X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=fish%2Fguestfish.pod;h=6477647b81049411d09e20a9b00279d8d853da19;hb=3443bbd0d55cf83c1f89c7fd73965b89f9fb4d35;hp=65fccc8dad93a6fb277aca69fe72c9ecf453dcd0;hpb=6df487218ebe06d78a74a2f17711dbe2ad719d5e;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 65fccc8..6477647 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ guestfish - the libguestfs Filesystem Interactive SHell guestfish -i disk.img [disk.img ...] +=head1 WARNING + +Using guestfish in read/write mode on live virtual machines can be +dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. Use the I<--ro> +(read-only) option to use guestfish safely if the disk image or +virtual machine might be live. + =head1 EXAMPLES =head2 As an interactive shell @@ -101,11 +108,6 @@ shell scripts or the command line or interactively. If you want to rescue a broken virtual machine image, you should look at the L command. -Using guestfish in read/write mode on live virtual machines can be -dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. Use the I<--ro> -(read-only) option to use guestfish safely if the disk image or -virtual machine might be live. - =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 @@ -683,6 +685,11 @@ can be useful for benchmarking operations. @ACTIONS@ +=head1 EXIT CODE + +guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or +1 if there was an error. + =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES =over 4 @@ -700,8 +707,8 @@ L. =item HOME -If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history -is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish> +If compiled with GNU readline support, various files in the +home directory can be used. See L. =item LIBGUESTFS_APPEND @@ -751,10 +758,46 @@ enough. =back -=head1 EXIT CODE +=head1 FILES -guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or -1 if there was an error. +=over 4 + +=item $HOME/.guestfish + +If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history +is saved in this file. + +=item $HOME/.inputrc + +=item /etc/inputrc + +If compiled with GNU readline support, then these files can be used to +configure readline. For further information, please see +L. + +To write rules which only apply to guestfish, use: + + $if guestfish + ... + $endif + +Variables that you can set in inputrc that change the behaviour +of guestfish in useful ways include: + +=over 4 + +=item completion-ignore-case (default: on) + +By default, guestfish will ignore case when tab-completing +paths on the disk. Use: + + set completion-ignore-case off + +to make guestfish case sensitive. + +=back + +=back =head1 SEE ALSO