X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fish%2Fguestfish.pod;h=21f25bd84dfd570061f55185b81bcb20e0ca1325;hb=a9802509184341e731de5c9af363184a9964a8a7;hp=93699d3e888917129273ab9c2f273c7806dac5f6;hpb=f341624668d10c58e2899354cef1e11c4175992a;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 93699d3..21f25bd 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ Add a block device or virtual machine image to the shell. The format of the disk image is auto-detected. To override this and 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. + =item B<-c URI> =item B<--connect URI> @@ -195,6 +199,10 @@ Add disks from the named libvirt domain. If the I<--ro> option is also used, then any libvirt domain can be used. However in write mode, only libvirt domains which are shut down can be named here. +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. + =item B<-D> =item B<--no-dest-paths> @@ -272,6 +280,10 @@ versions of guestfish. You can still use the old syntax: guestfish [--ro] -i libvirt-domain +Using this flag is mostly equivalent to using the C +command and then using other commands to mount the filesystems that +were found. + =item B<--keys-from-stdin> Read key or passphrase parameters from stdin. The default is @@ -301,6 +313,9 @@ filesystems and LVs available (see L, L and L commands), or you can use the L program. +Using this flag is mostly equivalent to using the C +command or the C command if the I<--ro> flag was given. + =item B<-n> =item B<--no-sync> @@ -339,15 +354,16 @@ L below. =item B<--ro> -This changes the I<-a> and I<-m> options so that disks are added and -mounts are done read-only (see L). +This changes the I<-a>, I<-d> and I<-m> options so that disks are +added and mounts are done read-only. The option must always be used if the disk image or virtual machine might be running, and is generally recommended in cases where you don't need write access to the disk. Note that prepared disk images created with I<-N> are not affected by -the I<--ro> option. +this option. Also commands like C are not affected - you have to +specify the C option explicitly if you need it. See also L below. @@ -447,7 +463,7 @@ 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 1.8 we intend to change the default the other way. Disk +By libguestfs 1.10 we intend to change the default the other way. Disk images will be opened read-only. You will have to either specify I or change a configuration file in order to get write access for disk images specified by those other command line options. @@ -1075,6 +1091,8 @@ Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten. L, L, L, +L, +L, L, L, L, @@ -1086,6 +1104,8 @@ L, L, L, L, +L, +L, L, L.