X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fish%2Fguestfish.pod;h=21680c71bad56eec5065e31ef26a04747549b9a5;hb=74ea723c8246d63ca3f125ffc2e7e4be4a561546;hp=eb9ff39a864d2cdfb3ca1b2c815326cf0fa0be79;hpb=11374abeadfb01252bdb02c0915d1edc79512e79;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index eb9ff39..21680c7 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ force a particular format use the I<--format=..> option. Using this flag is mostly equivalent to using the C command, with C if the I<--ro> flag was given, and -with C if the I<--format:...> flag was given. +with C if the I<--format=...> flag was given. =item B<-c URI> @@ -473,14 +473,14 @@ and I<--rw> affect whether the other command line options I<-a>, I<-c>, I<-d>, I<-i> and I<-m> open disk images read-only or for writing. -In libguestfs E 1.8, guestfish, guestmount and virt-rescue +In libguestfs E 1.10, guestfish, guestmount and virt-rescue defaulted to opening disk images supplied on the command line for write. To open a disk image read-only you have to do I<-a image --ro>. This matters: If you accidentally open a live VM disk image writable then you will cause irreversible disk corruption. -By libguestfs 1.10 we intend to change the default the other way. +By libguestfs 1.12 we intend to change the default the other way. Disk images will be opened read-only. You will have to either specify I, I, I, or change the configuration file C in order to get @@ -913,6 +913,17 @@ user ID of the process, and C<$PID> is the process ID of the server. Guestfish client and server versions must match exactly. +=head2 REMOTE CONTROL RUN COMMAND HANGING + +Using the C (or C) command remotely in a command +substitution context hangs, ie. don't do (note the backquotes): + + a=`guestfish --remote run` + +Since the C command produces no output on stdout, this is not +useful anyway. For further information see +L. + =head1 PREPARED DISK IMAGES Use the I<-N type> or I<--new type> parameter to select one of a set @@ -1139,9 +1150,9 @@ to make guestfish case sensitive. =item test2.img (etc) -When using the C<-N> or C<--new> option, the prepared disk or +When using the I<-N> or I<--new> option, the prepared disk or filesystem will be created in the file C in the current -directory. The second use of C<-N> will use C and so on. +directory. The second use of I<-N> will use C and so on. Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten. =back