X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=generator%2Fgenerator_actions.ml;h=1186c33c48bb75e0dc394993ad6ab24773b8c24c;hb=49dc7678bf4bc870c0596c9b76f582a4caef88f8;hp=87c934aa22a5d4a0a36c366d62e9be01dfa5ceab;hpb=f173543fd207bdc254a5eb75180d82ef25eacae9;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/generator/generator_actions.ml b/generator/generator_actions.ml index 87c934a..1186c33 100644 --- a/generator/generator_actions.ml +++ b/generator/generator_actions.ml @@ -1821,7 +1821,12 @@ do not overwrite original. Overrides C. =item C = 4 -Typecheck lenses (can be expensive). +Typecheck lenses. + +This option is only useful when debugging Augeas lenses. Use +of this option may require additional memory for the libguestfs +appliance. You may need to set the C +environment variable or call C. =item C = 8 @@ -3001,6 +3006,10 @@ How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I enough to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on. +If blocks are already zero, then this command avoids writing +zeroes. This prevents the underlying device from becoming non-sparse +or growing unnecessarily. + See also: C, C, C"); @@ -4843,7 +4852,9 @@ Possible values for C are: =over 4 -=item B | B +=item B + +=item B Intel EFI / GPT partition table. @@ -4851,7 +4862,9 @@ This is recommended for >= 2 TB partitions that will be accessed from Linux and Intel-based Mac OS X. It also has limited backwards compatibility with the C format. -=item B | B +=item B + +=item B The standard PC \"Master Boot Record\" (MBR) format used by MS-DOS and Windows. This partition type will B work @@ -4869,7 +4882,9 @@ supported include: AIX disk labels. -=item B | B +=item B + +=item B Amiga \"Rigid Disk Block\" format. @@ -5218,7 +5233,11 @@ is not large enough."); "\ This command writes zeroes over the entire C. Compare with C which just zeroes the first few blocks of -a device."); +a device. + +If blocks are already zero, then this command avoids writing +zeroes. This prevents the underlying device from becoming non-sparse +or growing unnecessarily."); ("txz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"], []), 229, [Optional "xz"], [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (