X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fish%2Fguestfish.pod;h=ea0b3aab009c83d3596a9917bb078863ca341379;hb=54e91da925323642e67b8ce4b95899fe4b7a51c4;hp=74d222f8a4b8ae4ba0d27acb0adb85053f60c643;hpb=316817b5ad98e294a9d2498a4403e82911a75b4a;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 74d222f..ea0b3aa 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -973,6 +973,50 @@ 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 +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 @@ -1067,7 +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. @@ -1225,6 +1269,7 @@ Any existing file with the same name will be overwritten. L, L, +L, L, L, L, @@ -1238,6 +1283,8 @@ L, L, L, L, +L, +L, L, L, L, @@ -1267,4 +1314,4 @@ GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. +Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.