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20 (* This script generates a large amount of code and documentation for
21 * all the daemon actions.
23 * To add a new action there are only two files you need to change,
24 * this one to describe the interface (see the big table of
25 * 'daemon_functions' below), and daemon/<somefile>.c to write the
28 * After editing this file, run it (./src/generator.ml) to regenerate
29 * all the output files. 'make' will rerun this automatically when
30 * necessary. Note that if you are using a separate build directory
31 * you must run generator.ml from the _source_ directory.
33 * IMPORTANT: This script should NOT print any warnings. If it prints
34 * warnings, you should treat them as errors.
37 * (1) In emacs, install tuareg-mode to display and format OCaml code
38 * correctly. 'vim' comes with a good OCaml editing mode by default.
39 * (2) Read the resources at http://ocaml-tutorial.org/
44 #directory "+xml-light";;
45 #directory "+../pkg-lib/xml-light";; (* for GODI users *)
46 #load "xml-light.cma";;
51 type style = ret * args
53 (* "RErr" as a return value means an int used as a simple error
54 * indication, ie. 0 or -1.
58 (* "RInt" as a return value means an int which is -1 for error
59 * or any value >= 0 on success. Only use this for smallish
60 * positive ints (0 <= i < 2^30).
64 (* "RInt64" is the same as RInt, but is guaranteed to be able
65 * to return a full 64 bit value, _except_ that -1 means error
66 * (so -1 cannot be a valid, non-error return value).
70 (* "RBool" is a bool return value which can be true/false or
75 (* "RConstString" is a string that refers to a constant value.
76 * The return value must NOT be NULL (since NULL indicates
79 * Try to avoid using this. In particular you cannot use this
80 * for values returned from the daemon, because there is no
81 * thread-safe way to return them in the C API.
83 | RConstString of string
85 (* "RConstOptString" is an even more broken version of
86 * "RConstString". The returned string may be NULL and there
87 * is no way to return an error indication. Avoid using this!
89 | RConstOptString of string
91 (* "RString" is a returned string. It must NOT be NULL, since
92 * a NULL return indicates an error. The caller frees this.
96 (* "RStringList" is a list of strings. No string in the list
97 * can be NULL. The caller frees the strings and the array.
99 | RStringList of string
101 (* "RStruct" is a function which returns a single named structure
102 * or an error indication (in C, a struct, and in other languages
103 * with varying representations, but usually very efficient). See
104 * after the function list below for the structures.
106 | RStruct of string * string (* name of retval, name of struct *)
108 (* "RStructList" is a function which returns either a list/array
109 * of structures (could be zero-length), or an error indication.
111 | RStructList of string * string (* name of retval, name of struct *)
113 (* Key-value pairs of untyped strings. Turns into a hashtable or
114 * dictionary in languages which support it. DON'T use this as a
115 * general "bucket" for results. Prefer a stronger typed return
116 * value if one is available, or write a custom struct. Don't use
117 * this if the list could potentially be very long, since it is
118 * inefficient. Keys should be unique. NULLs are not permitted.
120 | RHashtable of string
122 (* "RBufferOut" is handled almost exactly like RString, but
123 * it allows the string to contain arbitrary 8 bit data including
124 * ASCII NUL. In the C API this causes an implicit extra parameter
125 * to be added of type <size_t *size_r>. The extra parameter
126 * returns the actual size of the return buffer in bytes.
128 * Other programming languages support strings with arbitrary 8 bit
131 * At the RPC layer we have to use the opaque<> type instead of
132 * string<>. Returned data is still limited to the max message
135 | RBufferOut of string
137 and args = argt list (* Function parameters, guestfs handle is implicit. *)
139 (* Note in future we should allow a "variable args" parameter as
140 * the final parameter, to allow commands like
141 * chmod mode file [file(s)...]
142 * This is not implemented yet, but many commands (such as chmod)
143 * are currently defined with the argument order keeping this future
144 * possibility in mind.
147 | String of string (* const char *name, cannot be NULL *)
148 | Device of string (* /dev device name, cannot be NULL *)
149 | Pathname of string (* file name, cannot be NULL *)
150 | Dev_or_Path of string (* /dev device name or Pathname, cannot be NULL *)
151 | OptString of string (* const char *name, may be NULL *)
152 | StringList of string(* list of strings (each string cannot be NULL) *)
153 | DeviceList of string(* list of Device names (each cannot be NULL) *)
154 | Bool of string (* boolean *)
155 | Int of string (* int (smallish ints, signed, <= 31 bits) *)
156 | Int64 of string (* any 64 bit int *)
157 (* These are treated as filenames (simple string parameters) in
158 * the C API and bindings. But in the RPC protocol, we transfer
159 * the actual file content up to or down from the daemon.
160 * FileIn: local machine -> daemon (in request)
161 * FileOut: daemon -> local machine (in reply)
162 * In guestfish (only), the special name "-" means read from
163 * stdin or write to stdout.
168 (* Opaque buffer which can contain arbitrary 8 bit data.
169 * In the C API, this is expressed as <char *, int> pair.
170 * Most other languages have a string type which can contain
171 * ASCII NUL. We use whatever type is appropriate for each
173 * Buffers are limited by the total message size. To transfer
174 * large blocks of data, use FileIn/FileOut parameters instead.
175 * To return an arbitrary buffer, use RBufferOut.
181 | ProtocolLimitWarning (* display warning about protocol size limits *)
182 | DangerWillRobinson (* flags particularly dangerous commands *)
183 | FishAlias of string (* provide an alias for this cmd in guestfish *)
184 | FishOutput of fish_output_t (* how to display output in guestfish *)
185 | NotInFish (* do not export via guestfish *)
186 | NotInDocs (* do not add this function to documentation *)
187 | DeprecatedBy of string (* function is deprecated, use .. instead *)
188 | Optional of string (* function is part of an optional group *)
191 | FishOutputOctal (* for int return, print in octal *)
192 | FishOutputHexadecimal (* for int return, print in hex *)
194 (* You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call.
196 * Note that the test environment has 3 block devices, of size 500MB,
197 * 50MB and 10MB (respectively /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc), and
198 * a fourth ISO block device with some known files on it (/dev/sdd).
200 * Note for partitioning purposes, the 500MB device has 1015 cylinders.
201 * Number of cylinders was 63 for IDE emulated disks with precisely
202 * the same size. How exactly this is calculated is a mystery.
204 * The ISO block device (/dev/sdd) comes from images/test.iso.
206 * To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time,
207 * the virtual machine and block devices are reused between tests.
208 * So don't try testing kill_subprocess :-x
210 * Between each test we blockdev-setrw, umount-all, lvm-remove-all.
212 * Don't assume anything about the previous contents of the block
213 * devices. Use 'Init*' to create some initial scenarios.
215 * You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This
216 * is a run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be
217 * skipped. Useful if testing a command which might not work on
218 * all variations of libguestfs builds. A test that has prerequisite
219 * of 'Always' is run unconditionally.
221 * In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting the
222 * environment variables: eg:
223 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1 SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1 (skips test #3 of command)
224 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1 SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1 (skips all zerofree tests)
226 type tests = (test_init * test_prereq * test) list
228 (* Run the command sequence and just expect nothing to fail. *)
231 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
232 * command to be the string.
234 | TestOutput of seq * string
236 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
237 * command to be the list of strings.
239 | TestOutputList of seq * string list
241 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
242 * command to be the list of block devices (could be either
243 * "/dev/sd.." or "/dev/hd.." form - we don't check the 5th
244 * character of each string).
246 | TestOutputListOfDevices of seq * string list
248 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
249 * command to be the integer.
251 | TestOutputInt of seq * int
253 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
254 * command to be <op> <int>, eg. ">=", "1".
256 | TestOutputIntOp of seq * string * int
258 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
259 * command to be a true value (!= 0 or != NULL).
261 | TestOutputTrue of seq
263 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
264 * command to be a false value (== 0 or == NULL, but not an error).
266 | TestOutputFalse of seq
268 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
269 * command to be a list of the given length (but don't care about
272 | TestOutputLength of seq * int
274 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
275 * command to be a buffer (RBufferOut), ie. string + size.
277 | TestOutputBuffer of seq * string
279 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
280 * command to be a structure.
282 | TestOutputStruct of seq * test_field_compare list
284 (* Run the command sequence and expect the final command (only)
287 | TestLastFail of seq
289 and test_field_compare =
290 | CompareWithInt of string * int
291 | CompareWithIntOp of string * string * int
292 | CompareWithString of string * string
293 | CompareFieldsIntEq of string * string
294 | CompareFieldsStrEq of string * string
296 (* Test prerequisites. *)
298 (* Test always runs. *)
301 (* Test is currently disabled - eg. it fails, or it tests some
302 * unimplemented feature.
306 (* 'string' is some C code (a function body) that should return
307 * true or false. The test will run if the code returns true.
311 (* As for 'If' but the test runs _unless_ the code returns true. *)
314 (* Some initial scenarios for testing. *)
316 (* Do nothing, block devices could contain random stuff including
317 * LVM PVs, and some filesystems might be mounted. This is usually
322 (* Block devices are empty and no filesystems are mounted. *)
325 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, with random
326 * content. /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
331 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, which is formatted
332 * as ext2, empty [except for lost+found] and mounted on /.
333 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
339 * /dev/sda1 (is a PV):
340 * /dev/VG/LV (size 8MB):
341 * formatted as ext2, empty [except for lost+found], mounted on /
342 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
346 (* /dev/sdd (the ISO, see images/ directory in source)
351 (* Sequence of commands for testing. *)
353 and cmd = string list
355 (* Note about long descriptions: When referring to another
356 * action, use the format C<guestfs_other> (ie. the full name of
357 * the C function). This will be replaced as appropriate in other
360 * Apart from that, long descriptions are just perldoc paragraphs.
363 (* Generate a random UUID (used in tests). *)
365 let chan = open_process_in "uuidgen" in
366 let uuid = input_line chan in
367 (match close_process_in chan with
370 failwith "uuidgen: process exited with non-zero status"
371 | WSIGNALED _ | WSTOPPED _ ->
372 failwith "uuidgen: process signalled or stopped by signal"
376 (* These test functions are used in the language binding tests. *)
378 let test_all_args = [
381 StringList "strlist";
389 let test_all_rets = [
390 (* except for RErr, which is tested thoroughly elsewhere *)
391 "test0rint", RInt "valout";
392 "test0rint64", RInt64 "valout";
393 "test0rbool", RBool "valout";
394 "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
395 "test0rconstoptstring", RConstOptString "valout";
396 "test0rstring", RString "valout";
397 "test0rstringlist", RStringList "valout";
398 "test0rstruct", RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
399 "test0rstructlist", RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
400 "test0rhashtable", RHashtable "valout";
403 let test_functions = [
404 ("test0", (RErr, test_all_args), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
406 "internal test function - do not use",
408 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
409 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
410 parameter type correctly.
412 It echos the contents of each parameter to stdout.
414 You probably don't want to call this function.");
418 [(name, (ret, [String "val"]), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
420 "internal test function - do not use",
422 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
423 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
424 return type correctly.
426 It converts string C<val> to the return type.
428 You probably don't want to call this function.");
429 (name ^ "err", (ret, []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
431 "internal test function - do not use",
433 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
434 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
435 return type correctly.
437 This function always returns an error.
439 You probably don't want to call this function.")]
443 (* non_daemon_functions are any functions which don't get processed
444 * in the daemon, eg. functions for setting and getting local
445 * configuration values.
448 let non_daemon_functions = test_functions @ [
449 ("launch", (RErr, []), -1, [FishAlias "run"],
451 "launch the qemu subprocess",
453 Internally libguestfs is implemented by running a virtual machine
456 You should call this after configuring the handle
457 (eg. adding drives) but before performing any actions.");
459 ("wait_ready", (RErr, []), -1, [NotInFish],
461 "wait until the qemu subprocess launches (no op)",
463 This function is a no op.
465 In versions of the API E<lt> 1.0.71 you had to call this function
466 just after calling C<guestfs_launch> to wait for the launch
467 to complete. However this is no longer necessary because
468 C<guestfs_launch> now does the waiting.
470 If you see any calls to this function in code then you can just
471 remove them, unless you want to retain compatibility with older
472 versions of the API.");
474 ("kill_subprocess", (RErr, []), -1, [],
476 "kill the qemu subprocess",
478 This kills the qemu subprocess. You should never need to call this.");
480 ("add_drive", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
482 "add an image to examine or modify",
484 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to the
485 guest. The first time you call this function, the disk appears as IDE
486 disk 0 (C</dev/sda>) in the guest, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
489 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
490 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
491 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
492 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
495 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
496 C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=...>.
498 C<cache=off> is omitted in cases where it is not supported by
499 the underlying filesystem.
501 C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
502 C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
503 might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
504 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
506 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
507 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
508 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
509 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
511 ("add_cdrom", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "cdrom"],
513 "add a CD-ROM disk image to examine",
515 This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
517 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
525 This call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
526 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
527 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
528 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
532 If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
533 efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
534 should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
538 ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
540 "add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)",
542 This adds a drive in snapshot mode, making it effectively
545 Note that writes to the device are allowed, and will be seen for
546 the duration of the guestfs handle, but they are written
547 to a temporary file which is discarded as soon as the guestfs
548 handle is closed. We don't currently have any method to enable
549 changes to be committed, although qemu can support this.
551 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
552 C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,readonly=on,if=...>.
554 C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
555 C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
556 might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
557 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
559 C<readonly=on> is only added where qemu supports this option.
561 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
562 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
563 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
564 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
566 ("config", (RErr, [String "qemuparam"; OptString "qemuvalue"]), -1, [],
568 "add qemu parameters",
570 This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters
571 of the form C<-param value>. Actually it's not quite arbitrary - we
572 prevent you from setting some parameters which would interfere with
573 parameters that we use.
575 The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
577 C<value> can be NULL.");
579 ("set_qemu", (RErr, [String "qemu"]), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
581 "set the qemu binary",
583 Set the qemu binary that we will use.
585 The default is chosen when the library was compiled by the
588 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
589 environment variable.
591 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.
593 Note that you should call this function as early as possible
594 after creating the handle. This is because some pre-launch
595 operations depend on testing qemu features (by running C<qemu -help>).
596 If the qemu binary changes, we don't retest features, and
597 so you might see inconsistent results. Using the environment
598 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU> is safest of all since that picks
599 the qemu binary at the same time as the handle is created.");
601 ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", []), -1, [],
602 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
604 "get the qemu binary",
606 Return the current qemu binary.
608 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
609 return the default qemu binary name.");
611 ("set_path", (RErr, [String "searchpath"]), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
613 "set the search path",
615 Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img.
617 The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting
618 C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
620 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
622 ("get_path", (RConstString "path", []), -1, [],
623 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
625 "get the search path",
627 Return the current search path.
629 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
630 return the default path.");
632 ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"]), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
634 "add options to kernel command line",
636 This function is used to add additional options to the
637 guest kernel command line.
639 The default is C<NULL> unless overridden by setting
640 C<LIBGUESTFS_APPEND> environment variable.
642 Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
643 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
645 ("get_append", (RConstOptString "append", []), -1, [],
646 (* This cannot be tested with the current framework. The
647 * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
648 * test framework interprets as an error.
651 "get the additional kernel options",
653 Return the additional kernel options which are added to the
654 guest kernel command line.
656 If C<NULL> then no options are added.");
658 ("set_autosync", (RErr, [Bool "autosync"]), -1, [FishAlias "autosync"],
662 If C<autosync> is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
663 best effort attempt to run C<guestfs_umount_all> followed by
664 C<guestfs_sync> when the handle is closed
665 (also if the program exits without closing handles).
667 This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where it is
668 enabled by default).");
670 ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", []), -1, [],
671 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
672 [["get_autosync"]])],
675 Get the autosync flag.");
677 ("set_verbose", (RErr, [Bool "verbose"]), -1, [FishAlias "verbose"],
681 If C<verbose> is true, this turns on verbose messages (to C<stderr>).
683 Verbose messages are disabled unless the environment variable
684 C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.");
686 ("get_verbose", (RBool "verbose", []), -1, [],
690 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
692 ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", []), -1, [],
693 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
695 "is ready to accept commands",
697 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
698 (in the C<READY> state).
700 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
702 ("is_config", (RBool "config", []), -1, [],
703 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
705 "is in configuration state",
707 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
708 (in the C<CONFIG> state).
710 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
712 ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", []), -1, [],
713 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
714 [["is_launching"]])],
715 "is launching subprocess",
717 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
718 (in the C<LAUNCHING> state).
720 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
722 ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", []), -1, [],
723 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
725 "is busy processing a command",
727 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
728 (in the C<BUSY> state).
730 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
732 ("get_state", (RInt "state", []), -1, [],
734 "get the current state",
736 This returns the current state as an opaque integer. This is
737 only useful for printing debug and internal error messages.
739 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
741 ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"]), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
742 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
743 [["set_memsize"; "500"];
744 ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
745 "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
747 This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
748 qemu subprocess. This only has any effect if called before
751 You can also change this by setting the environment
752 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
755 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
756 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
758 ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", []), -1, [],
759 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
760 [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
761 "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
763 This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
766 If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
767 on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
768 then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
770 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
771 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
773 ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
774 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
775 [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
776 "get PID of qemu subprocess",
778 Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess. If there is no
779 qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
781 This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
783 ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), []), -1, [],
784 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
785 [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
786 "get the library version number",
788 Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
791 Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
792 the version of libguestfs that you compiled against. You can
793 compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
794 against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
796 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous
797 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
798 number. From C code you can use ELF weak linking tricks to find out if
799 this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then it's an earlier version).
801 The call returns a structure with four elements. The first
802 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
803 correspond to the usual version triplet. The fourth element
804 (C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
805 used for distro-specific information.
807 To construct the original version string:
808 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
810 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
811 of features. Distro backports makes this unreliable. Use
812 C<guestfs_available> instead.");
814 ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
815 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
816 [["set_selinux"; "true"];
818 "set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot",
820 This sets the selinux flag that is passed to the appliance
821 at boot time. The default is C<selinux=0> (disabled).
823 Note that if SELinux is enabled, it is always in
824 Permissive mode (C<enforcing=0>).
826 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
827 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
829 ("get_selinux", (RBool "selinux", []), -1, [],
831 "get SELinux enabled flag",
833 This returns the current setting of the selinux flag which
834 is passed to the appliance at boot time. See C<guestfs_set_selinux>.
836 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
837 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
839 ("set_trace", (RErr, [Bool "trace"]), -1, [FishAlias "trace"],
840 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
841 [["set_trace"; "false"];
843 "enable or disable command traces",
845 If the command trace flag is set to 1, then commands are
846 printed on stdout before they are executed in a format
847 which is very similar to the one used by guestfish. In
848 other words, you can run a program with this enabled, and
849 you will get out a script which you can feed to guestfish
850 to perform the same set of actions.
852 If you want to trace C API calls into libguestfs (and
853 other libraries) then possibly a better way is to use
854 the external ltrace(1) command.
856 Command traces are disabled unless the environment variable
857 C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE> is defined and set to C<1>.");
859 ("get_trace", (RBool "trace", []), -1, [],
861 "get command trace enabled flag",
863 Return the command trace flag.");
865 ("set_direct", (RErr, [Bool "direct"]), -1, [FishAlias "direct"],
866 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
867 [["set_direct"; "false"];
869 "enable or disable direct appliance mode",
871 If the direct appliance mode flag is enabled, then stdin and
872 stdout are passed directly through to the appliance once it
875 One consequence of this is that log messages aren't caught
876 by the library and handled by C<guestfs_set_log_message_callback>,
877 but go straight to stdout.
879 You probably don't want to use this unless you know what you
882 The default is disabled.");
884 ("get_direct", (RBool "direct", []), -1, [],
886 "get direct appliance mode flag",
888 Return the direct appliance mode flag.");
890 ("set_recovery_proc", (RErr, [Bool "recoveryproc"]), -1, [FishAlias "recovery-proc"],
891 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
892 [["set_recovery_proc"; "true"];
893 ["get_recovery_proc"]])],
894 "enable or disable the recovery process",
896 If this is called with the parameter C<false> then
897 C<guestfs_launch> does not create a recovery process. The
898 purpose of the recovery process is to stop runaway qemu
899 processes in the case where the main program aborts abruptly.
901 This only has any effect if called before C<guestfs_launch>,
902 and the default is true.
904 About the only time when you would want to disable this is
905 if the main process will fork itself into the background
906 (\"daemonize\" itself). In this case the recovery process
907 thinks that the main program has disappeared and so kills
908 qemu, which is not very helpful.");
910 ("get_recovery_proc", (RBool "recoveryproc", []), -1, [],
912 "get recovery process enabled flag",
914 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
916 ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
918 "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
920 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
921 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
923 ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
925 "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
927 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
928 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
932 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
933 * to take place in the daemon.
936 let daemon_functions = [
937 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 1, [],
938 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
939 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
940 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
941 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
942 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
943 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
944 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
946 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
947 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
948 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
949 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
952 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
953 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
954 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
957 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
958 on the underlying device.
961 When you use this call, the filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime>
962 are set implicitly. This was originally done because we thought it
963 would improve reliability, but it turns out that I<-o sync> has a
964 very large negative performance impact and negligible effect on
965 reliability. Therefore we recommend that you avoid using
966 C<guestfs_mount> in any code that needs performance, and instead
967 use C<guestfs_mount_options> (use an empty string for the first
968 parameter if you don't want any options).");
970 ("sync", (RErr, []), 2, [],
971 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
972 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
974 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
975 underlying disk image.
977 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
978 closing the handle.");
980 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 3, [],
981 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
983 ["exists"; "/new"]])],
984 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
986 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
987 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
988 to create a new zero-length file.");
990 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"]), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
991 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
992 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
993 "list the contents of a file",
995 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
997 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
998 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
999 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1000 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
1002 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 5, [],
1003 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
1004 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
1006 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
1008 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1009 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
1011 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
1012 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
1014 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 6, [],
1015 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1017 ["touch"; "/newer"];
1018 ["touch"; "/newest"];
1019 ["ls"; "/"]], ["lost+found"; "new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
1020 "list the files in a directory",
1022 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1023 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
1024 hidden files are shown.
1026 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
1027 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
1029 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", []), 7, [],
1030 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1031 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
1032 "list the block devices",
1034 List all the block devices.
1036 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>");
1038 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", []), 8, [],
1039 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1040 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1041 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1042 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1043 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1044 "list the partitions",
1046 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
1048 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
1050 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
1051 call C<guestfs_lvs>.");
1053 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
1054 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1055 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1056 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1057 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1058 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1059 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1060 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1061 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1062 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1064 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1065 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1067 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1068 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1070 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1072 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1073 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1075 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1076 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1077 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1078 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1079 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1080 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1081 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1082 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1083 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1085 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1086 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1088 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1089 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1091 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1093 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1094 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1095 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1096 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1097 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1098 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1099 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1100 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1101 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1102 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1103 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1104 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1105 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1106 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1107 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1109 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1110 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1112 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1113 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1115 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>.");
1117 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1118 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1119 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1121 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1122 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1124 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1125 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1126 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1128 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1129 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1131 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1132 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1133 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1135 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1136 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1138 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 15, [],
1139 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1140 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1141 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1142 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1143 "read file as lines",
1145 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1147 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1148 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1150 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1151 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1152 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1153 function which has a more complex interface.");
1155 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"]), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1156 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1157 "create a new Augeas handle",
1159 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1160 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1161 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1163 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1166 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1169 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1170 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1175 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1177 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1179 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1181 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1182 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1184 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1186 Typecheck lenses (can be expensive).
1188 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1190 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1192 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1194 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1196 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1198 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1202 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1204 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1206 ("aug_close", (RErr, []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1207 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1208 "close the current Augeas handle",
1210 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1211 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1212 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1213 Augeas functions.");
1215 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"]), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1216 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1217 "define an Augeas variable",
1219 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1220 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1223 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1224 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1226 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"]), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1227 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1228 "define an Augeas node",
1230 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1233 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1234 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1235 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1237 On success this returns a pair containing the
1238 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1239 if a node was created.");
1241 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"]), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1242 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1243 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1245 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1246 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1248 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"]), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1249 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1250 "set Augeas path to value",
1252 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<val>.
1254 In the Augeas API, it is possible to clear a node by setting
1255 the value to NULL. Due to an oversight in the libguestfs API
1256 you cannot do that with this call. Instead you must use the
1257 C<guestfs_aug_clear> call.");
1259 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"]), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1260 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1261 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
1263 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
1264 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
1267 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
1268 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
1269 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
1271 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"]), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
1272 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1273 "remove an Augeas path",
1275 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
1277 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
1279 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"]), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
1280 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1283 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
1284 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
1286 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
1287 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1288 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
1290 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
1291 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
1292 exactly one node in the current tree.");
1294 ("aug_save", (RErr, []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
1295 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1296 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
1298 This writes all pending changes to disk.
1300 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
1301 how files are saved.");
1303 ("aug_load", (RErr, []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
1304 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1305 "load files into the tree",
1307 Load files into the tree.
1309 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
1312 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
1313 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1314 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
1316 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
1317 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
1319 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 29, [],
1320 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1323 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1325 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1330 Remove the single file C<path>.");
1332 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 30, [],
1333 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1336 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1337 [["rmdir"; "/new"]];
1338 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1340 ["rmdir"; "/new"]]],
1341 "remove a directory",
1343 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
1345 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 31, [],
1346 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
1348 ["mkdir"; "/new/foo"];
1349 ["touch"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1351 ["exists"; "/new"]]],
1352 "remove a file or directory recursively",
1354 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
1355 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
1358 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 32, [],
1359 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1361 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1362 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1363 [["mkdir"; "/new/foo/bar"]]],
1364 "create a directory",
1366 Create a directory named C<path>.");
1368 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 33, [],
1369 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1370 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1371 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo/bar"]];
1372 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1373 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1374 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo"]];
1375 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1376 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1377 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1378 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
1379 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1381 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]];
1382 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1384 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]]],
1385 "create a directory and parents",
1387 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
1388 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
1390 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 34, [],
1391 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1394 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
1395 numeric modes are supported.
1397 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
1398 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
1399 C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
1401 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
1403 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
1404 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1405 "change file owner and group",
1407 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
1409 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
1410 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
1411 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
1413 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"]), 36, [],
1414 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1415 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
1416 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1417 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
1418 "test if file or directory exists",
1420 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
1421 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
1423 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
1425 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"]), 37, [],
1426 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1427 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
1428 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1429 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
1430 "test if file exists",
1432 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file
1433 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1434 other objects like directories.
1436 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1438 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"]), 38, [],
1439 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1440 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
1441 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1442 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
1443 "test if file exists",
1445 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
1446 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1447 other objects like files.
1449 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1451 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
1452 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1453 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1454 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1455 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1456 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1457 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1458 "create an LVM physical volume",
1460 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
1461 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
1464 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"]), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
1465 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1466 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1467 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1468 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1469 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1470 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1471 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1472 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1473 "create an LVM volume group",
1475 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
1476 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
1478 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"]), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
1479 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1480 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1481 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1482 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1483 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1484 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1485 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1486 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1487 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1488 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1489 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
1490 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
1492 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
1493 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
1494 "create an LVM logical volume",
1496 This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
1497 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
1499 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 42, [],
1500 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1501 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1502 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1503 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1504 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
1505 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1506 "make a filesystem",
1508 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
1509 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
1512 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
1513 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
1514 StringList "lines"]), 43, [DangerWillRobinson],
1516 "create partitions on a block device",
1518 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
1519 partitions on block devices.
1521 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
1523 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
1524 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
1525 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
1526 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
1527 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
1528 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
1529 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
1531 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
1532 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
1534 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
1535 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
1536 the string C<,> (comma).
1538 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
1539 C<guestfs_part_init>");
1541 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"]), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1542 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1543 [["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
1544 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
1545 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1546 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\nnew file contents\n"; "0"];
1547 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
1548 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1549 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n\n"; "0"];
1550 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n");
1551 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1552 [["write_file"; "/new"; ""; "0"];
1553 ["cat"; "/new"]], "");
1554 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1555 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n\n\n"; "0"];
1556 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n\n");
1557 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1558 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n"; "0"];
1559 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n")],
1562 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
1563 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
1564 with length C<size>.
1566 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
1567 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
1568 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
1570 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
1571 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.
1572 We hope to resolve this bug in a future version. In the meantime
1573 use C<guestfs_upload>.");
1575 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"]), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
1576 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1577 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1578 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1579 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1580 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1581 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1582 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1583 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1584 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1587 "unmount a filesystem",
1589 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
1590 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
1591 contains the filesystem.");
1593 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", []), 46, [],
1594 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1595 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"])],
1596 "show mounted filesystems",
1598 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
1599 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
1601 Some internal mounts are not shown.
1603 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
1605 ("umount_all", (RErr, []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
1606 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1609 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
1610 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1611 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1612 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1613 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
1614 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1615 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1617 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
1618 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1619 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1620 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
1623 "unmount all filesystems",
1625 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
1627 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
1629 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, []), 48, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "lvm2"],
1631 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
1633 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
1634 and physical volumes.");
1636 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"]), 49, [],
1637 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1638 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
1639 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1640 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
1641 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1642 [["file"; "/notexists"]])],
1643 "determine file type",
1645 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
1646 the type or contents of the file. This also works on devices,
1647 for example to find out whether a partition contains a filesystem.
1649 This call will also transparently look inside various types
1652 The exact command which runs is C<file -zbsL path>. Note in
1653 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
1654 (the C<-b> option).");
1656 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1657 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1658 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1659 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1660 ["command"; "/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
1661 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1662 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1663 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1664 ["command"; "/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
1665 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1666 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1667 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1668 ["command"; "/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
1669 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1670 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1671 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1672 ["command"; "/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
1673 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1674 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1675 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1676 ["command"; "/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
1677 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1678 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1679 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1680 ["command"; "/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
1681 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1682 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1683 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1684 ["command"; "/test-command 7"]], "");
1685 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1686 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1687 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1688 ["command"; "/test-command 8"]], "\n");
1689 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1690 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1691 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1692 ["command"; "/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
1693 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1694 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1695 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1696 ["command"; "/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
1697 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1698 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1699 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1700 ["command"; "/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
1701 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1702 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1703 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1704 ["command"; "/test-command"]])],
1705 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
1707 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
1708 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
1709 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
1710 or compatible processor architecture).
1712 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
1713 The first element is the name of the program to run.
1714 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
1715 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
1716 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
1717 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
1719 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
1722 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
1723 this function returns an error message. The error message
1724 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
1726 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
1727 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
1728 another location, you should provide the full path in the
1731 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
1732 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
1733 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
1734 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
1737 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"]), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1738 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1739 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1740 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1741 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
1742 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1743 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1744 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1745 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
1746 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1747 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1748 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1749 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
1750 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1751 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1752 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1753 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
1754 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1755 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1756 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1757 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
1758 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1759 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1760 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1761 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
1762 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1763 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1764 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1765 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 7"]], []);
1766 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1767 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1768 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1769 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 8"]], [""]);
1770 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1771 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1772 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1773 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
1774 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1775 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1776 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1777 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
1778 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1779 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1780 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1781 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
1782 "run a command, returning lines",
1784 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
1785 result into a list of lines.
1787 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
1789 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 52, [],
1790 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1791 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
1792 "get file information",
1794 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
1796 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
1798 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 53, [],
1799 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1800 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
1801 "get file information for a symbolic link",
1803 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
1805 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
1806 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
1809 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
1811 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"]), 54, [],
1812 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1813 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
1814 "get file system statistics",
1816 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
1817 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
1818 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
1820 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
1822 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"]), 55, [],
1824 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
1826 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
1827 superblock on C<device>.
1829 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
1830 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
1831 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
1832 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
1834 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 56, [],
1835 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1836 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
1837 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1838 "set block device to read-only",
1840 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
1842 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1844 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 57, [],
1845 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1846 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
1847 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1848 "set block device to read-write",
1850 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
1852 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1854 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"]), 58, [],
1855 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1856 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
1857 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1858 "is block device set to read-only",
1860 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
1861 (true if read-only, false if not).
1863 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1865 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"]), 59, [],
1866 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1867 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
1868 "get sectorsize of block device",
1870 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
1871 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
1873 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
1876 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1878 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"]), 60, [],
1879 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1880 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
1881 "get blocksize of block device",
1883 This returns the block size of a device.
1885 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
1886 I<filesystem block size>).
1888 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1890 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"]), 61, [],
1892 "set blocksize of block device",
1894 This sets the block size of a device.
1896 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
1897 I<filesystem block size>).
1899 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1901 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"]), 62, [],
1902 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1903 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
1904 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
1906 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
1907 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
1909 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
1910 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
1911 useful I<size in bytes>.
1913 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1915 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"]), 63, [],
1916 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1917 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
1918 "get total size of device in bytes",
1920 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
1922 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
1924 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1926 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 64, [],
1927 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
1928 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
1929 "flush device buffers",
1931 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
1934 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1936 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 65, [],
1937 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
1938 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
1939 "reread partition table",
1941 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
1943 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1945 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"]), 66, [],
1946 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1947 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
1948 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
1949 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]],
1950 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
1951 "upload a file from the local machine",
1953 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
1956 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
1958 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
1960 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [],
1961 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1962 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
1963 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
1964 ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
1965 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
1966 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]],
1967 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
1968 "download a file to the local machine",
1970 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
1971 on the local machine.
1973 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
1975 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
1977 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"]), 68, [],
1978 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1979 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
1980 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1981 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
1982 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1983 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
1984 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1985 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
1986 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1987 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
1988 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1989 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
1990 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1991 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
1992 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1993 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6");
1994 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
1995 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1996 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/abssymlink"]], "5f57d0639bc95081c53afc63a449403883818edc64da48930ad6b1a4fb49be90404686877743fbcd7c99811f3def7df7bc22635c885c6a8cf79c806b43451c1a")],
1997 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
1999 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
2002 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
2003 parameter which must have one of the following values:
2009 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
2010 for the C<cksum> command.
2014 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
2018 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
2022 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
2026 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
2030 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
2034 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
2038 The checksum is returned as a printable string.
2040 To get the checksum for a device, use C<guestfs_checksum_device>.
2042 To get the checksums for many files, use C<guestfs_checksums_out>.");
2044 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; Pathname "directory"]), 69, [],
2045 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2046 [["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/"];
2047 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2048 "unpack tarfile to directory",
2050 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
2051 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2053 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>
2054 or C<guestfs_txz_in>.");
2056 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"]), 70, [],
2058 "pack directory into tarfile",
2060 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2061 it to local file C<tarfile>.
2063 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>
2064 or C<guestfs_txz_out>.");
2066 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"]), 71, [],
2067 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2068 [["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/"];
2069 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2070 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
2072 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
2073 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2075 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
2077 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"]), 72, [],
2079 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2081 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2082 it to local file C<tarball>.
2084 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2086 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 73, [],
2087 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2089 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2090 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2091 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2092 [["write_file"; "/new"; "data"; "0"];
2094 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2095 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2096 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2098 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2099 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2101 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 74, [],
2103 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2105 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2106 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2107 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.
2109 If the C<options> parameter is an empty string, then
2110 no options are passed (all options default to whatever
2111 the filesystem uses).");
2113 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 75, [],
2115 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2117 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2118 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2119 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2121 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"]), 76, [],
2123 "debugging and internals",
2125 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2126 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2129 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2130 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2131 to find out what you can do.");
2133 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2134 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2135 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2136 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2137 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2138 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2139 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2140 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2141 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2142 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2143 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2144 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2145 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2146 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2147 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2148 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2150 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2151 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2152 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2153 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2154 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2155 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2156 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2158 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2160 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2161 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2163 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2164 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2166 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"]), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2167 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2168 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2169 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2170 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2171 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2172 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2175 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2176 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2177 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2178 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2179 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2180 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2183 "remove an LVM volume group",
2185 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2187 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2190 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2191 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2192 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2193 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2194 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2195 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2196 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2198 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2200 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2201 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2202 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2203 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2204 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2205 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2207 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2209 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2210 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2211 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2212 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2213 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2214 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2216 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2218 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2220 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2223 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
2224 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
2225 to remove those first.");
2227 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"]), 80, [],
2228 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2229 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
2230 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
2231 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2233 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2234 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
2237 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
2238 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
2240 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 81, [],
2242 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2244 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2247 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"]), 82, [],
2248 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2249 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2250 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
2251 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
2252 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2253 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
2254 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
2255 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
2256 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2257 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
2258 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2259 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
2260 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2262 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2263 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
2264 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
2265 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
2267 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
2268 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
2270 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 83, [],
2272 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2274 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2277 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 84, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
2278 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2279 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2280 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2281 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2282 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2283 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2284 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
2285 "run the filesystem checker",
2287 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
2288 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
2290 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
2291 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
2299 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
2303 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
2304 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
2308 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
2313 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
2315 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 85, [],
2316 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2317 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2318 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2319 ["file"; "/dev/sda1"]], "data")],
2320 "write zeroes to the device",
2322 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
2324 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
2325 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
2326 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
2328 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
2330 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"]), 86, [],
2331 (* Test disabled because grub-install incompatible with virtio-blk driver.
2332 * See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
2334 [InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputTrue (
2335 [["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/sda1"];
2336 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
2339 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
2340 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.");
2342 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 87, [],
2343 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2344 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2345 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2346 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2347 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2348 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2349 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2350 ["is_file"; "/old"]]);
2351 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2352 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2354 ["cp"; "/old"; "/dir/new"];
2355 ["cat"; "/dir/new"]], "file content")],
2358 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2359 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2361 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 88, [],
2362 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2363 [["mkdir"; "/olddir"];
2364 ["mkdir"; "/newdir"];
2365 ["write_file"; "/olddir/file"; "file content"; "0"];
2366 ["cp_a"; "/olddir"; "/newdir"];
2367 ["cat"; "/newdir/olddir/file"]], "file content")],
2368 "copy a file or directory recursively",
2370 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
2371 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
2373 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 89, [],
2374 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2375 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2376 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2377 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2378 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2379 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2380 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2381 ["is_file"; "/old"]])],
2384 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2385 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2387 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"]), 90, [],
2388 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2389 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
2390 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
2392 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
2393 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
2394 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
2395 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
2397 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
2399 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
2400 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
2402 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", []), 91, [],
2403 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2405 "return kernel messages",
2407 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
2408 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
2409 debugging of problems.
2411 Another way to get the same information is to enable
2412 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
2413 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
2414 running the program.");
2416 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, []), 92, [],
2417 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2418 [["ping_daemon"]])],
2419 "ping the guest daemon",
2421 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
2422 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
2423 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
2424 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
2426 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"]), 93, [],
2427 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2428 [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
2429 ["cp"; "/file1"; "/file2"];
2430 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2431 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2432 [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
2433 ["write_file"; "/file2"; "contents of another file"; "0"];
2434 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2435 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2436 [["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]])],
2437 "test if two files have equal contents",
2439 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
2440 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
2442 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
2444 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"]), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2445 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2446 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
2447 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2448 [["strings"; "/empty"]], []);
2449 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2450 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2451 [["strings"; "/abssymlink"]])],
2452 "print the printable strings in a file",
2454 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
2455 the list of printable strings found.");
2457 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"]), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2458 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2459 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
2460 InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputList (
2461 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"; "24"];
2462 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/new"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
2463 "print the printable strings in a file",
2465 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
2466 specify the encoding.
2468 See the L<strings(1)> manpage for the full list of encodings.
2470 Commonly useful encodings are C<l> (lower case L) which will
2471 show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
2473 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
2475 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"]), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2476 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2477 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
2478 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
2479 * commands to segfault.
2481 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2482 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]]);
2483 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2484 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2485 [["hexdump"; "/abssymlink"]])],
2486 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
2488 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
2489 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
2491 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
2492 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2493 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2494 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
2495 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2496 ["write_file"; "/new"; "test file"; "0"];
2497 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2498 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
2499 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2500 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
2501 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
2503 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
2504 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
2505 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
2508 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
2511 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
2512 or data on the filesystem.");
2514 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
2516 "resize an LVM physical volume",
2518 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
2519 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
2521 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
2522 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2523 String "line"]), 99, [DangerWillRobinson],
2525 "modify a single partition on a block device",
2527 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
2528 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
2530 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
2531 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
2533 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
2535 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 100, [],
2537 "display the partition table",
2539 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
2540 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
2541 not intended to be parsed.
2543 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
2545 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 101, [],
2547 "display the kernel geometry",
2549 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
2551 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2554 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 102, [],
2556 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
2558 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
2559 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
2560 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
2561 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
2563 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2566 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"]), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
2568 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
2570 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2571 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
2572 If activated, then they are made known to the
2573 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2574 then those devices disappear.
2576 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
2578 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"]), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
2580 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
2582 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2583 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
2584 If activated, then they are made known to the
2585 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2586 then those devices disappear.
2588 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
2590 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
2591 are activated or deactivated.");
2593 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"]), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
2594 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2595 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2596 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2597 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2598 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
2599 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2600 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2601 ["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
2603 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
2604 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2605 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2606 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2607 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content");
2608 InitNone, Always, TestRun (
2609 (* Make an LV smaller to test RHBZ#587484. *)
2610 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2611 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2612 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2613 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "20"];
2614 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "10"]])],
2615 "resize an LVM logical volume",
2617 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
2618 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
2621 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 106, [],
2622 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2623 "resize an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2625 This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of
2626 the underlying device.
2628 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
2629 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
2630 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
2631 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
2632 calling this function.");
2634 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"]), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2635 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2636 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
2637 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2641 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
2642 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2643 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2644 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2645 ["find"; "/a/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
2646 "find all files and directories",
2648 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
2649 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
2650 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
2651 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
2653 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
2654 if the directory structure was:
2660 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
2668 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
2671 The returned list is sorted.
2673 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
2675 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 108, [],
2676 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2677 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2679 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
2680 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>),
2681 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>).
2683 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
2684 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
2686 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"]), 109, [],
2687 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
2689 "sleep for some seconds",
2691 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
2693 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"]), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
2694 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2695 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2696 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
2697 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2698 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2699 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2700 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2701 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
2702 "probe NTFS volume",
2704 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
2705 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
2706 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
2708 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
2709 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
2710 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
2712 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
2713 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
2714 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
2716 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"]), 111, [],
2717 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2718 "run a command via the shell",
2720 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
2723 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
2725 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
2727 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
2728 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
2731 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
2733 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"]), 112, [],
2734 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2735 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
2737 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
2738 into a list of lines.
2740 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
2742 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"]), 113, [],
2743 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
2744 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
2745 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
2747 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2748 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2749 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2750 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2751 ["glob_expand"; "/a/b/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
2752 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2753 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2754 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2755 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2756 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
2757 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2758 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2759 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2760 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2761 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/x/*"]], [])],
2762 "expand a wildcard path",
2764 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
2765 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
2768 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
2769 (note: not an error).
2771 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
2772 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
2773 See that manual page for more details.");
2775 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 114, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "scrub"],
2776 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
2777 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
2778 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
2780 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
2783 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2784 manual page for more details.");
2786 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
2787 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2788 [["write_file"; "/file"; "content"; "0"];
2789 ["scrub_file"; "/file"]])],
2790 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
2792 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
2795 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
2797 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2798 manual page for more details.");
2800 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"]), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
2801 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
2802 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
2804 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
2805 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
2806 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
2807 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
2810 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2811 manual page for more details.");
2813 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"]), 117, [],
2814 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2816 ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
2817 "create a temporary directory",
2819 This command creates a temporary directory. The
2820 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
2821 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
2824 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
2825 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
2827 The name of the temporary directory that was created
2830 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
2831 and is owned by root.
2833 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
2834 directory and its contents after use.
2836 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
2838 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 118, [],
2839 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2840 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000);
2841 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2842 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2843 [["wc_l"; "/abssymlink"]], 10000)],
2844 "count lines in a file",
2846 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
2847 C<wc -l> external command.");
2849 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"]), 119, [],
2850 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2851 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
2852 "count words in a file",
2854 This command counts the words in a file, using the
2855 C<wc -w> external command.");
2857 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"]), 120, [],
2858 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2859 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
2860 "count characters in a file",
2862 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
2863 C<wc -c> external command.");
2865 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2866 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2867 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2868 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2869 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2870 [["head"; "/abssymlink"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
2871 "return first 10 lines of a file",
2873 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
2874 a list of strings.");
2876 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2877 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2878 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2879 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2880 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2881 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2882 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
2883 "return first N lines of a file",
2885 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
2886 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
2888 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
2889 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
2891 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
2893 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2894 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2895 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
2896 "return last 10 lines of a file",
2898 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
2899 a list of strings.");
2901 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2902 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2903 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2904 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2905 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2906 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2907 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
2908 "return last N lines of a file",
2910 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
2911 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
2913 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
2914 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
2916 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
2918 ("df", (RString "output", []), 125, [],
2919 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
2920 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
2922 "report file system disk space usage",
2924 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
2926 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
2927 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
2928 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
2930 ("df_h", (RString "output", []), 126, [],
2931 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
2932 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
2934 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
2936 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
2937 in human-readable format.
2939 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
2940 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
2941 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
2943 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"]), 127, [],
2944 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2945 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
2946 "estimate file space usage",
2948 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
2951 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
2952 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
2953 subdirectories (recursively).
2955 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
2956 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
2958 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"]), 128, [],
2959 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2960 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
2961 "list files in an initrd",
2963 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
2965 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
2966 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
2967 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
2969 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
2970 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
2971 format (compressed cpio files).");
2973 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"]), 129, [],
2975 "mount a file using the loop device",
2977 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
2978 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
2979 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
2981 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 130, [],
2982 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2983 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2984 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2985 "create a swap partition",
2987 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
2989 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"]), 131, [],
2990 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2991 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2992 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2993 "create a swap partition with a label",
2995 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
2997 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
2998 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
2999 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
3001 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"]), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3002 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3003 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3004 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3005 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
3006 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
3008 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3010 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
3011 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3012 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/node"];
3013 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
3014 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
3015 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3016 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/node"];
3017 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3018 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
3020 This call creates block or character special devices, or
3021 named pipes (FIFOs).
3023 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
3024 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
3025 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
3026 and character special devices.
3028 Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
3029 OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
3030 just creates a regular file). These constants are
3031 available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
3032 C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
3033 which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
3034 in the appropriate constant for you.
3036 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3038 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
3039 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3040 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/node"];
3041 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
3042 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
3044 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
3045 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
3048 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3050 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
3051 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3052 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3053 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3054 "make block device node",
3056 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
3057 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3058 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3060 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3062 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
3063 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3064 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3065 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
3066 "make char device node",
3068 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
3069 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3070 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3072 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3074 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
3075 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
3076 [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
3077 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
3079 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
3080 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
3082 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
3083 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
3084 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
3085 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
3087 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
3088 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
3089 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
3091 See also C<guestfs_get_umask>,
3092 L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
3094 This call returns the previous umask.");
3096 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"]), 138, [],
3098 "read directories entries",
3100 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
3102 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
3103 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
3104 order as the underlying filesystem.
3106 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
3107 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3145 The L<readdir(3)> returned a C<d_type> field with an
3150 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
3151 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
3152 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
3154 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"]), 139, [DangerWillRobinson],
3156 "create partitions on a block device",
3158 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
3159 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
3160 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
3161 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
3162 were rarely if ever used anyway.
3164 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
3165 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
3167 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"]), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
3169 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
3171 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
3174 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
3176 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
3177 process compressed files.");
3179 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3181 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3183 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
3186 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
3187 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
3189 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
3191 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3193 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3195 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
3196 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
3197 of the link itself.");
3199 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3200 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3201 Pathname "path"]), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3203 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3205 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3206 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
3207 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
3209 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3211 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3212 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3213 Pathname "path"]), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3215 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3217 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
3218 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
3219 of the link itself.");
3221 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3223 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3225 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3226 of the file C<path>.
3228 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3230 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3232 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3234 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
3235 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
3236 of the link itself.");
3238 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", []), 147, [],
3242 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
3243 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
3244 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
3246 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 148, [],
3247 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
3248 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
3249 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
3250 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
3253 "create a mountpoint",
3255 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
3256 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
3257 before mounting the first filesystem.
3259 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
3260 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
3261 read-only filesystems together.
3263 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
3264 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
3265 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
3268 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
3271 mkmountpoint /squash
3274 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /squash
3275 mount-loop /squash/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3
3277 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3 mountpoint.");
3279 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 149, [],
3281 "remove a mountpoint",
3283 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
3284 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
3285 for full details.");
3287 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"]), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3288 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
3289 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi");
3290 (* Test various near large, large and too large files (RHBZ#589039). *)
3291 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3293 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194303"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1 *)
3294 ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
3295 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3297 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194304"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX *)
3298 ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
3299 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3301 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "41943040"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX * 10 *)
3302 ["read_file"; "/a"]])],
3305 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
3308 Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
3309 handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
3310 However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
3311 in the total size of file that can be handled.");
3313 ("grep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 151, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3314 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3315 [["grep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"]);
3316 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3317 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/test-grep.txt"]], []);
3318 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3319 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3320 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/abssymlink"]], [])],
3321 "return lines matching a pattern",
3323 This calls the external C<grep> program and returns the
3326 ("egrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 152, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3327 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3328 [["egrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3329 "return lines matching a pattern",
3331 This calls the external C<egrep> program and returns the
3334 ("fgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 153, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3335 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3336 [["fgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3337 "return lines matching a pattern",
3339 This calls the external C<fgrep> program and returns the
3342 ("grepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 154, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3343 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3344 [["grepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3345 "return lines matching a pattern",
3347 This calls the external C<grep -i> program and returns the
3350 ("egrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 155, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3351 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3352 [["egrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3353 "return lines matching a pattern",
3355 This calls the external C<egrep -i> program and returns the
3358 ("fgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 156, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3359 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3360 [["fgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3361 "return lines matching a pattern",
3363 This calls the external C<fgrep -i> program and returns the
3366 ("zgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 157, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3367 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3368 [["zgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3369 "return lines matching a pattern",
3371 This calls the external C<zgrep> program and returns the
3374 ("zegrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 158, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3375 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3376 [["zegrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3377 "return lines matching a pattern",
3379 This calls the external C<zegrep> program and returns the
3382 ("zfgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 159, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3383 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3384 [["zfgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3385 "return lines matching a pattern",
3387 This calls the external C<zfgrep> program and returns the
3390 ("zgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 160, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3391 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3392 [["zgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3393 "return lines matching a pattern",
3395 This calls the external C<zgrep -i> program and returns the
3398 ("zegrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 161, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3399 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3400 [["zegrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3401 "return lines matching a pattern",
3403 This calls the external C<zegrep -i> program and returns the
3406 ("zfgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 162, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3407 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3408 [["zfgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3409 "return lines matching a pattern",
3411 This calls the external C<zfgrep -i> program and returns the
3414 ("realpath", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"]), 163, [Optional "realpath"],
3415 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3416 [["realpath"; "/../directory"]], "/directory")],
3417 "canonicalized absolute pathname",
3419 Return the canonicalized absolute pathname of C<path>. The
3420 returned path has no C<.>, C<..> or symbolic link path elements.");
3422 ("ln", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 164, [],
3423 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3426 ["stat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
3427 "create a hard link",
3429 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln> command.");
3431 ("ln_f", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 165, [],
3432 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3435 ["ln_f"; "/a"; "/b"];
3436 ["stat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
3437 "create a hard link",
3439 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln -f> command.
3440 The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
3442 ("ln_s", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 166, [],
3443 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3445 ["ln_s"; "a"; "/b"];
3446 ["lstat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o120777)])],
3447 "create a symbolic link",
3449 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -s> command.");
3451 ("ln_sf", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 167, [],
3452 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3453 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b"];
3454 ["touch"; "/a/b/c"];
3455 ["ln_sf"; "../d"; "/a/b/c"];
3456 ["readlink"; "/a/b/c"]], "../d")],
3457 "create a symbolic link",
3459 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -sf> command,
3460 The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
3462 ("readlink", (RString "link", [Pathname "path"]), 168, [],
3463 [] (* XXX tested above *),
3464 "read the target of a symbolic link",
3466 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
3468 ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [],
3469 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3470 [["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
3471 ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
3472 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
3474 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
3475 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
3478 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
3479 C<alloc> command which allocates a file in the host and
3480 attaches it as a device.");
3482 ("swapon_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 170, [],
3483 [InitPartition, Always, TestRun (
3484 [["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"];
3485 ["swapon_device"; "/dev/sda1"];
3486 ["swapoff_device"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3487 "enable swap on device",
3489 This command enables the libguestfs appliance to use the
3490 swap device or partition named C<device>. The increased
3491 memory is made available for all commands, for example
3492 those run using C<guestfs_command> or C<guestfs_sh>.
3494 Note that you should not swap to existing guest swap
3495 partitions unless you know what you are doing. They may
3496 contain hibernation information, or other information that
3497 the guest doesn't want you to trash. You also risk leaking
3498 information about the host to the guest this way. Instead,
3499 attach a new host device to the guest and swap on that.");
3501 ("swapoff_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 171, [],
3502 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_device *)
3503 "disable swap on device",
3505 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap
3506 device or partition named C<device>.
3507 See C<guestfs_swapon_device>.");
3509 ("swapon_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 172, [],
3510 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3511 [["fallocate"; "/swap"; "8388608"];
3512 ["mkswap_file"; "/swap"];
3513 ["swapon_file"; "/swap"];
3514 ["swapoff_file"; "/swap"]])],
3515 "enable swap on file",
3517 This command enables swap to a file.
3518 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3520 ("swapoff_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 173, [],
3521 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_file *)
3522 "disable swap on file",
3524 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on file.");
3526 ("swapon_label", (RErr, [String "label"]), 174, [],
3527 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3528 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sdb"; "mbr"];
3529 ["mkswap_L"; "swapit"; "/dev/sdb1"];
3530 ["swapon_label"; "swapit"];
3531 ["swapoff_label"; "swapit"];
3532 ["zero"; "/dev/sdb"];
3533 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sdb"]])],
3534 "enable swap on labeled swap partition",
3536 This command enables swap to a labeled swap partition.
3537 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3539 ("swapoff_label", (RErr, [String "label"]), 175, [],
3540 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_label *)
3541 "disable swap on labeled swap partition",
3543 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on
3544 labeled swap partition.");
3546 ("swapon_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"]), 176, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3547 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3548 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3549 [["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sdb"];
3550 ["swapon_uuid"; uuid];
3551 ["swapoff_uuid"; uuid]])]),
3552 "enable swap on swap partition by UUID",
3554 This command enables swap to a swap partition with the given UUID.
3555 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3557 ("swapoff_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"]), 177, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3558 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_uuid *)
3559 "disable swap on swap partition by UUID",
3561 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap partition
3562 with the given UUID.");
3564 ("mkswap_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 178, [],
3565 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3566 [["fallocate"; "/swap"; "8388608"];
3567 ["mkswap_file"; "/swap"]])],
3568 "create a swap file",
3572 This command just writes a swap file signature to an existing
3573 file. To create the file itself, use something like C<guestfs_fallocate>.");
3575 ("inotify_init", (RErr, [Int "maxevents"]), 179, [Optional "inotify"],
3576 [InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3577 [["inotify_init"; "0"]])],
3578 "create an inotify handle",
3580 This command creates a new inotify handle.
3581 The inotify subsystem can be used to notify events which happen to
3582 objects in the guest filesystem.
3584 C<maxevents> is the maximum number of events which will be
3585 queued up between calls to C<guestfs_inotify_read> or
3586 C<guestfs_inotify_files>.
3587 If this is passed as C<0>, then the kernel (or previously set)
3588 default is used. For Linux 2.6.29 the default was 16384 events.
3589 Beyond this limit, the kernel throws away events, but records
3590 the fact that it threw them away by setting a flag
3591 C<IN_Q_OVERFLOW> in the returned structure list (see
3592 C<guestfs_inotify_read>).
3594 Before any events are generated, you have to add some
3595 watches to the internal watch list. See:
3596 C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>,
3597 C<guestfs_inotify_rm_watch> and
3598 C<guestfs_inotify_watch_all>.
3600 Queued up events should be read periodically by calling
3601 C<guestfs_inotify_read>
3602 (or C<guestfs_inotify_files> which is just a helpful
3603 wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>). If you don't
3604 read the events out often enough then you risk the internal
3607 The handle should be closed after use by calling
3608 C<guestfs_inotify_close>. This also removes any
3609 watches automatically.
3611 See also L<inotify(7)> for an overview of the inotify interface
3612 as exposed by the Linux kernel, which is roughly what we expose
3613 via libguestfs. Note that there is one global inotify handle
3614 per libguestfs instance.");
3616 ("inotify_add_watch", (RInt64 "wd", [Pathname "path"; Int "mask"]), 180, [Optional "inotify"],
3617 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3618 [["inotify_init"; "0"];
3619 ["inotify_add_watch"; "/"; "1073741823"];
3622 ["inotify_files"]], ["a"; "b"])],
3623 "add an inotify watch",
3625 Watch C<path> for the events listed in C<mask>.
3627 Note that if C<path> is a directory then events within that
3628 directory are watched, but this does I<not> happen recursively
3629 (in subdirectories).
3631 Note for non-C or non-Linux callers: the inotify events are
3632 defined by the Linux kernel ABI and are listed in
3633 C</usr/include/sys/inotify.h>.");
3635 ("inotify_rm_watch", (RErr, [Int(*XXX64*) "wd"]), 181, [Optional "inotify"],
3637 "remove an inotify watch",
3639 Remove a previously defined inotify watch.
3640 See C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>.");
3642 ("inotify_read", (RStructList ("events", "inotify_event"), []), 182, [Optional "inotify"],
3644 "return list of inotify events",
3646 Return the complete queue of events that have happened
3647 since the previous read call.
3649 If no events have happened, this returns an empty list.
3651 I<Note>: In order to make sure that all events have been
3652 read, you must call this function repeatedly until it
3653 returns an empty list. The reason is that the call will
3654 read events up to the maximum appliance-to-host message
3655 size and leave remaining events in the queue.");
3657 ("inotify_files", (RStringList "paths", []), 183, [Optional "inotify"],
3659 "return list of watched files that had events",
3661 This function is a helpful wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>
3662 which just returns a list of pathnames of objects that were
3663 touched. The returned pathnames are sorted and deduplicated.");
3665 ("inotify_close", (RErr, []), 184, [Optional "inotify"],
3667 "close the inotify handle",
3669 This closes the inotify handle which was previously
3670 opened by inotify_init. It removes all watches, throws
3671 away any pending events, and deallocates all resources.");
3673 ("setcon", (RErr, [String "context"]), 185, [Optional "selinux"],
3675 "set SELinux security context",
3677 This sets the SELinux security context of the daemon
3678 to the string C<context>.
3680 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>.");
3682 ("getcon", (RString "context", []), 186, [Optional "selinux"],
3684 "get SELinux security context",
3686 This gets the SELinux security context of the daemon.
3688 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>,
3689 and C<guestfs_setcon>");
3691 ("mkfs_b", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"]), 187, [],
3692 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3693 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3694 ["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
3695 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3696 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3697 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3698 "make a filesystem with block size",
3700 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mkfs>, but it allows you to
3701 control the block size of the resulting filesystem. Supported
3702 block sizes depend on the filesystem type, but typically they
3703 are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096> only.");
3705 ("mke2journal", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; Device "device"]), 188, [],
3706 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3707 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3708 ["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
3709 ["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
3710 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3711 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3712 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3713 "make ext2/3/4 external journal",
3715 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device>. It is equivalent