inspect_operating_systems mount_operating_system);
use Pod::Usage;
use Getopt::Long;
-use File::Temp qw/tempfile/;
use Locale::TextDomain 'libguestfs';
=encoding utf8
=cut
+my $format;
+
+=item B<--format> raw
+
+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.
+
+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 ignored.
+
+If working with untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should
+ensure the format is always specified.
+
+=cut
+
my $mode;
=item B<-x> | B<--extract> | B<--download>
GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
"version" => \$version,
"connect|c=s" => \$uri,
+ "format=s" => \$format,
"extract|download|x" => \&set_mode_x,
"upload|u" => \&set_mode_u,
"gzip|z" => \$gzip,
} else { # $mode eq "u"
$directory = pop @ARGV;
$tarball = pop @ARGV;
- die __"virt-tar: $tarball: file not found\n" unless -f $tarball;
+ die __x("virt-tar: {tarball}: file not found\n",
+ tarball => $tarball) unless -f $tarball;
}
-die __"virt-tar: $directory: directory name must start with '/' character\n"
+die __x("virt-tar: {dir}: directory name must start with '/' character\n",
+ dir => $directory)
unless substr ($directory, 0, 1) eq "/";
my @args = (\@ARGV);
push @args, address => $uri if $uri;
push @args, rw => 1 if $mode eq "u";
+push @args, format => $format if defined $format;
my $g = open_guest (@args);
$g->launch ();
my $oses = inspect_operating_systems ($g, \%fses);
my @roots = keys %$oses;
-die __"no root device found in this operating system image\n" if @roots == 0;
die __"multiboot operating systems are not supported by virt-tar\n" if @roots > 1;
my $root_dev = $roots[0];
exit 0;
+=head1 SHELL QUOTING
+
+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 escape these characters on the command line. See the shell
+manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<guestfs(3)>,
=head1 AUTHOR
-Richard W.M. Jones L<http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/>
+Richard W.M. Jones L<http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/>
=head1 COPYRIGHT