X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=perl%2Flib%2FSys%2FGuestfs.pm;h=9329b769a543b3979da7acc663f49de65ff1cad3;hb=4211c7a258debd236017a19c70965bc1b3658edb;hp=62f3e7b0d2b2fb164fa086b73a3ee2bcb876eb72;hpb=ca49c50e06834bbc68e21630a5552c57494f2b53;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm index 62f3e7b..9329b76 100644 --- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm +++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm @@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest. This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>. +Note that this call checks for the existence of C. This +stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported +by qemu such as C and C URLs. To specify those, use +the general C<$h-Econfig> call instead. + =item $h->add_drive ($filename); This function adds a virtual machine disk image C to the @@ -112,6 +117,30 @@ image). This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename>. +Note that this call checks for the existence of C. This +stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported +by qemu such as C and C URLs. To specify those, use +the general C<$h-Econfig> call instead. + +=item $h->add_drive_ro ($filename); + +This adds a drive in snapshot mode, making it effectively +read-only. + +Note that writes to the device are allowed, and will be seen for +the duration of the guestfs handle, but they are written +to a temporary file which is discarded as soon as the guestfs +handle is closed. We don't currently have any method to enable +changes to be committed, although qemu can support this. + +This is equivalent to the qemu parameter +C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on>. + +Note that this call checks for the existence of C. This +stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported +by qemu such as C and C URLs. To specify those, use +the general C<$h-Econfig> call instead. + =item $h->aug_close (); Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources @@ -403,7 +432,9 @@ or compatible processor architecture). The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments. The first element is the name of the program to run. Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be -non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). +non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that +the command runs directly, and is I invoked via +the shell (see C<$h-Esh>). The return value is anything printed to I by the command. @@ -432,6 +463,8 @@ FTP. This is the same as C<$h-Ecommand>, but splits the result into a list of lines. +See also: C<$h-Esh_lines> + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use FTP. @@ -499,6 +532,15 @@ Setting C to 3 should drop everything. This automatically calls L before the operation, so that the maximum guest memory is freed. +=item $h->e2fsck_f ($device); + +This runs C, ie. runs the ext2/ext3 +filesystem checker on C, noninteractively (C<-p>), +even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>). + +This command is only needed because of C<$h-Eresize2fs> +(q.v.). Normally you should use C<$h-Efsck>. + =item $h->end_busy (); This sets the state to C, or if in C then it leaves the @@ -531,6 +573,33 @@ The exact command which runs is C. Note in particular that the filename is not prepended to the output (the C<-b> option). +=item @names = $h->find ($directory); + +This command lists out all files and directories, recursively, +starting at C. It is essentially equivalent to +running the shell command C but some +post-processing happens on the output, described below. + +This returns a list of strings I. Thus +if the directory structure was: + + /tmp/a + /tmp/b + /tmp/c/d + +then the returned list from C<$h-Efind> C would be +4 elements: + + a + b + c + c/d + +If C is not a directory, then this command returns +an error. + +The returned list is sorted. + =item $status = $h->fsck ($fstype, $device); This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C which @@ -824,6 +893,20 @@ Some internal mounts are not shown. This moves a file from C to C where C is either a destination filename or destination directory. +=item $status = $h->ntfs_3g_probe ($rw, $device); + +This command runs the L command which probes +an NTFS C for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can +be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all). + +C is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test +if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if +you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only. + +The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation +would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the +L manual page. + =item $h->ping_daemon (); This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside @@ -883,6 +966,12 @@ function which has a more complex interface. This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of the underlying device. +I It is sometimes required that you run C<$h-Ee2fsck_f> +on the C before calling this command. For unknown reasons +C sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not. +In any case, it is always safe to call C<$h-Ee2fsck_f> before +calling this function. + =item $h->rm ($path); Remove the single file C. @@ -1040,6 +1129,32 @@ This displays the partition table on C, in the human-readable output of the L command. It is not intended to be parsed. +=item $output = $h->sh ($command); + +This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the +guest's C. + +This is like C<$h-Ecommand>, but passes the command to: + + /bin/sh -c "command" + +Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in +wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated +and so on. + +All the provisos about C<$h-Ecommand> apply to this call. + +=item @lines = $h->sh_lines ($command); + +This is the same as C<$h-Esh>, but splits the result +into a list of lines. + +See also: C<$h-Ecommand_lines> + +=item $h->sleep ($secs); + +Sleep for C seconds. + =item %statbuf = $h->stat ($path); Returns file information for the given C.