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19 (* Please read generator/README first. *)
21 (* Note about long descriptions: When referring to another
22 * action, use the format C<guestfs_other> (ie. the full name of
23 * the C function). This will be replaced as appropriate in other
26 * Apart from that, long descriptions are just perldoc paragraphs.
32 (* These test functions are used in the language binding tests. *)
47 (* except for RErr, which is tested thoroughly elsewhere *)
48 "test0rint", RInt "valout";
49 "test0rint64", RInt64 "valout";
50 "test0rbool", RBool "valout";
51 "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
52 "test0rconstoptstring", RConstOptString "valout";
53 "test0rstring", RString "valout";
54 "test0rstringlist", RStringList "valout";
55 "test0rstruct", RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
56 "test0rstructlist", RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
57 "test0rhashtable", RHashtable "valout";
60 let test_functions = [
61 ("test0", (RErr, test_all_args, []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
63 "internal test function - do not use",
65 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
66 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
67 parameter type correctly.
69 It echos the contents of each parameter to stdout.
71 You probably don't want to call this function.");
75 [(name, (ret, [String "val"], []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
77 "internal test function - do not use",
79 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
80 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
81 return type correctly.
83 It converts string C<val> to the return type.
85 You probably don't want to call this function.");
86 (name ^ "err", (ret, [], []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
88 "internal test function - do not use",
90 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
91 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
92 return type correctly.
94 This function always returns an error.
96 You probably don't want to call this function.")]
100 (* non_daemon_functions are any functions which don't get processed
101 * in the daemon, eg. functions for setting and getting local
102 * configuration values.
105 let non_daemon_functions = test_functions @ [
106 ("launch", (RErr, [], []), -1, [FishAlias "run"],
108 "launch the qemu subprocess",
110 Internally libguestfs is implemented by running a virtual machine
113 You should call this after configuring the handle
114 (eg. adding drives) but before performing any actions.");
116 ("wait_ready", (RErr, [], []), -1, [NotInFish],
118 "wait until the qemu subprocess launches (no op)",
120 This function is a no op.
122 In versions of the API E<lt> 1.0.71 you had to call this function
123 just after calling C<guestfs_launch> to wait for the launch
124 to complete. However this is no longer necessary because
125 C<guestfs_launch> now does the waiting.
127 If you see any calls to this function in code then you can just
128 remove them, unless you want to retain compatibility with older
129 versions of the API.");
131 ("kill_subprocess", (RErr, [], []), -1, [],
133 "kill the qemu subprocess",
135 This kills the qemu subprocess. You should never need to call this.");
137 ("add_drive", (RErr, [String "filename"], []), -1, [],
139 "add an image to examine or modify",
141 This function is the equivalent of calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>
142 with no optional parameters, so the disk is added writable, with
143 the format being detected automatically.
145 Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential
146 security hole when dealing with untrusted raw-format images.
147 See CVE-2010-3851 and RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes
148 this security hole. Therefore you should think about replacing
149 calls to this function with calls to C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>,
150 and specifying the format.");
152 ("add_cdrom", (RErr, [String "filename"], []), -1, [DeprecatedBy "add_drive_opts"],
154 "add a CD-ROM disk image to examine",
156 This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
158 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
166 This call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
167 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
168 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
169 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
173 If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
174 efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
175 should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
179 ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"], []), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
181 "add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)",
183 This function is the equivalent of calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>
184 with the optional parameter C<GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY> set to 1,
185 so the disk is added read-only, with the format being detected
188 ("config", (RErr, [String "qemuparam"; OptString "qemuvalue"], []), -1, [],
190 "add qemu parameters",
192 This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters
193 of the form C<-param value>. Actually it's not quite arbitrary - we
194 prevent you from setting some parameters which would interfere with
195 parameters that we use.
197 The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
199 C<value> can be NULL.");
201 ("set_qemu", (RErr, [OptString "qemu"], []), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
203 "set the qemu binary",
205 Set the qemu binary that we will use.
207 The default is chosen when the library was compiled by the
210 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
211 environment variable.
213 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.
215 Note that you should call this function as early as possible
216 after creating the handle. This is because some pre-launch
217 operations depend on testing qemu features (by running C<qemu -help>).
218 If the qemu binary changes, we don't retest features, and
219 so you might see inconsistent results. Using the environment
220 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU> is safest of all since that picks
221 the qemu binary at the same time as the handle is created.");
223 ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", [], []), -1, [],
224 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
226 "get the qemu binary",
228 Return the current qemu binary.
230 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
231 return the default qemu binary name.");
233 ("set_path", (RErr, [OptString "searchpath"], []), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
235 "set the search path",
237 Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img.
239 The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting
240 C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
242 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
244 ("get_path", (RConstString "path", [], []), -1, [],
245 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
247 "get the search path",
249 Return the current search path.
251 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
252 return the default path.");
254 ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"], []), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
256 "add options to kernel command line",
258 This function is used to add additional options to the
259 guest kernel command line.
261 The default is C<NULL> unless overridden by setting
262 C<LIBGUESTFS_APPEND> environment variable.
264 Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
265 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
267 ("get_append", (RConstOptString "append", [], []), -1, [],
268 (* This cannot be tested with the current framework. The
269 * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
270 * test framework interprets as an error.
273 "get the additional kernel options",
275 Return the additional kernel options which are added to the
276 guest kernel command line.
278 If C<NULL> then no options are added.");
280 ("set_autosync", (RErr, [Bool "autosync"], []), -1, [FishAlias "autosync"],
284 If C<autosync> is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
285 best effort attempt to run C<guestfs_umount_all> followed by
286 C<guestfs_sync> when the handle is closed
287 (also if the program exits without closing handles).
289 This is enabled by default (since libguestfs 1.5.24, previously it was
290 disabled by default).");
292 ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", [], []), -1, [],
293 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
294 [["get_autosync"]])],
297 Get the autosync flag.");
299 ("set_verbose", (RErr, [Bool "verbose"], []), -1, [FishAlias "verbose"],
303 If C<verbose> is true, this turns on verbose messages (to C<stderr>).
305 Verbose messages are disabled unless the environment variable
306 C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.");
308 ("get_verbose", (RBool "verbose", [], []), -1, [],
312 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
314 ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", [], []), -1, [],
315 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
317 "is ready to accept commands",
319 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
320 (in the C<READY> state).
322 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
324 ("is_config", (RBool "config", [], []), -1, [],
325 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
327 "is in configuration state",
329 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
330 (in the C<CONFIG> state).
332 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
334 ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", [], []), -1, [],
335 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
336 [["is_launching"]])],
337 "is launching subprocess",
339 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
340 (in the C<LAUNCHING> state).
342 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
344 ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", [], []), -1, [],
345 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
347 "is busy processing a command",
349 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
350 (in the C<BUSY> state).
352 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
354 ("get_state", (RInt "state", [], []), -1, [],
356 "get the current state",
358 This returns the current state as an opaque integer. This is
359 only useful for printing debug and internal error messages.
361 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
363 ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"], []), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
364 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
365 [["set_memsize"; "500"];
366 ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
367 "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
369 This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
370 qemu subprocess. This only has any effect if called before
373 You can also change this by setting the environment
374 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
377 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
378 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
380 ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", [], []), -1, [],
381 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
382 [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
383 "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
385 This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
388 If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
389 on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
390 then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
392 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
393 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
395 ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", [], []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
396 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
397 [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
398 "get PID of qemu subprocess",
400 Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess. If there is no
401 qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
403 This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
405 ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), [], []), -1, [],
406 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
407 [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
408 "get the library version number",
410 Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
413 Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
414 the version of libguestfs that you compiled against. You can
415 compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
416 against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
418 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous
419 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
420 number. From C code you can use dynamic linker functions
421 to find out if this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then
422 it's an earlier version).
424 The call returns a structure with four elements. The first
425 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
426 correspond to the usual version triplet. The fourth element
427 (C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
428 used for distro-specific information.
430 To construct the original version string:
431 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
433 See also: L<guestfs(3)/LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS>.
435 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
436 of features. In enterprise distributions we backport
437 features from later versions into earlier versions,
438 making this an unreliable way to test for features.
439 Use C<guestfs_available> instead.");
441 ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"], []), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
442 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
443 [["set_selinux"; "true"];
445 "set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot",
447 This sets the selinux flag that is passed to the appliance
448 at boot time. The default is C<selinux=0> (disabled).
450 Note that if SELinux is enabled, it is always in
451 Permissive mode (C<enforcing=0>).
453 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
454 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
456 ("get_selinux", (RBool "selinux", [], []), -1, [],
458 "get SELinux enabled flag",
460 This returns the current setting of the selinux flag which
461 is passed to the appliance at boot time. See C<guestfs_set_selinux>.
463 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
464 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
466 ("set_trace", (RErr, [Bool "trace"], []), -1, [FishAlias "trace"],
467 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
468 [["set_trace"; "false"];
470 "enable or disable command traces",
472 If the command trace flag is set to 1, then commands are
473 printed on stderr before they are executed in a format
474 which is very similar to the one used by guestfish. In
475 other words, you can run a program with this enabled, and
476 you will get out a script which you can feed to guestfish
477 to perform the same set of actions.
479 If you want to trace C API calls into libguestfs (and
480 other libraries) then possibly a better way is to use
481 the external ltrace(1) command.
483 Command traces are disabled unless the environment variable
484 C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE> is defined and set to C<1>.");
486 ("get_trace", (RBool "trace", [], []), -1, [],
488 "get command trace enabled flag",
490 Return the command trace flag.");
492 ("set_direct", (RErr, [Bool "direct"], []), -1, [FishAlias "direct"],
493 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
494 [["set_direct"; "false"];
496 "enable or disable direct appliance mode",
498 If the direct appliance mode flag is enabled, then stdin and
499 stdout are passed directly through to the appliance once it
502 One consequence of this is that log messages aren't caught
503 by the library and handled by C<guestfs_set_log_message_callback>,
504 but go straight to stdout.
506 You probably don't want to use this unless you know what you
509 The default is disabled.");
511 ("get_direct", (RBool "direct", [], []), -1, [],
513 "get direct appliance mode flag",
515 Return the direct appliance mode flag.");
517 ("set_recovery_proc", (RErr, [Bool "recoveryproc"], []), -1, [FishAlias "recovery-proc"],
518 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
519 [["set_recovery_proc"; "true"];
520 ["get_recovery_proc"]])],
521 "enable or disable the recovery process",
523 If this is called with the parameter C<false> then
524 C<guestfs_launch> does not create a recovery process. The
525 purpose of the recovery process is to stop runaway qemu
526 processes in the case where the main program aborts abruptly.
528 This only has any effect if called before C<guestfs_launch>,
529 and the default is true.
531 About the only time when you would want to disable this is
532 if the main process will fork itself into the background
533 (\"daemonize\" itself). In this case the recovery process
534 thinks that the main program has disappeared and so kills
535 qemu, which is not very helpful.");
537 ("get_recovery_proc", (RBool "recoveryproc", [], []), -1, [],
539 "get recovery process enabled flag",
541 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
543 ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"], []), -1, [DeprecatedBy "add_drive_opts"],
545 "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
547 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
548 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
550 ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"], []), -1, [DeprecatedBy "add_drive_opts"],
552 "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
554 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
555 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
557 ("file_architecture", (RString "arch", [Pathname "filename"], []), -1, [],
558 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
559 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-i586-dynamic"]], "i386");
560 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
561 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-sparc-dynamic"]], "sparc");
562 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
563 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-win32.exe"]], "i386");
564 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
565 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-win64.exe"]], "x86_64");
566 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
567 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-x86_64-dynamic"]], "x86_64");
568 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
569 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-i586.so"]], "i386");
570 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
571 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-sparc.so"]], "sparc");
572 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
573 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-win32.dll"]], "i386");
574 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
575 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-win64.dll"]], "x86_64");
576 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
577 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-x86_64.so"]], "x86_64");
578 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
579 [["file_architecture"; "/initrd-x86_64.img"]], "x86_64");
580 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
581 [["file_architecture"; "/initrd-x86_64.img.gz"]], "x86_64");],
582 "detect the architecture of a binary file",
584 This detects the architecture of the binary C<filename>,
585 and returns it if known.
587 Currently defined architectures are:
593 This string is returned for all 32 bit i386, i486, i586, i686 binaries
594 irrespective of the precise processor requirements of the binary.
606 64 bit SPARC V9 and above.
622 Libguestfs may return other architecture strings in future.
624 The function works on at least the following types of files:
630 many types of Un*x and Linux binary
634 many types of Un*x and Linux shared library
638 Windows Win32 and Win64 binaries
642 Windows Win32 and Win64 DLLs
644 Win32 binaries and DLLs return C<i386>.
646 Win64 binaries and DLLs return C<x86_64>.
654 Linux new-style initrd images
658 some non-x86 Linux vmlinuz kernels
662 What it can't do currently:
668 static libraries (libfoo.a)
672 Linux old-style initrd as compressed ext2 filesystem (RHEL 3)
676 x86 Linux vmlinuz kernels
678 x86 vmlinuz images (bzImage format) consist of a mix of 16-, 32- and
679 compressed code, and are horribly hard to unpack. If you want to find
680 the architecture of a kernel, use the architecture of the associated
681 initrd or kernel module(s) instead.
685 ("inspect_os", (RStringList "roots", [], []), -1, [],
687 "inspect disk and return list of operating systems found",
689 This function uses other libguestfs functions and certain
690 heuristics to inspect the disk(s) (usually disks belonging to
691 a virtual machine), looking for operating systems.
693 The list returned is empty if no operating systems were found.
695 If one operating system was found, then this returns a list with
696 a single element, which is the name of the root filesystem of
697 this operating system. It is also possible for this function
698 to return a list containing more than one element, indicating
699 a dual-boot or multi-boot virtual machine, with each element being
700 the root filesystem of one of the operating systems.
702 You can pass the root string(s) returned to other
703 C<guestfs_inspect_get_*> functions in order to query further
704 information about each operating system, such as the name
707 This function uses other libguestfs features such as
708 C<guestfs_mount_ro> and C<guestfs_umount_all> in order to mount
709 and unmount filesystems and look at the contents. This should
710 be called with no disks currently mounted. The function may also
711 use Augeas, so any existing Augeas handle will be closed.
713 This function cannot decrypt encrypted disks. The caller
714 must do that first (supplying the necessary keys) if the
717 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
719 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
721 ("inspect_get_type", (RString "name", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
723 "get type of inspected operating system",
725 This function should only be called with a root device string
726 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
728 This returns the type of the inspected operating system.
729 Currently defined types are:
735 Any Linux-based operating system.
739 Any Microsoft Windows operating system.
743 The operating system type could not be determined.
747 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
748 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
750 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
752 ("inspect_get_arch", (RString "arch", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
754 "get architecture of inspected operating system",
756 This function should only be called with a root device string
757 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
759 This returns the architecture of the inspected operating system.
760 The possible return values are listed under
761 C<guestfs_file_architecture>.
763 If the architecture could not be determined, then the
764 string C<unknown> is returned.
766 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
768 ("inspect_get_distro", (RString "distro", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
770 "get distro of inspected operating system",
772 This function should only be called with a root device string
773 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
775 This returns the distro (distribution) of the inspected operating
778 Currently defined distros are:
788 Debian or a Debian-derived distro such as Ubuntu.
806 =item \"redhat-based\"
808 Some Red Hat-derived distro.
812 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and some derivatives.
816 Windows does not have distributions. This string is
817 returned if the OS type is Windows.
825 The distro could not be determined.
829 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
830 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
832 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
834 ("inspect_get_major_version", (RInt "major", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
836 "get major version of inspected operating system",
838 This function should only be called with a root device string
839 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
841 This returns the major version number of the inspected operating
844 Windows uses a consistent versioning scheme which is I<not>
845 reflected in the popular public names used by the operating system.
846 Notably the operating system known as \"Windows 7\" is really
847 version 6.1 (ie. major = 6, minor = 1). You can find out the
848 real versions corresponding to releases of Windows by consulting
851 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
853 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
855 ("inspect_get_minor_version", (RInt "minor", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
857 "get minor version of inspected operating system",
859 This function should only be called with a root device string
860 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
862 This returns the minor version number of the inspected operating
865 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
867 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
868 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_major_version>.");
870 ("inspect_get_product_name", (RString "product", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
872 "get product name of inspected operating system",
874 This function should only be called with a root device string
875 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
877 This returns the product name of the inspected operating
878 system. The product name is generally some freeform string
879 which can be displayed to the user, but should not be
882 If the product name could not be determined, then the
883 string C<unknown> is returned.
885 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
887 ("inspect_get_mountpoints", (RHashtable "mountpoints", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
889 "get mountpoints of inspected operating system",
891 This function should only be called with a root device string
892 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
894 This returns a hash of where we think the filesystems
895 associated with this operating system should be mounted.
896 Callers should note that this is at best an educated guess
897 made by reading configuration files such as C</etc/fstab>.
899 Each element in the returned hashtable has a key which
900 is the path of the mountpoint (eg. C</boot>) and a value
901 which is the filesystem that would be mounted there
904 Non-mounted devices such as swap devices are I<not>
905 returned in this list.
907 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
908 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_filesystems>.");
910 ("inspect_get_filesystems", (RStringList "filesystems", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
912 "get filesystems associated with inspected operating system",
914 This function should only be called with a root device string
915 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
917 This returns a list of all the filesystems that we think
918 are associated with this operating system. This includes
919 the root filesystem, other ordinary filesystems, and
920 non-mounted devices like swap partitions.
922 In the case of a multi-boot virtual machine, it is possible
923 for a filesystem to be shared between operating systems.
925 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
926 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>.");
928 ("set_network", (RErr, [Bool "network"], []), -1, [FishAlias "network"],
930 "set enable network flag",
932 If C<network> is true, then the network is enabled in the
933 libguestfs appliance. The default is false.
935 This affects whether commands are able to access the network
936 (see L<guestfs(3)/RUNNING COMMANDS>).
938 You must call this before calling C<guestfs_launch>, otherwise
941 ("get_network", (RBool "network", [], []), -1, [],
943 "get enable network flag",
945 This returns the enable network flag.");
947 ("list_filesystems", (RHashtable "fses", [], []), -1, [],
951 This inspection command looks for filesystems on partitions,
952 block devices and logical volumes, returning a list of devices
953 containing filesystems and their type.
955 The return value is a hash, where the keys are the devices
956 containing filesystems, and the values are the filesystem types.
959 \"/dev/sda1\" => \"ntfs\"
960 \"/dev/sda2\" => \"ext2\"
961 \"/dev/vg_guest/lv_root\" => \"ext4\"
962 \"/dev/vg_guest/lv_swap\" => \"swap\"
964 The value can have the special value \"unknown\", meaning the
965 content of the device is undetermined or empty.
966 \"swap\" means a Linux swap partition.
968 This command runs other libguestfs commands, which might include
969 C<guestfs_mount> and C<guestfs_umount>, and therefore you should
970 use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted.
972 Not all of the filesystems returned will be mountable. In
973 particular, swap partitions are returned in the list. Also
974 this command does not check that each filesystem
975 found is valid and mountable, and some filesystems might
976 be mountable but require special options. Filesystems may
977 not all belong to a single logical operating system
978 (use C<guestfs_inspect_os> to look for OSes).");
980 ("add_drive_opts", (RErr, [String "filename"], [Bool "readonly"; String "format"; String "iface"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
982 "add an image to examine or modify",
984 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to
985 libguestfs. The first time you call this function, the disk
986 appears as C</dev/sda>, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
989 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
990 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
991 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
992 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
995 This call checks that C<filename> exists.
997 The optional arguments are:
1003 If true then the image is treated as read-only. Writes are still
1004 allowed, but they are stored in a temporary snapshot overlay which
1005 is discarded at the end. The disk that you add is not modified.
1009 This forces the image format. If you omit this (or use C<guestfs_add_drive>
1010 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro>) then the format is automatically detected.
1011 Possible formats include C<raw> and C<qcow2>.
1013 Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential
1014 security hole when dealing with untrusted raw-format images.
1015 See CVE-2010-3851 and RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes
1020 This rarely-used option lets you emulate the behaviour of the
1021 deprecated C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if> call (q.v.)
1025 ("inspect_get_windows_systemroot", (RString "systemroot", [Device "root"], []), -1, [],
1027 "get Windows systemroot of inspected operating system",
1029 This function should only be called with a root device string
1030 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1032 This returns the Windows systemroot of the inspected guest.
1033 The systemroot is a directory path such as C</WINDOWS>.
1035 This call assumes that the guest is Windows and that the
1036 systemroot could be determined by inspection. If this is not
1037 the case then an error is returned.
1039 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1041 ("inspect_get_roots", (RStringList "roots", [], []), -1, [],
1043 "return list of operating systems found by last inspection",
1045 This function is a convenient way to get the list of root
1046 devices, as returned from a previous call to C<guestfs_inspect_os>,
1047 but without redoing the whole inspection process.
1049 This returns an empty list if either no root devices were
1050 found or the caller has not called C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1052 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1054 ("debug_cmdline", (RStringList "cmdline", [], []), -1, [NotInDocs],
1056 "debug the QEMU command line (internal use only)",
1058 This returns the internal QEMU command line. 'debug' commands are
1059 not part of the formal API and can be removed or changed at any time.");
1061 ("add_domain", (RInt "nrdisks", [String "dom"], [String "libvirturi"; Bool "readonly"; String "iface"]), -1, [FishAlias "domain"],
1063 "add the disk(s) from a named libvirt domain",
1065 This function adds the disk(s) attached to the named libvirt
1066 domain C<dom>. It works by connecting to libvirt, requesting
1067 the domain and domain XML from libvirt, parsing it for disks,
1068 and calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts> on each one.
1070 The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic:
1071 if an error is returned, then no disks are added.
1073 This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt
1074 domain is not running (unless C<readonly> is true). In a future
1075 version we will try to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk.
1077 Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks
1078 from a remote libvirt connection (see L<http://libvirt.org/remote.html>)
1079 will fail unless those disks are accessible via the same device path
1082 The optional C<libvirturi> parameter sets the libvirt URI
1083 (see L<http://libvirt.org/uri.html>). If this is not set then
1084 we connect to the default libvirt URI (or one set through an
1085 environment variable, see the libvirt documentation for full
1086 details). If you are using the C API directly then it is more
1087 flexible to create the libvirt connection object yourself, get
1088 the domain object, and call C<guestfs_add_libvirt_dom>.
1090 The other optional parameters are passed directly through to
1091 C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>.");
1094 This interface is not quite baked yet. -- RWMJ 2010-11-11
1095 ("add_libvirt_dom", (RInt "nrdisks", [Pointer ("virDomainPtr", "dom")], [Bool "readonly"; String "iface"]), -1, [NotInFish],
1097 "add the disk(s) from a libvirt domain",
1099 This function adds the disk(s) attached to the libvirt domain C<dom>.
1100 It works by requesting the domain XML from libvirt, parsing it for
1101 disks, and calling C<guestfs_add_drive_opts> on each one.
1103 In the C API we declare C<void *dom>, but really it has type
1104 C<virDomainPtr dom>. This is so we don't need E<lt>libvirt.hE<gt>.
1106 The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic:
1107 if an error is returned, then no disks are added.
1109 This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt
1110 domain is not running (unless C<readonly> is true). In a future
1111 version we will try to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk.
1113 Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks
1114 from a remote libvirt connection (see L<http://libvirt.org/remote.html>)
1115 will fail unless those disks are accessible via the same device path
1118 The optional parameters are passed directly through to
1119 C<guestfs_add_drive_opts>.");
1124 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
1125 * to take place in the daemon.
1128 let daemon_functions = [
1129 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 1, [],
1130 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1131 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1132 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1133 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1134 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
1135 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1136 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
1138 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
1139 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
1140 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
1141 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
1144 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
1145 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
1146 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
1149 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
1150 on the underlying device.
1153 When you use this call, the filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime>
1154 are set implicitly. This was originally done because we thought it
1155 would improve reliability, but it turns out that I<-o sync> has a
1156 very large negative performance impact and negligible effect on
1157 reliability. Therefore we recommend that you avoid using
1158 C<guestfs_mount> in any code that needs performance, and instead
1159 use C<guestfs_mount_options> (use an empty string for the first
1160 parameter if you don't want any options).");
1162 ("sync", (RErr, [], []), 2, [],
1163 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
1164 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
1166 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
1167 underlying disk image.
1169 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
1170 closing the handle.");
1172 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 3, [],
1173 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1175 ["exists"; "/new"]])],
1176 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
1178 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
1179 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
1180 to create a new zero-length file.
1182 This command only works on regular files, and will fail on other
1183 file types such as directories, symbolic links, block special etc.");
1185 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"], []), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1186 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1187 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
1188 "list the contents of a file",
1190 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1192 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1193 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1194 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1195 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
1197 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"], []), 5, [],
1198 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
1199 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
1201 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
1203 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1204 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
1206 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
1207 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
1209 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"], []), 6, [],
1210 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1212 ["touch"; "/newer"];
1213 ["touch"; "/newest"];
1214 ["ls"; "/"]], ["lost+found"; "new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
1215 "list the files in a directory",
1217 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1218 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
1219 hidden files are shown.
1221 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
1222 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
1224 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 7, [],
1225 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1226 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
1227 "list the block devices",
1229 List all the block devices.
1231 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>.
1233 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1235 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", [], []), 8, [],
1236 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1237 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1238 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1239 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1240 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1241 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1242 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1243 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1244 "list the partitions",
1246 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
1248 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
1250 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
1251 call C<guestfs_lvs>.
1253 See also C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1255 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", [], []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
1256 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1257 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1258 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1259 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1260 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1261 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1262 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1263 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1264 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1265 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1266 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1267 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1269 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1270 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1272 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1273 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1275 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1277 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", [], []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1278 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1280 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1281 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1282 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1283 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1284 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1285 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1286 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1287 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1288 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1289 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1290 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1291 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1293 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1294 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1296 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1297 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1299 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1301 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", [], []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1302 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1303 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1304 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1305 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1306 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1307 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1308 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1309 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1310 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1311 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1312 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1313 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1314 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1315 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1316 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1317 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1318 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1320 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1321 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1323 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1324 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1326 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>, C<guestfs_list_filesystems>.");
1328 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), [], []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1329 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1330 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1332 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1333 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1335 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), [], []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1336 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1337 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1339 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1340 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1342 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), [], []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1343 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1344 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1346 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1347 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1349 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 15, [],
1350 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1351 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1352 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1353 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1354 "read file as lines",
1356 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1358 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1359 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1361 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1362 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1363 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1364 function which has a more complex interface.");
1366 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"], []), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1367 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1368 "create a new Augeas handle",
1370 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1371 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1372 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1374 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1377 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1380 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1381 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1386 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1388 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1390 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1392 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1393 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1395 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1397 Typecheck lenses (can be expensive).
1399 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1401 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1403 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1405 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1407 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1409 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1413 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1415 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1417 ("aug_close", (RErr, [], []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1418 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1419 "close the current Augeas handle",
1421 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1422 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1423 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1424 Augeas functions.");
1426 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"], []), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1427 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1428 "define an Augeas variable",
1430 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1431 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1434 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1435 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1437 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"], []), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1438 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1439 "define an Augeas node",
1441 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1444 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1445 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1446 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1448 On success this returns a pair containing the
1449 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1450 if a node was created.");
1452 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"], []), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1453 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1454 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1456 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1457 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1459 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"], []), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1460 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1461 "set Augeas path to value",
1463 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<val>.
1465 In the Augeas API, it is possible to clear a node by setting
1466 the value to NULL. Due to an oversight in the libguestfs API
1467 you cannot do that with this call. Instead you must use the
1468 C<guestfs_aug_clear> call.");
1470 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"], []), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1471 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1472 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
1474 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
1475 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
1478 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
1479 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
1480 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
1482 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"], []), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
1483 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1484 "remove an Augeas path",
1486 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
1488 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
1490 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"], []), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
1491 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1494 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
1495 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
1497 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"], []), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
1498 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1499 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
1501 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
1502 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
1503 exactly one node in the current tree.");
1505 ("aug_save", (RErr, [], []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
1506 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1507 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
1509 This writes all pending changes to disk.
1511 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
1512 how files are saved.");
1514 ("aug_load", (RErr, [], []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
1515 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1516 "load files into the tree",
1518 Load files into the tree.
1520 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
1523 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"], []), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
1524 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1525 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
1527 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
1528 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
1530 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 29, [],
1531 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1534 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1536 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1541 Remove the single file C<path>.");
1543 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 30, [],
1544 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1547 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1548 [["rmdir"; "/new"]];
1549 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1551 ["rmdir"; "/new"]]],
1552 "remove a directory",
1554 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
1556 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 31, [],
1557 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
1559 ["mkdir"; "/new/foo"];
1560 ["touch"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1562 ["exists"; "/new"]]],
1563 "remove a file or directory recursively",
1565 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
1566 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
1569 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 32, [],
1570 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1572 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1573 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1574 [["mkdir"; "/new/foo/bar"]]],
1575 "create a directory",
1577 Create a directory named C<path>.");
1579 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"], []), 33, [],
1580 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1581 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1582 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo/bar"]];
1583 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1584 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1585 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo"]];
1586 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1587 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1588 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1589 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
1590 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1592 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]];
1593 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1595 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]]],
1596 "create a directory and parents",
1598 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
1599 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
1601 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"], []), 34, [],
1602 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1605 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
1606 numeric modes are supported.
1608 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
1609 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
1610 C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
1612 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
1614 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"], []), 35, [],
1615 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1616 "change file owner and group",
1618 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
1620 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
1621 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
1622 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
1624 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 36, [],
1625 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1626 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
1627 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1628 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
1629 "test if file or directory exists",
1631 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
1632 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
1634 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
1636 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 37, [],
1637 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1638 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
1639 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1640 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
1641 "test if a regular file",
1643 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a regular file
1644 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1645 other objects like directories.
1647 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1649 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"], []), 38, [],
1650 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1651 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
1652 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1653 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
1654 "test if a directory",
1656 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
1657 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1658 other objects like files.
1660 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1662 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
1663 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1664 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1665 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1666 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1667 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1668 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1669 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1670 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1671 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1672 "create an LVM physical volume",
1674 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
1675 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
1678 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"], []), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
1679 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1680 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1681 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1682 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1683 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1684 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1685 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1686 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1687 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1688 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1689 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1690 "create an LVM volume group",
1692 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
1693 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
1695 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"], []), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
1696 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1697 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1698 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1699 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1700 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1701 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1702 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1703 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1704 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1705 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1706 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1707 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1708 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1709 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
1710 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
1712 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
1713 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
1714 "create an LVM logical volume",
1716 This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
1717 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
1719 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"], []), 42, [],
1720 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1721 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1722 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1723 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1724 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
1725 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1726 "make a filesystem",
1728 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
1729 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
1732 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
1733 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
1734 StringList "lines"], []), 43, [DangerWillRobinson],
1736 "create partitions on a block device",
1738 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
1739 partitions on block devices.
1741 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
1743 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
1744 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
1745 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
1746 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
1747 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
1748 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
1749 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
1751 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
1752 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
1754 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
1755 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
1756 the string C<,> (comma).
1758 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
1759 C<guestfs_part_init>");
1761 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"], []), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning; DeprecatedBy "write"],
1762 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *)
1763 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1764 [["write_file"; "/new"; "abc"; "10000"]]],
1767 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
1768 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
1769 with length C<size>.
1771 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
1772 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
1773 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
1775 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
1776 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.");
1778 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"], []), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
1779 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1780 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1781 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1782 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1783 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1784 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1785 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1786 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1787 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1790 "unmount a filesystem",
1792 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
1793 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
1794 contains the filesystem.");
1796 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", [], []), 46, [],
1797 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1798 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"])],
1799 "show mounted filesystems",
1801 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
1802 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
1804 Some internal mounts are not shown.
1806 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
1808 ("umount_all", (RErr, [], []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
1809 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1812 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
1813 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1814 [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1815 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "64"; "204799"];
1816 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "204800"; "409599"];
1817 ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "p"; "409600"; "-64"];
1818 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1819 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
1820 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1821 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1823 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
1824 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1825 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1826 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
1829 "unmount all filesystems",
1831 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
1833 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
1835 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, [], []), 48, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "lvm2"],
1837 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
1839 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
1840 and physical volumes.");
1842 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"], []), 49, [],
1843 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1844 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
1845 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1846 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
1847 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1848 [["file"; "/notexists"]]);
1849 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1850 [["file"; "/abssymlink"]], "symbolic link");
1851 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1852 [["file"; "/directory"]], "directory")],
1853 "determine file type",
1855 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
1856 the type or contents of the file.
1858 This call will also transparently look inside various types
1861 The exact command which runs is C<file -zb path>. Note in
1862 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
1865 This command can also be used on C</dev/> devices
1866 (and partitions, LV names). You can for example use this
1867 to determine if a device contains a filesystem, although
1868 it's usually better to use C<guestfs_vfs_type>.
1870 If the C<path> does not begin with C</dev/> then
1871 this command only works for the content of regular files.
1872 For other file types (directory, symbolic link etc) it
1873 will just return the string C<directory> etc.");
1875 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"], []), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1876 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1877 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1878 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1879 ["command"; "/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
1880 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1881 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1882 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1883 ["command"; "/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
1884 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1885 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1886 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1887 ["command"; "/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
1888 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1889 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1890 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1891 ["command"; "/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
1892 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1893 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1894 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1895 ["command"; "/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
1896 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1897 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1898 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1899 ["command"; "/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
1900 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1901 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1902 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1903 ["command"; "/test-command 7"]], "");
1904 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1905 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1906 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1907 ["command"; "/test-command 8"]], "\n");
1908 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1909 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1910 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1911 ["command"; "/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
1912 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1913 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1914 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1915 ["command"; "/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
1916 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1917 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1918 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1919 ["command"; "/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
1920 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1921 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1922 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1923 ["command"; "/test-command"]])],
1924 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
1926 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
1927 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
1928 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
1929 or compatible processor architecture).
1931 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
1932 The first element is the name of the program to run.
1933 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
1934 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
1935 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
1936 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
1938 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
1941 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
1942 this function returns an error message. The error message
1943 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
1945 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
1946 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
1947 another location, you should provide the full path in the
1950 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
1951 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
1952 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
1953 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
1956 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"], []), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1957 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1958 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1959 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1960 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
1961 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1962 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1963 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1964 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
1965 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1966 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1967 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1968 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
1969 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1970 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1971 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1972 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
1973 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1974 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1975 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1976 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
1977 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1978 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1979 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1980 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
1981 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1982 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1983 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1984 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 7"]], []);
1985 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1986 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1987 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1988 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 8"]], [""]);
1989 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1990 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1991 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1992 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
1993 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1994 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1995 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1996 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
1997 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1998 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1999 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2000 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
2001 "run a command, returning lines",
2003 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
2004 result into a list of lines.
2006 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
2008 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"], []), 52, [],
2009 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2010 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2011 "get file information",
2013 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2015 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
2017 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"], []), 53, [],
2018 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2019 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2020 "get file information for a symbolic link",
2022 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2024 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
2025 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
2028 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
2030 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"], []), 54, [],
2031 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2032 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
2033 "get file system statistics",
2035 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
2036 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
2037 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
2039 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
2041 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"], []), 55, [],
2043 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
2045 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
2046 superblock on C<device>.
2048 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
2049 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
2050 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
2051 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
2053 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 56, [],
2054 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2055 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2056 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2057 "set block device to read-only",
2059 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
2061 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2063 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 57, [],
2064 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2065 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
2066 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2067 "set block device to read-write",
2069 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
2071 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2073 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"], []), 58, [],
2074 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2075 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2076 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2077 "is block device set to read-only",
2079 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
2080 (true if read-only, false if not).
2082 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2084 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"], []), 59, [],
2085 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2086 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
2087 "get sectorsize of block device",
2089 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
2090 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
2092 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
2095 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2097 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"], []), 60, [],
2098 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2099 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
2100 "get blocksize of block device",
2102 This returns the block size of a device.
2104 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2105 I<filesystem block size>).
2107 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2109 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"], []), 61, [],
2111 "set blocksize of block device",
2113 This sets the block size of a device.
2115 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2116 I<filesystem block size>).
2118 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2120 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"], []), 62, [],
2121 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2122 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
2123 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
2125 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
2126 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
2128 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
2129 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
2130 useful I<size in bytes>.
2132 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2134 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"], []), 63, [],
2135 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2136 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
2137 "get total size of device in bytes",
2139 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
2141 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
2143 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2145 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 64, [],
2146 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2147 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2148 "flush device buffers",
2150 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
2153 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2155 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 65, [],
2156 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2157 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2158 "reread partition table",
2160 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
2162 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2164 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"], []), 66, [],
2165 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2166 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2167 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
2168 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]],
2169 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2170 "upload a file from the local machine",
2172 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
2175 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2177 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
2179 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"], []), 67, [Progress],
2180 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2181 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2182 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
2183 ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
2184 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
2185 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]],
2186 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2187 "download a file to the local machine",
2189 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
2190 on the local machine.
2192 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2194 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
2196 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"], []), 68, [],
2197 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2198 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
2199 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2200 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
2201 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2202 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
2203 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2204 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
2205 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2206 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
2207 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2208 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
2209 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2210 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
2211 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2212 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6");
2213 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2214 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2215 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/abssymlink"]], "5f57d0639bc95081c53afc63a449403883818edc64da48930ad6b1a4fb49be90404686877743fbcd7c99811f3def7df7bc22635c885c6a8cf79c806b43451c1a")],
2216 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
2218 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
2221 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
2222 parameter which must have one of the following values:
2228 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
2229 for the C<cksum> command.
2233 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
2237 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
2241 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
2245 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
2249 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
2253 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
2257 The checksum is returned as a printable string.
2259 To get the checksum for a device, use C<guestfs_checksum_device>.
2261 To get the checksums for many files, use C<guestfs_checksums_out>.");
2263 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; Pathname "directory"], []), 69, [],
2264 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2265 [["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/"];
2266 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2267 "unpack tarfile to directory",
2269 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
2270 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2272 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>
2273 or C<guestfs_txz_in>.");
2275 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"], []), 70, [],
2277 "pack directory into tarfile",
2279 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2280 it to local file C<tarfile>.
2282 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>
2283 or C<guestfs_txz_out>.");
2285 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"], []), 71, [],
2286 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2287 [["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/"];
2288 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2289 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
2291 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
2292 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2294 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
2296 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"], []), 72, [],
2298 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2300 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2301 it to local file C<tarball>.
2303 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2305 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 73, [],
2306 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2308 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2309 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2310 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2311 [["write"; "/new"; "data"];
2313 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2314 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2315 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2317 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2318 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2320 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 74, [],
2322 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2324 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2325 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2326 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.
2328 If the C<options> parameter is an empty string, then
2329 no options are passed (all options default to whatever
2330 the filesystem uses).");
2332 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"], []), 75, [],
2334 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2336 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2337 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2338 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2340 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"], []), 76, [NotInDocs],
2342 "debugging and internals",
2344 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2345 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2348 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2349 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2350 to find out what you can do.");
2352 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2353 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2354 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2355 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2356 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2357 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2358 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2359 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2360 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2361 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2362 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2363 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2364 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2365 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2366 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2367 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2369 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2370 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2371 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2372 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2373 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2374 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2375 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2377 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2379 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2380 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2382 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2383 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2385 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"], []), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2386 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2387 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2388 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2389 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2390 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2391 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2394 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2395 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2396 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2397 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2398 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2399 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2402 "remove an LVM volume group",
2404 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2406 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2409 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2410 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2411 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2412 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2413 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2414 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2415 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2417 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2419 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2420 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2421 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2422 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2423 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2424 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2426 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2428 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2429 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2430 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2431 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2432 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2433 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2435 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2437 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2439 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2442 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
2443 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
2444 to remove those first.");
2446 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"], []), 80, [],
2447 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2448 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
2449 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
2450 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2452 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2453 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
2456 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
2457 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
2459 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"], []), 81, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_label"],
2461 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2463 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2466 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"], []), 82, [],
2467 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2468 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2469 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
2470 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
2471 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2472 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
2473 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
2474 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
2475 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2476 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
2477 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2478 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
2479 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2481 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2482 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
2483 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
2484 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
2486 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
2487 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
2489 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"], []), 83, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_uuid"],
2490 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597112. *)
2491 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2492 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2493 [["mke2journal"; "1024"; "/dev/sdb"];
2494 ["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdb"; uuid];
2495 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdb"]], uuid)]),
2496 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2498 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2501 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"], []), 84, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
2502 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2503 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2504 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2505 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2506 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2507 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2508 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
2509 "run the filesystem checker",
2511 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
2512 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
2514 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
2515 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
2523 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
2527 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
2528 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
2532 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
2537 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
2539 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 85, [Progress],
2540 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2541 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2542 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2543 ["file"; "/dev/sda1"]], "data")],
2544 "write zeroes to the device",
2546 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
2548 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
2549 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
2550 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
2552 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
2554 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"], []), 86, [],
2556 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484986
2557 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
2559 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2560 [["mkdir_p"; "/boot/grub"];
2561 ["write"; "/boot/grub/device.map"; "(hd0) /dev/vda"];
2562 ["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/vda"];
2563 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
2566 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
2567 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
2569 Note: If grub-install reports the error
2570 \"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\"
2571 it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map>
2572 file first that contains the mapping between grub device names
2573 and Linux device names. It is usually sufficient to create
2578 replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.");
2580 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 87, [],
2581 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2582 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2583 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2584 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2585 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2586 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2587 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2588 ["is_file"; "/old"]]);
2589 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2590 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2592 ["cp"; "/old"; "/dir/new"];
2593 ["cat"; "/dir/new"]], "file content")],
2596 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2597 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2599 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 88, [],
2600 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2601 [["mkdir"; "/olddir"];
2602 ["mkdir"; "/newdir"];
2603 ["write"; "/olddir/file"; "file content"];
2604 ["cp_a"; "/olddir"; "/newdir"];
2605 ["cat"; "/newdir/olddir/file"]], "file content")],
2606 "copy a file or directory recursively",
2608 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
2609 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
2611 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 89, [],
2612 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2613 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2614 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2615 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2616 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2617 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2618 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2619 ["is_file"; "/old"]])],
2622 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2623 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2625 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"], []), 90, [],
2626 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2627 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
2628 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
2630 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
2631 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
2632 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
2633 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
2635 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
2637 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
2638 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
2640 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", [], []), 91, [],
2641 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2643 "return kernel messages",
2645 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
2646 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
2647 debugging of problems.
2649 Another way to get the same information is to enable
2650 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
2651 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
2652 running the program.");
2654 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, [], []), 92, [],
2655 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2656 [["ping_daemon"]])],
2657 "ping the guest daemon",
2659 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
2660 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
2661 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
2662 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
2664 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"], []), 93, [],
2665 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2666 [["write"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"];
2667 ["cp"; "/file1"; "/file2"];
2668 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2669 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2670 [["write"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"];
2671 ["write"; "/file2"; "contents of another file"];
2672 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2673 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2674 [["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]])],
2675 "test if two files have equal contents",
2677 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
2678 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
2680 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
2682 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"], []), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2683 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2684 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
2685 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2686 [["strings"; "/empty"]], []);
2687 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2688 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2689 [["strings"; "/abssymlink"]])],
2690 "print the printable strings in a file",
2692 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
2693 the list of printable strings found.");
2695 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"], []), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2696 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2697 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
2698 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2699 [["write"; "/new"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"];
2700 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/new"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
2701 "print the printable strings in a file",
2703 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
2704 specify the encoding of strings that are looked for in
2705 the source file C<path>.
2707 Allowed encodings are:
2713 Single 7-bit-byte characters like ASCII and the ASCII-compatible
2714 parts of ISO-8859-X (this is what C<guestfs_strings> uses).
2718 Single 8-bit-byte characters.
2722 16-bit big endian strings such as those encoded in
2723 UTF-16BE or UCS-2BE.
2725 =item l (lower case letter L)
2727 16-bit little endian such as UTF-16LE and UCS-2LE.
2728 This is useful for examining binaries in Windows guests.
2732 32-bit big endian such as UCS-4BE.
2736 32-bit little endian such as UCS-4LE.
2740 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
2742 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"], []), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2743 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2744 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
2745 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
2746 * commands to segfault.
2748 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2749 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]]);
2750 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2751 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2752 [["hexdump"; "/abssymlink"]])],
2753 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
2755 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
2756 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
2758 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
2759 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2760 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2761 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
2762 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2763 ["write"; "/new"; "test file"];
2764 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2765 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
2766 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2767 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
2768 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
2770 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
2771 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
2772 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
2775 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
2778 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
2779 or data on the filesystem.");
2781 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
2783 "resize an LVM physical volume",
2785 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
2786 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
2788 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
2789 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2790 String "line"], []), 99, [DangerWillRobinson],
2792 "modify a single partition on a block device",
2794 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
2795 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
2797 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
2798 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
2800 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
2802 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 100, [],
2804 "display the partition table",
2806 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
2807 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
2808 not intended to be parsed.
2810 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
2812 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 101, [],
2814 "display the kernel geometry",
2816 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
2818 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2821 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"], []), 102, [],
2823 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
2825 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
2826 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
2827 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
2828 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
2830 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2833 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"], []), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
2835 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
2837 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2838 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
2839 If activated, then they are made known to the
2840 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2841 then those devices disappear.
2843 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
2845 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"], []), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
2847 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
2849 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2850 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
2851 If activated, then they are made known to the
2852 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2853 then those devices disappear.
2855 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
2857 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
2858 are activated or deactivated.");
2860 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"], []), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
2861 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2862 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2863 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2864 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2865 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
2866 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2867 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2868 ["write"; "/new"; "test content"];
2870 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
2871 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2872 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2873 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2874 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content");
2875 InitNone, Always, TestRun (
2876 (* Make an LV smaller to test RHBZ#587484. *)
2877 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2878 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2879 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2880 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "20"];
2881 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "10"]])],
2882 "resize an LVM logical volume",
2884 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
2885 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
2888 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 106, [],
2889 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2890 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem",
2892 This resizes an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to match the size of
2893 the underlying device.
2895 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
2896 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
2897 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
2898 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
2899 calling this function.");
2901 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"], []), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2902 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2903 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
2904 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2908 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
2909 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2910 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2911 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2912 ["find"; "/a/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
2913 "find all files and directories",
2915 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
2916 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
2917 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
2918 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
2920 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
2921 if the directory structure was:
2927 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
2935 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
2938 The returned list is sorted.
2940 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
2942 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 108, [],
2943 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2944 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2946 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
2947 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>),
2948 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>).
2950 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
2951 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
2953 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"], []), 109, [],
2954 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
2956 "sleep for some seconds",
2958 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
2960 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"], []), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
2961 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2962 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2963 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
2964 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2965 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2966 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2967 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2968 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
2969 "probe NTFS volume",
2971 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
2972 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
2973 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
2975 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
2976 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
2977 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
2979 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
2980 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
2981 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
2983 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"], []), 111, [],
2984 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2985 "run a command via the shell",
2987 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
2990 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
2992 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
2994 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
2995 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
2998 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
3000 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"], []), 112, [],
3001 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3002 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
3004 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
3005 into a list of lines.
3007 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
3009 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"], []), 113, [],
3010 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
3011 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
3012 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
3014 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3015 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3016 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3017 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
3018 ["glob_expand"; "/a/b/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
3019 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3020 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3021 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3022 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
3023 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
3024 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3025 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3026 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3027 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
3028 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/x/*"]], [])],
3029 "expand a wildcard path",
3031 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
3032 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
3035 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
3036 (note: not an error).
3038 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
3039 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
3040 See that manual page for more details.");
3042 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 114, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "scrub"],
3043 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
3044 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
3045 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
3047 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
3050 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3051 manual page for more details.");
3053 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"], []), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
3054 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3055 [["write"; "/file"; "content"];
3056 ["scrub_file"; "/file"]])],
3057 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
3059 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
3062 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
3064 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3065 manual page for more details.");
3067 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"], []), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
3068 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
3069 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
3071 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
3072 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
3073 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
3074 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
3077 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3078 manual page for more details.");
3080 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"], []), 117, [],
3081 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3083 ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
3084 "create a temporary directory",
3086 This command creates a temporary directory. The
3087 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
3088 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
3091 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
3092 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
3094 The name of the temporary directory that was created
3097 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
3098 and is owned by root.
3100 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
3101 directory and its contents after use.
3103 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
3105 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 118, [],
3106 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3107 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000);
3108 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3109 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3110 [["wc_l"; "/abssymlink"]], 10000)],
3111 "count lines in a file",
3113 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
3114 C<wc -l> external command.");
3116 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"], []), 119, [],
3117 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3118 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
3119 "count words in a file",
3121 This command counts the words in a file, using the
3122 C<wc -w> external command.");
3124 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"], []), 120, [],
3125 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3126 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
3127 "count characters in a file",
3129 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
3130 C<wc -c> external command.");
3132 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3133 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3134 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3135 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3136 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3137 [["head"; "/abssymlink"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3138 "return first 10 lines of a file",
3140 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
3141 a list of strings.");
3143 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"], []), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3144 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3145 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3146 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3147 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3148 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3149 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3150 "return first N lines of a file",
3152 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
3153 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3155 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3156 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
3158 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3160 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"], []), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3161 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3162 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3163 "return last 10 lines of a file",
3165 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
3166 a list of strings.");
3168 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"], []), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3169 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3170 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3171 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3172 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3173 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3174 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3175 "return last N lines of a file",
3177 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
3178 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3180 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3181 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
3183 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3185 ("df", (RString "output", [], []), 125, [],
3186 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3187 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3189 "report file system disk space usage",
3191 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
3193 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3194 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3195 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
3197 ("df_h", (RString "output", [], []), 126, [],
3198 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3199 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3201 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
3203 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
3204 in human-readable format.
3206 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3207 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3208 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
3210 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"], []), 127, [],
3211 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3212 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
3213 "estimate file space usage",
3215 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
3218 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
3219 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
3220 subdirectories (recursively).
3222 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
3223 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
3225 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"], []), 128, [],
3226 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3227 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
3228 "list files in an initrd",
3230 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
3232 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
3233 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
3234 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
3236 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
3237 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
3238 format (compressed cpio files).");
3240 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"], []), 129, [],
3242 "mount a file using the loop device",
3244 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
3245 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
3246 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
3248 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 130, [],
3249 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3250 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3251 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3252 "create a swap partition",
3254 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
3256 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"], []), 131, [],
3257 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3258 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3259 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3260 "create a swap partition with a label",
3262 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
3264 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
3265 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
3266 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
3268 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"], []), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3269 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3270 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3271 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3272 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
3273 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
3275 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3277 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
3278 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3279 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/node"];
3280 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
3281 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
3282 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3283 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/node"];
3284 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3285 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
3287 This call creates block or character special devices, or
3288 named pipes (FIFOs).
3290 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
3291 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
3292 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
3293 and character special devices.
3295 Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
3296 OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
3297 just creates a regular file). These constants are
3298 available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
3299 C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
3300 which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
3301 in the appropriate constant for you.
3303 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3305 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"], []), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
3306 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3307 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/node"];
3308 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
3309 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
3311 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
3312 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
3315 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3317 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
3318 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3319 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3320 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3321 "make block device node",
3323 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
3324 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3325 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3327 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3329 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"], []), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
3330 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3331 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3332 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
3333 "make char device node",
3335 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
3336 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3337 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3339 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3341 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"], []), 137, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
3342 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
3343 [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
3344 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
3346 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
3347 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
3349 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
3350 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
3351 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
3352 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
3354 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
3355 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
3356 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
3358 See also C<guestfs_get_umask>,
3359 L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
3361 This call returns the previous umask.");
3363 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"], []), 138, [],
3365 "read directories entries",
3367 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
3369 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
3370 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
3371 order as the underlying filesystem.
3373 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
3374 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3412 The L<readdir(3)> call returned a C<d_type> field with an
3417 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
3418 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
3419 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
3421 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"], []), 139, [DangerWillRobinson],
3423 "create partitions on a block device",
3425 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
3426 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
3427 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
3428 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
3429 were rarely if ever used anyway.
3431 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
3432 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
3434 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"], []), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
3436 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
3438 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
3441 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
3443 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
3444 process compressed files.");
3446 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"], []), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3448 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3450 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
3453 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
3454 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
3456 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
3458 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"], []), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3460 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3462 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
3463 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
3464 of the link itself.");
3466 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3467 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3468 Pathname "path"], []), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3470 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3472 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3473 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
3474 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
3476 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3478 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3479 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3480 Pathname "path"], []), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3482 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3484 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
3485 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
3486 of the link itself.");
3488 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"], []), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3490 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3492 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3493 of the file C<path>.
3495 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3497 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"], []), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3499 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3501 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
3502 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
3503 of the link itself.");
3505 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", [], []), 147, [],
3509 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
3510 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
3511 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
3513 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"], []), 148, [],
3514 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
3515 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
3516 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
3517 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
3520 "create a mountpoint",
3522 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
3523 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
3524 before mounting the first filesystem.
3526 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
3527 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
3528 read-only filesystems together.
3530 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
3531 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
3532 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
3535 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
3539 mkmountpoint /ext3fs
3541 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /sqsh
3542 mount-loop /sqsh/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3fs
3544 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3fs mountpoint.
3546 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> is not compatible with C<guestfs_umount_all>.
3547 You may get unexpected errors if you try to mix these calls. It is
3548 safest to manually unmount filesystems and remove mountpoints after use.
3550 C<guestfs_umount_all> unmounts filesystems by sorting the paths
3551 longest first, so for this to work for manual mountpoints, you
3552 must ensure that the innermost mountpoints have the longest
3553 pathnames, as in the example code above.
3555 For more details see L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503>
3557 Autosync [see C<guestfs_set_autosync>, this is set by default on
3558 handles] means that C<guestfs_umount_all> is called when the handle
3559 is closed which can also trigger these issues.");
3561 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"], []), 149, [],
3563 "remove a mountpoint",
3565 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
3566 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
3567 for full details.");
3569 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"], []), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3570 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
3571 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi");
3572 (* Test various near large, large and too large files (RHBZ#589039). *)
3573 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3575 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194303"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1 *)
3576 ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
3577 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3579 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194304"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX *)
3580 ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
3581 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3583 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "41943040"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX * 10 *)
3584 ["read_file"; "/a"]])],
3587 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a