From: Richard Jones Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:42:19 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Added some ideas in TODO file. X-Git-Tag: 0.8.1~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0102b0cc9ba68155795eb0ab1ad3bb9f9f29368d;p=libguestfs.git Added some ideas in TODO file. --- diff --git a/TODO b/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c29ac36 --- /dev/null +++ b/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +We badly need to actually implement the FTP server mentioned in the +documentation. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Use a real scanner in guestfish. Suggest: + + "..." strings + '...' + [...] matching [ and ] + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(From Ján ONDREJ (SAL)) + +We should provide a way to stream partitions in and out. + +Thus: + +dd-out /dev/sda1 > [some file] + +dd-in /dev/sda1 < [some file] + +Along with this, we need to be able to call the resize2fs program to +resize the filesystem in case it is larger or smaller than the target +partition. + +Another useful feature would be to allow rsync to/from a stream for +whole filesystems and subdirectories. + +The current protocol is message-oriented and doesn't support +streaming. But it's simple enough that we could add this.