition to boot from. It is by
+no means universally recognized.");
("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"]), 212, [],
[InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
If the destination is a device, it must be as large or larger
than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
-This command cannot do partial copies.");
+This command cannot do partial copies (see C<guestfs_copy_size>).");
("filesize", (RInt64 "size", [Pathname "file"]), 218, [],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
See also C<guestfs_vgpvuuids>.");
+ ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"]), 227, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["write_file"; "/src"; "hello, world"; "0"];
+ ["copy_size"; "/src"; "/dest"; "5"];
+ ["read_file"; "/dest"]], "hello")],
+ "copy size bytes from source to destination using dd",
+ "\
+This command copies exactly C<size> bytes from one source device
+or file C<src> to another destination device or file C<dest>.
+
+Note this will fail if the source is too short or if the destination
+is not large enough.");
+
+ ("part_del", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 233, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_del"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "delete a partition",
+ "\
+This command deletes the partition numbered C<partnum> on C<device>.
+
+Note that in the case of MBR partitioning, deleting an
+extended partition also deletes any logical partitions
+it contains.");
+
+ ("part_get_bootable", (RBool "bootable", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 234, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"];
+ ["part_get_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "return true if a partition is bootable",
+ "\
+This command returns true if the partition C<partnum> on
+C<device> has the bootable flag set.
+
+See also C<guestfs_part_set_bootable>.");
+
+ ("part_get_mbr_id", (RInt "idbyte", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 235, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "0x7f"];
+ ["part_get_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]], 0x7f)],
+ "get the MBR type byte (ID byte) from a partition",
+ "\
+Returns the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) from
+the numbered partition C<partnum>.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
+ ("part_set_mbr_id", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Int "idbyte"]), 236, [],
+ [], (* tested by part_get_mbr_id *)
+ "set the MBR type byte (ID byte) of a partition",
+ "\
+Sets the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) of
+the numbered partition C<partnum> to C<idbyte>. Note
+that the type bytes quoted in most documentation are
+in fact hexadecimal numbers, but usually documented
+without any leading \"0x\" which might be confusing.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
]
let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
failwithf "short description of %s should not end with . or \\n." name
) all_functions;
- (* Check long dscriptions. *)
+ (* Check long descriptions. *)
List.iter (
fun (name, _, _, _, _, _, longdesc) ->
if longdesc.[String.length longdesc-1] = '\n' then
let name = "guestfs_" ^ shortname in
pr "=head2 %s\n\n" name;
pr " ";
- generate_prototype ~extern:false ~handle:"handle" name style;
+ generate_prototype ~extern:false ~handle:"g" name style;
pr "\n\n";
pr "%s\n\n" longdesc;
(match fst style with
List.iter (
fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
let name = "guestfs_" ^ shortname in
- generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"handle"
+ generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"g"
name style
) all_functions
List.iter (
fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
let name = "guestfs__" ^ shortname in
- generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"handle"
+ generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"g"
name style
) non_daemon_functions
pr " ret->guestfs_int_lvm_%s_list_val = NULL;\n" typ;
pr "\n";
pr " r = command (&out, &err,\n";
- pr " \"/sbin/lvm\", \"%ss\",\n" typ;
+ pr " \"lvm\", \"%ss\",\n" typ;
pr " \"-o\", lvm_%s_cols, \"--unbuffered\", \"--noheadings\",\n" typ;
pr " \"--nosuffix\", \"--separator\", \",\", \"--units\", \"b\", NULL);\n";
pr " if (r == -1) {\n";
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
+ /* Set a timeout in case qemu hangs during launch (RHBZ#505329). */
+ alarm (600);
+
if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1) {
printf (\"guestfs_launch FAILED\\n\");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- /* Set a timeout in case qemu hangs during launch (RHBZ#505329). */
- alarm (600);
-
/* Cancel previous alarm. */
alarm (0);
) all_functions;
pr " {\n";
pr " fprintf (stderr, _(\"%%s: unknown command\\n\"), cmd);\n";
+ pr " if (command_num == 1)\n";
+ pr " extended_help_message ();\n";
pr " return -1;\n";
pr " }\n";
pr " return 0;\n";
do_cleanups ();
pr " if (%s == NULL)\n" n;
pr " croak (\"%%s\", guestfs_last_error (g));\n";
- pr " RETVAL = newSVpv (%s, size);\n" n;
+ pr " RETVAL = newSVpvn (%s, size);\n" n;
pr " free (%s);\n" n;
pr " OUTPUT:\n";
pr " RETVAL\n"
pr " (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, 32), 0);\n"
name (String.length name) n name
| name, FBuffer ->
- pr " (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpv (%s->val[i].%s, %s->val[i].%s_len), 0);\n"
+ pr " (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, newSVpvn (%s->val[i].%s, %s->val[i].%s_len), 0);\n"
name (String.length name) n name n name
| name, (FBytes|FUInt64) ->
pr " (void) hv_store (hv, \"%s\", %d, my_newSVull (%s->val[i].%s), 0);\n"
pr " PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, 0)));\n"
n name
| name, FBuffer ->
- pr " PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, %s->%s_len)));\n"
+ pr " PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpvn (%s->%s, %s->%s_len)));\n"
n name n name
| name, FUUID ->
pr " PUSHs (sv_2mortal (newSVpv (%s->%s, 32)));\n"
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