X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fish%2Fguestfish.pod;h=8190969668972154ff7d7288bd3ee0fcfb1a30d8;hb=22998927f91f123e7c35d3ebf49e5744f3d7eafe;hp=5b641ead79389cc2242a6c39cdc6652288c3cda7;hpb=6cabc1cd02e181063596b48df55c3f6db51a6bb9;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 5b641ea..8190969 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -973,6 +973,39 @@ user ID of the process, and C<$PID> is the process ID of the server. Guestfish client and server versions must match exactly. +=head2 USING REMOTE CONTROL ROBUSTLY FROM SHELL SCRIPTS + +From Bash, you can use the following code which creates a guestfish +instance, correctly quotes the command line, handles failure to start, +and cleans up guestfish when the script exits: + + #!/bin/bash - + + set -e + + guestfish[0]="guestfish" + guestfish[1]="--listen" + guestfish[2]="--ro" + guestfish[3]="-a" + guestfish[4]="disk.img" + + GUESTFISH_PID= + eval $("${guestfish[@]}") + if [ -z "$GUESTFISH_PID" ]; then + echo "error: guestfish didn't start up, see error messages above" + exit 1 + fi + + cleanup_guestfish () + { + guestfish --remote -- exit >/dev/null 2>&1 ||: + } + trap cleanup_guestfish EXIT ERR + + guestfish --remote -- run + + # ... + =head2 REMOTE CONTROL RUN COMMAND HANGING Using the C (or C) command remotely in a command @@ -1078,7 +1111,7 @@ This exits guestfish. You can also use C<^D> key. @ACTIONS@ -=head1 EXIT CODE +=head1 EXIT STATUS guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or 1 if there was an error. @@ -1236,6 +1269,7 @@ Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten. L, L, +L, L, L, L, @@ -1249,6 +1283,8 @@ L, L, L, L, +L, +L, L, L, L,