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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.
167 (* Opaque buffer which can contain arbitrary 8 bit data.
168 * In the C API, this is expressed as <const char *, size_t> pair.
169 * Most other languages have a string type which can contain
170 * ASCII NUL. We use whatever type is appropriate for each
172 * Buffers are limited by the total message size. To transfer
173 * large blocks of data, use FileIn/FileOut parameters instead.
174 * To return an arbitrary buffer, use RBufferOut.
177 (* Key material / passphrase. Eventually we should treat this
178 * as sensitive and mlock it into physical RAM. However this
179 * is highly complex because of all the places that XDR-encoded
180 * strings can end up. So currently the only difference from
181 * 'String' is the way that guestfish requests these parameters
187 | ProtocolLimitWarning (* display warning about protocol size limits *)
188 | DangerWillRobinson (* flags particularly dangerous commands *)
189 | FishAlias of string (* provide an alias for this cmd in guestfish *)
190 | FishOutput of fish_output_t (* how to display output in guestfish *)
191 | NotInFish (* do not export via guestfish *)
192 | NotInDocs (* do not add this function to documentation *)
193 | DeprecatedBy of string (* function is deprecated, use .. instead *)
194 | Optional of string (* function is part of an optional group *)
195 | Progress (* function can generate progress messages *)
198 | FishOutputOctal (* for int return, print in octal *)
199 | FishOutputHexadecimal (* for int return, print in hex *)
201 (* You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call.
203 * Note that the test environment has 3 block devices, of size 500MB,
204 * 50MB and 10MB (respectively /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc), and
205 * a fourth ISO block device with some known files on it (/dev/sdd).
207 * Note for partitioning purposes, the 500MB device has 1015 cylinders.
208 * Number of cylinders was 63 for IDE emulated disks with precisely
209 * the same size. How exactly this is calculated is a mystery.
211 * The ISO block device (/dev/sdd) comes from images/test.iso.
213 * To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time,
214 * the virtual machine and block devices are reused between tests.
215 * So don't try testing kill_subprocess :-x
217 * Between each test we blockdev-setrw, umount-all, lvm-remove-all.
219 * Don't assume anything about the previous contents of the block
220 * devices. Use 'Init*' to create some initial scenarios.
222 * You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This
223 * is a run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be
224 * skipped. Useful if testing a command which might not work on
225 * all variations of libguestfs builds. A test that has prerequisite
226 * of 'Always' is run unconditionally.
228 * In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting the
229 * environment variables: eg:
230 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1 SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1 (skips test #3 of command)
231 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1 SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1 (skips all zerofree tests)
233 type tests = (test_init * test_prereq * test) list
235 (* Run the command sequence and just expect nothing to fail. *)
238 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
239 * command to be the string.
241 | TestOutput of seq * string
243 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
244 * command to be the list of strings.
246 | TestOutputList of seq * string list
248 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
249 * command to be the list of block devices (could be either
250 * "/dev/sd.." or "/dev/hd.." form - we don't check the 5th
251 * character of each string).
253 | TestOutputListOfDevices of seq * string list
255 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
256 * command to be the integer.
258 | TestOutputInt of seq * int
260 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
261 * command to be <op> <int>, eg. ">=", "1".
263 | TestOutputIntOp of seq * string * int
265 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
266 * command to be a true value (!= 0 or != NULL).
268 | TestOutputTrue of seq
270 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
271 * command to be a false value (== 0 or == NULL, but not an error).
273 | TestOutputFalse of seq
275 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
276 * command to be a list of the given length (but don't care about
279 | TestOutputLength of seq * int
281 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
282 * command to be a buffer (RBufferOut), ie. string + size.
284 | TestOutputBuffer of seq * string
286 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
287 * command to be a structure.
289 | TestOutputStruct of seq * test_field_compare list
291 (* Run the command sequence and expect the final command (only)
294 | TestLastFail of seq
296 and test_field_compare =
297 | CompareWithInt of string * int
298 | CompareWithIntOp of string * string * int
299 | CompareWithString of string * string
300 | CompareFieldsIntEq of string * string
301 | CompareFieldsStrEq of string * string
303 (* Test prerequisites. *)
305 (* Test always runs. *)
308 (* Test is currently disabled - eg. it fails, or it tests some
309 * unimplemented feature.
313 (* 'string' is some C code (a function body) that should return
314 * true or false. The test will run if the code returns true.
318 (* As for 'If' but the test runs _unless_ the code returns true. *)
321 (* Run the test only if 'string' is available in the daemon. *)
322 | IfAvailable of string
324 (* Some initial scenarios for testing. *)
326 (* Do nothing, block devices could contain random stuff including
327 * LVM PVs, and some filesystems might be mounted. This is usually
332 (* Block devices are empty and no filesystems are mounted. *)
335 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, with random
336 * content. /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
341 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, which is formatted
342 * as ext2, empty [except for lost+found] and mounted on /.
343 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
349 * /dev/sda1 (is a PV):
350 * /dev/VG/LV (size 8MB):
351 * formatted as ext2, empty [except for lost+found], mounted on /
352 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
356 (* /dev/sdd (the ISO, see images/ directory in source)
361 (* Sequence of commands for testing. *)
363 and cmd = string list
365 (* Note about long descriptions: When referring to another
366 * action, use the format C<guestfs_other> (ie. the full name of
367 * the C function). This will be replaced as appropriate in other
370 * Apart from that, long descriptions are just perldoc paragraphs.
373 (* Generate a random UUID (used in tests). *)
375 let chan = open_process_in "uuidgen" in
376 let uuid = input_line chan in
377 (match close_process_in chan with
380 failwith "uuidgen: process exited with non-zero status"
381 | WSIGNALED _ | WSTOPPED _ ->
382 failwith "uuidgen: process signalled or stopped by signal"
386 (* These test functions are used in the language binding tests. *)
388 let test_all_args = [
391 StringList "strlist";
400 let test_all_rets = [
401 (* except for RErr, which is tested thoroughly elsewhere *)
402 "test0rint", RInt "valout";
403 "test0rint64", RInt64 "valout";
404 "test0rbool", RBool "valout";
405 "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
406 "test0rconstoptstring", RConstOptString "valout";
407 "test0rstring", RString "valout";
408 "test0rstringlist", RStringList "valout";
409 "test0rstruct", RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
410 "test0rstructlist", RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
411 "test0rhashtable", RHashtable "valout";
414 let test_functions = [
415 ("test0", (RErr, test_all_args), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
417 "internal test function - do not use",
419 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
420 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
421 parameter type correctly.
423 It echos the contents of each parameter to stdout.
425 You probably don't want to call this function.");
429 [(name, (ret, [String "val"]), -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 It converts string C<val> to the return type.
439 You probably don't want to call this function.");
440 (name ^ "err", (ret, []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
442 "internal test function - do not use",
444 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
445 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
446 return type correctly.
448 This function always returns an error.
450 You probably don't want to call this function.")]
454 (* non_daemon_functions are any functions which don't get processed
455 * in the daemon, eg. functions for setting and getting local
456 * configuration values.
459 let non_daemon_functions = test_functions @ [
460 ("launch", (RErr, []), -1, [FishAlias "run"],
462 "launch the qemu subprocess",
464 Internally libguestfs is implemented by running a virtual machine
467 You should call this after configuring the handle
468 (eg. adding drives) but before performing any actions.");
470 ("wait_ready", (RErr, []), -1, [NotInFish],
472 "wait until the qemu subprocess launches (no op)",
474 This function is a no op.
476 In versions of the API E<lt> 1.0.71 you had to call this function
477 just after calling C<guestfs_launch> to wait for the launch
478 to complete. However this is no longer necessary because
479 C<guestfs_launch> now does the waiting.
481 If you see any calls to this function in code then you can just
482 remove them, unless you want to retain compatibility with older
483 versions of the API.");
485 ("kill_subprocess", (RErr, []), -1, [],
487 "kill the qemu subprocess",
489 This kills the qemu subprocess. You should never need to call this.");
491 ("add_drive", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
493 "add an image to examine or modify",
495 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to the
496 guest. The first time you call this function, the disk appears as IDE
497 disk 0 (C</dev/sda>) in the guest, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
500 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
501 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
502 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
503 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
506 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
507 C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=...>.
509 C<cache=off> is omitted in cases where it is not supported by
510 the underlying filesystem.
512 C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
513 C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
514 might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
515 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
517 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
518 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
519 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
520 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
522 ("add_cdrom", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "cdrom"],
524 "add a CD-ROM disk image to examine",
526 This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
528 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
536 This call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
537 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
538 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
539 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
543 If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
544 efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
545 should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
549 ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
551 "add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)",
553 This adds a drive in snapshot mode, making it effectively
556 Note that writes to the device are allowed, and will be seen for
557 the duration of the guestfs handle, but they are written
558 to a temporary file which is discarded as soon as the guestfs
559 handle is closed. We don't currently have any method to enable
560 changes to be committed, although qemu can support this.
562 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
563 C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,if=...>.
565 C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
566 C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
567 might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
568 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
570 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
571 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
572 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
573 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
575 ("config", (RErr, [String "qemuparam"; OptString "qemuvalue"]), -1, [],
577 "add qemu parameters",
579 This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters
580 of the form C<-param value>. Actually it's not quite arbitrary - we
581 prevent you from setting some parameters which would interfere with
582 parameters that we use.
584 The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
586 C<value> can be NULL.");
588 ("set_qemu", (RErr, [OptString "qemu"]), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
590 "set the qemu binary",
592 Set the qemu binary that we will use.
594 The default is chosen when the library was compiled by the
597 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
598 environment variable.
600 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.
602 Note that you should call this function as early as possible
603 after creating the handle. This is because some pre-launch
604 operations depend on testing qemu features (by running C<qemu -help>).
605 If the qemu binary changes, we don't retest features, and
606 so you might see inconsistent results. Using the environment
607 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU> is safest of all since that picks
608 the qemu binary at the same time as the handle is created.");
610 ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", []), -1, [],
611 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
613 "get the qemu binary",
615 Return the current qemu binary.
617 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
618 return the default qemu binary name.");
620 ("set_path", (RErr, [OptString "searchpath"]), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
622 "set the search path",
624 Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img.
626 The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting
627 C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
629 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
631 ("get_path", (RConstString "path", []), -1, [],
632 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
634 "get the search path",
636 Return the current search path.
638 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
639 return the default path.");
641 ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"]), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
643 "add options to kernel command line",
645 This function is used to add additional options to the
646 guest kernel command line.
648 The default is C<NULL> unless overridden by setting
649 C<LIBGUESTFS_APPEND> environment variable.
651 Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
652 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
654 ("get_append", (RConstOptString "append", []), -1, [],
655 (* This cannot be tested with the current framework. The
656 * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
657 * test framework interprets as an error.
660 "get the additional kernel options",
662 Return the additional kernel options which are added to the
663 guest kernel command line.
665 If C<NULL> then no options are added.");
667 ("set_autosync", (RErr, [Bool "autosync"]), -1, [FishAlias "autosync"],
671 If C<autosync> is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
672 best effort attempt to run C<guestfs_umount_all> followed by
673 C<guestfs_sync> when the handle is closed
674 (also if the program exits without closing handles).
676 This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where it is
677 enabled by default).");
679 ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", []), -1, [],
680 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
681 [["get_autosync"]])],
684 Get the autosync flag.");
686 ("set_verbose", (RErr, [Bool "verbose"]), -1, [FishAlias "verbose"],
690 If C<verbose> is true, this turns on verbose messages (to C<stderr>).
692 Verbose messages are disabled unless the environment variable
693 C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.");
695 ("get_verbose", (RBool "verbose", []), -1, [],
699 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
701 ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", []), -1, [],
702 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
704 "is ready to accept commands",
706 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
707 (in the C<READY> state).
709 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
711 ("is_config", (RBool "config", []), -1, [],
712 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
714 "is in configuration state",
716 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
717 (in the C<CONFIG> state).
719 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
721 ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", []), -1, [],
722 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
723 [["is_launching"]])],
724 "is launching subprocess",
726 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
727 (in the C<LAUNCHING> state).
729 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
731 ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", []), -1, [],
732 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
734 "is busy processing a command",
736 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
737 (in the C<BUSY> state).
739 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
741 ("get_state", (RInt "state", []), -1, [],
743 "get the current state",
745 This returns the current state as an opaque integer. This is
746 only useful for printing debug and internal error messages.
748 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
750 ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"]), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
751 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
752 [["set_memsize"; "500"];
753 ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
754 "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
756 This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
757 qemu subprocess. This only has any effect if called before
760 You can also change this by setting the environment
761 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
764 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
765 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
767 ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", []), -1, [],
768 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
769 [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
770 "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
772 This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
775 If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
776 on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
777 then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
779 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
780 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
782 ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
783 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
784 [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
785 "get PID of qemu subprocess",
787 Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess. If there is no
788 qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
790 This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
792 ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), []), -1, [],
793 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
794 [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
795 "get the library version number",
797 Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
800 Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
801 the version of libguestfs that you compiled against. You can
802 compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
803 against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
805 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous
806 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
807 number. From C code you can use dynamic linker functions
808 to find out if this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then
809 it's an earlier version).
811 The call returns a structure with four elements. The first
812 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
813 correspond to the usual version triplet. The fourth element
814 (C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
815 used for distro-specific information.
817 To construct the original version string:
818 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
820 See also: L<guestfs(3)/LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS>.
822 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
823 of features. In enterprise distributions we backport
824 features from later versions into earlier versions,
825 making this an unreliable way to test for features.
826 Use C<guestfs_available> instead.");
828 ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
829 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
830 [["set_selinux"; "true"];
832 "set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot",
834 This sets the selinux flag that is passed to the appliance
835 at boot time. The default is C<selinux=0> (disabled).
837 Note that if SELinux is enabled, it is always in
838 Permissive mode (C<enforcing=0>).
840 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
841 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
843 ("get_selinux", (RBool "selinux", []), -1, [],
845 "get SELinux enabled flag",
847 This returns the current setting of the selinux flag which
848 is passed to the appliance at boot time. See C<guestfs_set_selinux>.
850 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
851 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
853 ("set_trace", (RErr, [Bool "trace"]), -1, [FishAlias "trace"],
854 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
855 [["set_trace"; "false"];
857 "enable or disable command traces",
859 If the command trace flag is set to 1, then commands are
860 printed on stderr before they are executed in a format
861 which is very similar to the one used by guestfish. In
862 other words, you can run a program with this enabled, and
863 you will get out a script which you can feed to guestfish
864 to perform the same set of actions.
866 If you want to trace C API calls into libguestfs (and
867 other libraries) then possibly a better way is to use
868 the external ltrace(1) command.
870 Command traces are disabled unless the environment variable
871 C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE> is defined and set to C<1>.");
873 ("get_trace", (RBool "trace", []), -1, [],
875 "get command trace enabled flag",
877 Return the command trace flag.");
879 ("set_direct", (RErr, [Bool "direct"]), -1, [FishAlias "direct"],
880 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
881 [["set_direct"; "false"];
883 "enable or disable direct appliance mode",
885 If the direct appliance mode flag is enabled, then stdin and
886 stdout are passed directly through to the appliance once it
889 One consequence of this is that log messages aren't caught
890 by the library and handled by C<guestfs_set_log_message_callback>,
891 but go straight to stdout.
893 You probably don't want to use this unless you know what you
896 The default is disabled.");
898 ("get_direct", (RBool "direct", []), -1, [],
900 "get direct appliance mode flag",
902 Return the direct appliance mode flag.");
904 ("set_recovery_proc", (RErr, [Bool "recoveryproc"]), -1, [FishAlias "recovery-proc"],
905 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
906 [["set_recovery_proc"; "true"];
907 ["get_recovery_proc"]])],
908 "enable or disable the recovery process",
910 If this is called with the parameter C<false> then
911 C<guestfs_launch> does not create a recovery process. The
912 purpose of the recovery process is to stop runaway qemu
913 processes in the case where the main program aborts abruptly.
915 This only has any effect if called before C<guestfs_launch>,
916 and the default is true.
918 About the only time when you would want to disable this is
919 if the main process will fork itself into the background
920 (\"daemonize\" itself). In this case the recovery process
921 thinks that the main program has disappeared and so kills
922 qemu, which is not very helpful.");
924 ("get_recovery_proc", (RBool "recoveryproc", []), -1, [],
926 "get recovery process enabled flag",
928 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
930 ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
932 "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
934 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
935 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
937 ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
939 "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
941 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
942 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
944 ("file_architecture", (RString "arch", [Pathname "filename"]), -1, [],
945 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
946 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-i586-dynamic"]], "i386");
947 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
948 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-sparc-dynamic"]], "sparc");
949 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
950 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-win32.exe"]], "i386");
951 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
952 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-win64.exe"]], "x86_64");
953 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
954 [["file_architecture"; "/bin-x86_64-dynamic"]], "x86_64");
955 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
956 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-i586.so"]], "i386");
957 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
958 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-sparc.so"]], "sparc");
959 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
960 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-win32.dll"]], "i386");
961 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
962 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-win64.dll"]], "x86_64");
963 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
964 [["file_architecture"; "/lib-x86_64.so"]], "x86_64");
965 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
966 [["file_architecture"; "/initrd-x86_64.img"]], "x86_64");
967 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
968 [["file_architecture"; "/initrd-x86_64.img.gz"]], "x86_64");],
969 "detect the architecture of a binary file",
971 This detects the architecture of the binary C<filename>,
972 and returns it if known.
974 Currently defined architectures are:
980 This string is returned for all 32 bit i386, i486, i586, i686 binaries
981 irrespective of the precise processor requirements of the binary.
993 64 bit SPARC V9 and above.
1009 Libguestfs may return other architecture strings in future.
1011 The function works on at least the following types of files:
1017 many types of Un*x and Linux binary
1021 many types of Un*x and Linux shared library
1025 Windows Win32 and Win64 binaries
1029 Windows Win32 and Win64 DLLs
1031 Win32 binaries and DLLs return C<i386>.
1033 Win64 binaries and DLLs return C<x86_64>.
1037 Linux kernel modules
1041 Linux new-style initrd images
1045 some non-x86 Linux vmlinuz kernels
1049 What it can't do currently:
1055 static libraries (libfoo.a)
1059 Linux old-style initrd as compressed ext2 filesystem (RHEL 3)
1063 x86 Linux vmlinuz kernels
1065 x86 vmlinuz images (bzImage format) consist of a mix of 16-, 32- and
1066 compressed code, and are horribly hard to unpack. If you want to find
1067 the architecture of a kernel, use the architecture of the associated
1068 initrd or kernel module(s) instead.
1072 ("inspect_os", (RStringList "roots", []), -1, [],
1074 "inspect disk and return list of operating systems found",
1076 This function uses other libguestfs functions and certain
1077 heuristics to inspect the disk(s) (usually disks belonging to
1078 a virtual machine), looking for operating systems.
1080 The list returned is empty if no operating systems were found.
1082 If one operating system was found, then this returns a list with
1083 a single element, which is the name of the root filesystem of
1084 this operating system. It is also possible for this function
1085 to return a list containing more than one element, indicating
1086 a dual-boot or multi-boot virtual machine, with each element being
1087 the root filesystem of one of the operating systems.
1089 You can pass the root string(s) returned to other
1090 C<guestfs_inspect_get_*> functions in order to query further
1091 information about each operating system, such as the name
1094 This function uses other libguestfs features such as
1095 C<guestfs_mount_ro> and C<guestfs_umount_all> in order to mount
1096 and unmount filesystems and look at the contents. This should
1097 be called with no disks currently mounted. The function may also
1098 use Augeas, so any existing Augeas handle will be closed.
1100 This function cannot decrypt encrypted disks. The caller
1101 must do that first (supplying the necessary keys) if the
1104 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1106 ("inspect_get_type", (RString "name", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1108 "get type of inspected operating system",
1110 This function should only be called with a root device string
1111 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1113 This returns the type of the inspected operating system.
1114 Currently defined types are:
1120 Any Linux-based operating system.
1124 Any Microsoft Windows operating system.
1128 The operating system type could not be determined.
1132 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
1133 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
1135 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1137 ("inspect_get_arch", (RString "arch", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1139 "get architecture of inspected operating system",
1141 This function should only be called with a root device string
1142 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1144 This returns the architecture of the inspected operating system.
1145 The possible return values are listed under
1146 C<guestfs_file_architecture>.
1148 If the architecture could not be determined, then the
1149 string C<unknown> is returned.
1151 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1153 ("inspect_get_distro", (RString "distro", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1155 "get distro of inspected operating system",
1157 This function should only be called with a root device string
1158 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1160 This returns the distro (distribution) of the inspected operating
1163 Currently defined distros are:
1169 Debian or a Debian-derived distro such as Ubuntu.
1175 =item \"redhat-based\"
1177 Some Red Hat-derived distro.
1181 Red Hat Enterprise Linux and some derivatives.
1185 Windows does not have distributions. This string is
1186 returned if the OS type is Windows.
1190 The distro could not be determined.
1194 Future versions of libguestfs may return other strings here.
1195 The caller should be prepared to handle any string.
1197 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1199 ("inspect_get_major_version", (RInt "major", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1201 "get major version of inspected operating system",
1203 This function should only be called with a root device string
1204 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1206 This returns the major version number of the inspected operating
1209 Windows uses a consistent versioning scheme which is I<not>
1210 reflected in the popular public names used by the operating system.
1211 Notably the operating system known as \"Windows 7\" is really
1212 version 6.1 (ie. major = 6, minor = 1). You can find out the
1213 real versions corresponding to releases of Windows by consulting
1216 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
1218 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1220 ("inspect_get_minor_version", (RInt "minor", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1222 "get minor version of inspected operating system",
1224 This function should only be called with a root device string
1225 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1227 This returns the minor version number of the inspected operating
1230 If the version could not be determined, then C<0> is returned.
1232 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1233 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_major_version>.");
1235 ("inspect_get_product_name", (RString "product", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1237 "get product name of inspected operating system",
1239 This function should only be called with a root device string
1240 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1242 This returns the product name of the inspected operating
1243 system. The product name is generally some freeform string
1244 which can be displayed to the user, but should not be
1247 If the product name could not be determined, then the
1248 string C<unknown> is returned.
1250 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.");
1252 ("inspect_get_mountpoints", (RHashtable "mountpoints", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1254 "get mountpoints of inspected operating system",
1256 This function should only be called with a root device string
1257 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1259 This returns a hash of where we think the filesystems
1260 associated with this operating system should be mounted.
1261 Callers should note that this is at best an educated guess
1262 made by reading configuration files such as C</etc/fstab>.
1264 Each element in the returned hashtable has a key which
1265 is the path of the mountpoint (eg. C</boot>) and a value
1266 which is the filesystem that would be mounted there
1269 Non-mounted devices such as swap devices are I<not>
1270 returned in this list.
1272 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1273 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_filesystems>.");
1275 ("inspect_get_filesystems", (RStringList "filesystems", [Device "root"]), -1, [],
1277 "get filesystems associated with inspected operating system",
1279 This function should only be called with a root device string
1280 as returned by C<guestfs_inspect_os>.
1282 This returns a list of all the filesystems that we think
1283 are associated with this operating system. This includes
1284 the root filesystem, other ordinary filesystems, and
1285 non-mounted devices like swap partitions.
1287 In the case of a multi-boot virtual machine, it is possible
1288 for a filesystem to be shared between operating systems.
1290 Please read L<guestfs(3)/INSPECTION> for more details.
1291 See also C<guestfs_inspect_get_mountpoints>.");
1293 ("set_network", (RErr, [Bool "network"]), -1, [FishAlias "network"],
1295 "set enable network flag",
1297 If C<network> is true, then the network is enabled in the
1298 libguestfs appliance. The default is false.
1300 This affects whether commands are able to access the network
1301 (see L<guestfs(3)/RUNNING COMMANDS>).
1303 You must call this before calling C<guestfs_launch>, otherwise
1304 it has no effect.");
1306 ("get_network", (RBool "network", []), -1, [],
1308 "get enable network flag",
1310 This returns the enable network flag.");
1314 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
1315 * to take place in the daemon.
1318 let daemon_functions = [
1319 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 1, [],
1320 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1321 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1322 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1323 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1324 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
1325 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1326 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
1328 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
1329 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
1330 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
1331 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
1334 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
1335 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
1336 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
1339 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
1340 on the underlying device.
1343 When you use this call, the filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime>
1344 are set implicitly. This was originally done because we thought it
1345 would improve reliability, but it turns out that I<-o sync> has a
1346 very large negative performance impact and negligible effect on
1347 reliability. Therefore we recommend that you avoid using
1348 C<guestfs_mount> in any code that needs performance, and instead
1349 use C<guestfs_mount_options> (use an empty string for the first
1350 parameter if you don't want any options).");
1352 ("sync", (RErr, []), 2, [],
1353 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
1354 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
1356 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
1357 underlying disk image.
1359 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
1360 closing the handle.");
1362 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 3, [],
1363 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1365 ["exists"; "/new"]])],
1366 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
1368 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
1369 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
1370 to create a new zero-length file.
1372 This command only works on regular files, and will fail on other
1373 file types such as directories, symbolic links, block special etc.");
1375 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"]), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1376 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1377 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
1378 "list the contents of a file",
1380 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1382 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1383 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1384 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1385 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
1387 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 5, [],
1388 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
1389 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
1391 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
1393 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1394 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
1396 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
1397 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
1399 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 6, [],
1400 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1402 ["touch"; "/newer"];
1403 ["touch"; "/newest"];
1404 ["ls"; "/"]], ["lost+found"; "new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
1405 "list the files in a directory",
1407 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1408 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
1409 hidden files are shown.
1411 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
1412 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
1414 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", []), 7, [],
1415 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1416 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
1417 "list the block devices",
1419 List all the block devices.
1421 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>");
1423 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", []), 8, [],
1424 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1425 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1426 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1427 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1428 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1429 "list the partitions",
1431 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
1433 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
1435 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
1436 call C<guestfs_lvs>.");
1438 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
1439 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1440 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1441 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1442 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1443 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1444 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1445 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1446 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1447 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1449 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1450 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1452 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1453 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1455 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1457 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1458 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1460 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1461 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1462 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1463 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1464 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1465 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1466 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1467 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1468 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1470 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1471 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1473 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1474 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1476 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1478 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1479 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1480 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1481 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1482 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1483 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1484 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1485 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1486 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1487 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1488 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1489 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1490 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1491 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1492 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1494 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1495 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1497 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1498 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1500 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>.");
1502 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1503 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1504 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1506 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1507 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1509 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1510 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1511 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1513 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1514 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1516 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1517 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1518 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1520 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1521 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1523 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 15, [],
1524 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1525 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1526 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1527 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1528 "read file as lines",
1530 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1532 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1533 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1535 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1536 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1537 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1538 function which has a more complex interface.");
1540 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"]), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1541 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1542 "create a new Augeas handle",
1544 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1545 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1546 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1548 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1551 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1554 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1555 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1560 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1562 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1564 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1566 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1567 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1569 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1571 Typecheck lenses (can be expensive).
1573 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1575 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1577 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1579 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1581 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1583 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1587 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1589 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1591 ("aug_close", (RErr, []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1592 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1593 "close the current Augeas handle",
1595 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1596 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1597 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1598 Augeas functions.");
1600 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"]), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1601 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1602 "define an Augeas variable",
1604 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1605 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1608 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1609 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1611 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"]), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1612 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1613 "define an Augeas node",
1615 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1618 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1619 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1620 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1622 On success this returns a pair containing the
1623 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1624 if a node was created.");
1626 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"]), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1627 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1628 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1630 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1631 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1633 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"]), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1634 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1635 "set Augeas path to value",
1637 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<val>.
1639 In the Augeas API, it is possible to clear a node by setting
1640 the value to NULL. Due to an oversight in the libguestfs API
1641 you cannot do that with this call. Instead you must use the
1642 C<guestfs_aug_clear> call.");
1644 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"]), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1645 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1646 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
1648 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
1649 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
1652 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
1653 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
1654 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
1656 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"]), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
1657 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1658 "remove an Augeas path",
1660 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
1662 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
1664 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"]), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
1665 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1668 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
1669 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
1671 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
1672 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1673 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
1675 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
1676 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
1677 exactly one node in the current tree.");
1679 ("aug_save", (RErr, []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
1680 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1681 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
1683 This writes all pending changes to disk.
1685 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
1686 how files are saved.");
1688 ("aug_load", (RErr, []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
1689 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1690 "load files into the tree",
1692 Load files into the tree.
1694 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
1697 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
1698 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1699 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
1701 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
1702 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
1704 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 29, [],
1705 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1708 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1710 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1715 Remove the single file C<path>.");
1717 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 30, [],
1718 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1721 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1722 [["rmdir"; "/new"]];
1723 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1725 ["rmdir"; "/new"]]],
1726 "remove a directory",
1728 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
1730 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 31, [],
1731 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
1733 ["mkdir"; "/new/foo"];
1734 ["touch"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1736 ["exists"; "/new"]]],
1737 "remove a file or directory recursively",
1739 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
1740 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
1743 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 32, [],
1744 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1746 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1747 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1748 [["mkdir"; "/new/foo/bar"]]],
1749 "create a directory",
1751 Create a directory named C<path>.");
1753 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 33, [],
1754 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1755 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1756 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo/bar"]];
1757 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1758 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1759 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo"]];
1760 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1761 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1762 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1763 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
1764 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1766 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]];
1767 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1769 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]]],
1770 "create a directory and parents",
1772 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
1773 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
1775 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 34, [],
1776 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1779 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
1780 numeric modes are supported.
1782 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
1783 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
1784 C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.
1786 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
1788 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
1789 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1790 "change file owner and group",
1792 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
1794 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
1795 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
1796 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
1798 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"]), 36, [],
1799 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1800 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
1801 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1802 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
1803 "test if file or directory exists",
1805 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
1806 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
1808 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
1810 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"]), 37, [],
1811 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1812 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
1813 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1814 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
1815 "test if file exists",
1817 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file
1818 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1819 other objects like directories.
1821 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1823 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"]), 38, [],
1824 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1825 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
1826 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1827 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
1828 "test if file exists",
1830 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
1831 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1832 other objects like files.
1834 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1836 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
1837 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1838 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1839 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1840 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1841 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1842 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1843 "create an LVM physical volume",
1845 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
1846 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
1849 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"]), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
1850 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1851 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1852 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1853 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1854 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1855 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1856 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1857 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1858 "create an LVM volume group",
1860 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
1861 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
1863 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"]), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
1864 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1865 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1866 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1867 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1868 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1869 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1870 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1871 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1872 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1873 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1874 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
1875 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
1877 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
1878 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
1879 "create an LVM logical volume",
1881 This creates an LVM logical volume called C<logvol>
1882 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
1884 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 42, [],
1885 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1886 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1887 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1888 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1889 ["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
1890 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1891 "make a filesystem",
1893 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
1894 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
1897 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
1898 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
1899 StringList "lines"]), 43, [DangerWillRobinson],
1901 "create partitions on a block device",
1903 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
1904 partitions on block devices.
1906 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
1908 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
1909 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
1910 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
1911 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
1912 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
1913 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
1914 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
1916 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
1917 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
1919 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
1920 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
1921 the string C<,> (comma).
1923 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
1924 C<guestfs_part_init>");
1926 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"]), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning; DeprecatedBy "write"],
1927 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *)
1928 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1929 [["write_file"; "/new"; "abc"; "10000"]]],
1932 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
1933 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
1934 with length C<size>.
1936 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
1937 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
1938 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
1940 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
1941 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.");
1943 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"]), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
1944 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1945 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1946 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1947 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1948 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1949 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1950 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1951 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1952 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1955 "unmount a filesystem",
1957 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
1958 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
1959 contains the filesystem.");
1961 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", []), 46, [],
1962 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1963 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"])],
1964 "show mounted filesystems",
1966 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
1967 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
1969 Some internal mounts are not shown.
1971 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
1973 ("umount_all", (RErr, []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
1974 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1977 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
1978 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1979 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1980 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1981 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
1982 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1983 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1985 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
1986 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1987 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1988 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
1991 "unmount all filesystems",
1993 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
1995 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
1997 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, []), 48, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "lvm2"],
1999 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
2001 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
2002 and physical volumes.");
2004 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"]), 49, [],
2005 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2006 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
2007 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2008 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
2009 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2010 [["file"; "/notexists"]]);
2011 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2012 [["file"; "/abssymlink"]], "symbolic link");
2013 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2014 [["file"; "/directory"]], "directory")],
2015 "determine file type",
2017 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
2018 the type or contents of the file.
2020 This call will also transparently look inside various types
2023 The exact command which runs is C<file -zb path>. Note in
2024 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
2027 This command can also be used on C</dev/> devices
2028 (and partitions, LV names). You can for example use this
2029 to determine if a device contains a filesystem, although
2030 it's usually better to use C<guestfs_vfs_type>.
2032 If the C<path> does not begin with C</dev/> then
2033 this command only works for the content of regular files.
2034 For other file types (directory, symbolic link etc) it
2035 will just return the string C<directory> etc.");
2037 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2038 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2039 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2040 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2041 ["command"; "/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
2042 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2043 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2044 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2045 ["command"; "/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
2046 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2047 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2048 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2049 ["command"; "/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
2050 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2051 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2052 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2053 ["command"; "/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
2054 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2055 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2056 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2057 ["command"; "/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
2058 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2059 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2060 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2061 ["command"; "/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
2062 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2063 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2064 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2065 ["command"; "/test-command 7"]], "");
2066 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2067 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2068 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2069 ["command"; "/test-command 8"]], "\n");
2070 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2071 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2072 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2073 ["command"; "/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
2074 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2075 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2076 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2077 ["command"; "/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
2078 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2079 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2080 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2081 ["command"; "/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
2082 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2083 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2084 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2085 ["command"; "/test-command"]])],
2086 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
2088 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
2089 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
2090 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
2091 or compatible processor architecture).
2093 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
2094 The first element is the name of the program to run.
2095 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
2096 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
2097 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
2098 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
2100 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
2103 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
2104 this function returns an error message. The error message
2105 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
2107 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
2108 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
2109 another location, you should provide the full path in the
2112 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
2113 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
2114 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
2115 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
2118 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"]), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2119 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2120 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2121 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2122 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
2123 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2124 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2125 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2126 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
2127 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2128 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2129 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2130 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
2131 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2132 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2133 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2134 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
2135 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2136 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2137 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2138 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
2139 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2140 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2141 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2142 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
2143 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2144 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2145 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2146 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 7"]], []);
2147 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2148 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2149 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2150 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 8"]], [""]);
2151 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2152 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2153 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2154 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
2155 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2156 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2157 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2158 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
2159 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2160 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
2161 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
2162 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
2163 "run a command, returning lines",
2165 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
2166 result into a list of lines.
2168 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
2170 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 52, [],
2171 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2172 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2173 "get file information",
2175 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2177 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
2179 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 53, [],
2180 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2181 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
2182 "get file information for a symbolic link",
2184 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
2186 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
2187 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
2190 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
2192 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"]), 54, [],
2193 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2194 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
2195 "get file system statistics",
2197 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
2198 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
2199 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
2201 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
2203 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"]), 55, [],
2205 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
2207 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
2208 superblock on C<device>.
2210 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
2211 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
2212 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
2213 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
2215 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 56, [],
2216 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2217 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2218 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2219 "set block device to read-only",
2221 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
2223 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2225 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 57, [],
2226 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2227 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
2228 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2229 "set block device to read-write",
2231 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
2233 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2235 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"]), 58, [],
2236 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2237 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
2238 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
2239 "is block device set to read-only",
2241 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
2242 (true if read-only, false if not).
2244 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2246 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"]), 59, [],
2247 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2248 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
2249 "get sectorsize of block device",
2251 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
2252 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
2254 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
2257 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2259 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"]), 60, [],
2260 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2261 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
2262 "get blocksize of block device",
2264 This returns the block size of a device.
2266 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2267 I<filesystem block size>).
2269 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2271 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"]), 61, [],
2273 "set blocksize of block device",
2275 This sets the block size of a device.
2277 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
2278 I<filesystem block size>).
2280 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2282 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"]), 62, [],
2283 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2284 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
2285 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
2287 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
2288 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
2290 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
2291 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
2292 useful I<size in bytes>.
2294 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2296 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"]), 63, [],
2297 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
2298 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
2299 "get total size of device in bytes",
2301 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
2303 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
2305 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2307 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 64, [],
2308 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2309 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2310 "flush device buffers",
2312 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
2315 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2317 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 65, [],
2318 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
2319 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
2320 "reread partition table",
2322 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
2324 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
2326 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"]), 66, [],
2327 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2328 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2329 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
2330 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]],
2331 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2332 "upload a file from the local machine",
2334 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
2337 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2339 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
2341 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [Progress],
2342 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2343 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
2344 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
2345 ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
2346 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
2347 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]],
2348 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
2349 "download a file to the local machine",
2351 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
2352 on the local machine.
2354 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
2356 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
2358 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"]), 68, [],
2359 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2360 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
2361 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2362 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
2363 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2364 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
2365 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2366 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
2367 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2368 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
2369 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2370 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
2371 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2372 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
2373 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2374 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6");
2375 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2376 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2377 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/abssymlink"]], "5f57d0639bc95081c53afc63a449403883818edc64da48930ad6b1a4fb49be90404686877743fbcd7c99811f3def7df7bc22635c885c6a8cf79c806b43451c1a")],
2378 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
2380 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
2383 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
2384 parameter which must have one of the following values:
2390 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
2391 for the C<cksum> command.
2395 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
2399 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
2403 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
2407 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
2411 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
2415 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
2419 The checksum is returned as a printable string.
2421 To get the checksum for a device, use C<guestfs_checksum_device>.
2423 To get the checksums for many files, use C<guestfs_checksums_out>.");
2425 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; Pathname "directory"]), 69, [],
2426 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2427 [["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/"];
2428 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2429 "unpack tarfile to directory",
2431 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
2432 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2434 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>
2435 or C<guestfs_txz_in>.");
2437 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"]), 70, [],
2439 "pack directory into tarfile",
2441 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2442 it to local file C<tarfile>.
2444 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>
2445 or C<guestfs_txz_out>.");
2447 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; Pathname "directory"]), 71, [],
2448 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2449 [["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/"];
2450 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2451 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
2453 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
2454 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2456 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
2458 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"]), 72, [],
2460 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2462 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2463 it to local file C<tarball>.
2465 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2467 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 73, [],
2468 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2470 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2471 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2472 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2473 [["write"; "/new"; "data"];
2475 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2476 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2477 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2479 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2480 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2482 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 74, [],
2484 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2486 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2487 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2488 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.
2490 If the C<options> parameter is an empty string, then
2491 no options are passed (all options default to whatever
2492 the filesystem uses).");
2494 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 75, [],
2496 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2498 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2499 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2500 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2502 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"]), 76, [],
2504 "debugging and internals",
2506 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2507 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2510 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2511 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2512 to find out what you can do.");
2514 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2515 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2516 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2517 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2518 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2519 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2520 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2521 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2522 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2523 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2524 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2525 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2526 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2527 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2528 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2529 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2531 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2532 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2533 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2534 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2535 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2536 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2537 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2539 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2541 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2542 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2544 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2545 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2547 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"]), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2548 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2549 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2550 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2551 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2552 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2553 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2556 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2557 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2558 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2559 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2560 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2561 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2564 "remove an LVM volume group",
2566 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2568 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2571 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2572 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2573 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2574 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2575 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2576 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2577 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2579 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2581 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2582 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2583 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2584 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2585 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2586 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2588 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2590 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2591 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2592 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2593 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2594 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2595 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2597 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2599 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2601 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2604 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
2605 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
2606 to remove those first.");
2608 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"]), 80, [],
2609 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2610 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
2611 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
2612 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2614 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2615 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
2618 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
2619 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
2621 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 81, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_label"],
2623 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2625 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2628 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"]), 82, [],
2629 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2630 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2631 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
2632 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
2633 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2634 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
2635 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
2636 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
2637 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2638 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
2639 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2640 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
2641 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2643 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2644 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
2645 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
2646 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
2648 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
2649 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
2651 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 83, [DeprecatedBy "vfs_uuid"],
2652 (* Regression test for RHBZ#597112. *)
2653 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2654 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2655 [["mke2journal"; "1024"; "/dev/sdb"];
2656 ["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdb"; uuid];
2657 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sdb"]], uuid)]),
2658 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2660 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2663 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 84, [FishOutput FishOutputHexadecimal],
2664 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2665 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2666 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2667 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2668 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2669 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2670 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
2671 "run the filesystem checker",
2673 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
2674 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
2676 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
2677 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
2685 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
2689 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
2690 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
2694 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
2699 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
2701 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 85, [Progress],
2702 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2703 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2704 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2705 ["file"; "/dev/sda1"]], "data")],
2706 "write zeroes to the device",
2708 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
2710 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
2711 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
2712 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
2714 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
2716 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"]), 86, [],
2718 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484986
2719 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
2721 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2722 [["mkdir_p"; "/boot/grub"];
2723 ["write"; "/boot/grub/device.map"; "(hd0) /dev/vda"];
2724 ["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/vda"];
2725 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
2728 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
2729 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
2731 Note: If grub-install reports the error
2732 \"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\"
2733 it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map>
2734 file first that contains the mapping between grub device names
2735 and Linux device names. It is usually sufficient to create
2740 replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.");
2742 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 87, [],
2743 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2744 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2745 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2746 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2747 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2748 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2749 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2750 ["is_file"; "/old"]]);
2751 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2752 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2754 ["cp"; "/old"; "/dir/new"];
2755 ["cat"; "/dir/new"]], "file content")],
2758 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2759 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2761 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 88, [],
2762 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2763 [["mkdir"; "/olddir"];
2764 ["mkdir"; "/newdir"];
2765 ["write"; "/olddir/file"; "file content"];
2766 ["cp_a"; "/olddir"; "/newdir"];
2767 ["cat"; "/newdir/olddir/file"]], "file content")],
2768 "copy a file or directory recursively",
2770 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
2771 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
2773 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 89, [],
2774 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2775 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2776 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2777 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2778 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2779 [["write"; "/old"; "file content"];
2780 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2781 ["is_file"; "/old"]])],
2784 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2785 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2787 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"]), 90, [],
2788 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2789 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
2790 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
2792 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
2793 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
2794 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
2795 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
2797 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
2799 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
2800 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
2802 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", []), 91, [],
2803 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2805 "return kernel messages",
2807 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
2808 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
2809 debugging of problems.
2811 Another way to get the same information is to enable
2812 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
2813 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
2814 running the program.");
2816 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, []), 92, [],
2817 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2818 [["ping_daemon"]])],
2819 "ping the guest daemon",
2821 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
2822 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
2823 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
2824 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
2826 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"]), 93, [],
2827 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2828 [["write"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"];
2829 ["cp"; "/file1"; "/file2"];
2830 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2831 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2832 [["write"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"];
2833 ["write"; "/file2"; "contents of another file"];
2834 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2835 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2836 [["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]])],
2837 "test if two files have equal contents",
2839 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
2840 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
2842 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
2844 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"]), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2845 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2846 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
2847 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2848 [["strings"; "/empty"]], []);
2849 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2850 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2851 [["strings"; "/abssymlink"]])],
2852 "print the printable strings in a file",
2854 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
2855 the list of printable strings found.");
2857 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"]), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2858 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2859 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
2860 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2861 [["write"; "/new"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"];
2862 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/new"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
2863 "print the printable strings in a file",
2865 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
2866 specify the encoding of strings that are looked for in
2867 the source file C<path>.
2869 Allowed encodings are:
2875 Single 7-bit-byte characters like ASCII and the ASCII-compatible
2876 parts of ISO-8859-X (this is what C<guestfs_strings> uses).
2880 Single 8-bit-byte characters.
2884 16-bit big endian strings such as those encoded in
2885 UTF-16BE or UCS-2BE.
2887 =item l (lower case letter L)
2889 16-bit little endian such as UTF-16LE and UCS-2LE.
2890 This is useful for examining binaries in Windows guests.
2894 32-bit big endian such as UCS-4BE.
2898 32-bit little endian such as UCS-4LE.
2902 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
2904 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"]), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2905 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2906 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
2907 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
2908 * commands to segfault.
2910 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2911 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]]);
2912 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
2913 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2914 [["hexdump"; "/abssymlink"]])],
2915 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
2917 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
2918 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
2920 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
2921 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2922 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2923 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
2924 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2925 ["write"; "/new"; "test file"];
2926 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2927 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
2928 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2929 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
2930 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
2932 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
2933 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
2934 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
2937 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
2940 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
2941 or data on the filesystem.");
2943 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
2945 "resize an LVM physical volume",
2947 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
2948 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
2950 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
2951 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2952 String "line"]), 99, [DangerWillRobinson],
2954 "modify a single partition on a block device",
2956 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
2957 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
2959 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
2960 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
2962 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
2964 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 100, [],
2966 "display the partition table",
2968 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
2969 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
2970 not intended to be parsed.
2972 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
2974 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 101, [],
2976 "display the kernel geometry",
2978 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
2980 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2983 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 102, [],
2985 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
2987 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
2988 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
2989 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
2990 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
2992 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2995 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"]), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
2997 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
2999 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
3000 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
3001 If activated, then they are made known to the
3002 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
3003 then those devices disappear.
3005 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
3007 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"]), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
3009 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
3011 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
3012 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
3013 If activated, then they are made known to the
3014 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
3015 then those devices disappear.
3017 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
3019 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
3020 are activated or deactivated.");
3022 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"]), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
3023 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3024 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3025 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
3026 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
3027 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
3028 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3029 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
3030 ["write"; "/new"; "test content"];
3032 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
3033 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3034 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
3035 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
3036 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content");
3037 InitNone, Always, TestRun (
3038 (* Make an LV smaller to test RHBZ#587484. *)
3039 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3040 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
3041 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
3042 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "20"];
3043 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "10"]])],
3044 "resize an LVM logical volume",
3046 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
3047 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
3050 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 106, [],
3051 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
3052 "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem",
3054 This resizes an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem to match the size of
3055 the underlying device.
3057 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
3058 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
3059 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
3060 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
3061 calling this function.");
3063 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"]), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3064 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3065 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
3066 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3070 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
3071 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3072 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3073 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3074 ["find"; "/a/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
3075 "find all files and directories",
3077 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
3078 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
3079 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
3080 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
3082 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
3083 if the directory structure was:
3089 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
3097 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
3100 The returned list is sorted.
3102 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
3104 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 108, [],
3105 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
3106 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
3108 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
3109 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>),
3110 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>).
3112 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
3113 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
3115 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"]), 109, [],
3116 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
3118 "sleep for some seconds",
3120 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
3122 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"]), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
3123 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
3124 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3125 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
3126 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
3127 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
3128 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3129 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
3130 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
3131 "probe NTFS volume",
3133 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
3134 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
3135 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
3137 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
3138 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
3139 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
3141 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
3142 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
3143 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
3145 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"]), 111, [],
3146 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3147 "run a command via the shell",
3149 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
3152 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
3154 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
3156 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
3157 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
3160 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
3162 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"]), 112, [],
3163 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
3164 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
3166 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
3167 into a list of lines.
3169 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
3171 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"]), 113, [],
3172 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
3173 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
3174 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
3176 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3177 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3178 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3179 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
3180 ["glob_expand"; "/a/b/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
3181 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3182 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3183 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3184 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
3185 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
3186 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3187 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
3188 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
3189 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
3190 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/x/*"]], [])],
3191 "expand a wildcard path",
3193 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
3194 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
3197 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
3198 (note: not an error).
3200 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
3201 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
3202 See that manual page for more details.");
3204 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 114, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "scrub"],
3205 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
3206 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
3207 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
3209 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
3212 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3213 manual page for more details.");
3215 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
3216 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3217 [["write"; "/file"; "content"];
3218 ["scrub_file"; "/file"]])],
3219 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
3221 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
3224 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
3226 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3227 manual page for more details.");
3229 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"]), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
3230 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
3231 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
3233 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
3234 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
3235 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
3236 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
3239 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
3240 manual page for more details.");
3242 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"]), 117, [],
3243 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3245 ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
3246 "create a temporary directory",
3248 This command creates a temporary directory. The
3249 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
3250 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
3253 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
3254 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
3256 The name of the temporary directory that was created
3259 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
3260 and is owned by root.
3262 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
3263 directory and its contents after use.
3265 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
3267 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 118, [],
3268 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3269 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000);
3270 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3271 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3272 [["wc_l"; "/abssymlink"]], 10000)],
3273 "count lines in a file",
3275 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
3276 C<wc -l> external command.");
3278 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"]), 119, [],
3279 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3280 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
3281 "count words in a file",
3283 This command counts the words in a file, using the
3284 C<wc -w> external command.");
3286 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"]), 120, [],
3287 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3288 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
3289 "count characters in a file",
3291 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
3292 C<wc -c> external command.");
3294 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3295 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3296 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3297 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3298 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3299 [["head"; "/abssymlink"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3300 "return first 10 lines of a file",
3302 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
3303 a list of strings.");
3305 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3306 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3307 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3308 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3309 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3310 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3311 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3312 "return first N lines of a file",
3314 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
3315 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3317 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3318 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
3320 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3322 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3323 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3324 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
3325 "return last 10 lines of a file",
3327 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
3328 a list of strings.");
3330 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3331 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3332 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3333 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3334 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
3335 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3336 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
3337 "return last N lines of a file",
3339 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
3340 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
3342 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
3343 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
3345 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
3347 ("df", (RString "output", []), 125, [],
3348 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3349 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3351 "report file system disk space usage",
3353 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
3355 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3356 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3357 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
3359 ("df_h", (RString "output", []), 126, [],
3360 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
3361 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
3363 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
3365 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
3366 in human-readable format.
3368 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
3369 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
3370 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
3372 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"]), 127, [],
3373 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
3374 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
3375 "estimate file space usage",
3377 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
3380 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
3381 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
3382 subdirectories (recursively).
3384 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
3385 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
3387 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"]), 128, [],
3388 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3389 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
3390 "list files in an initrd",
3392 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
3394 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
3395 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
3396 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
3398 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
3399 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
3400 format (compressed cpio files).");
3402 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"]), 129, [],
3404 "mount a file using the loop device",
3406 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
3407 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
3408 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
3410 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 130, [],
3411 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3412 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3413 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3414 "create a swap partition",
3416 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
3418 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"]), 131, [],
3419 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3420 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3421 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3422 "create a swap partition with a label",
3424 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
3426 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
3427 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
3428 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
3430 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"]), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3431 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3432 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3433 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3434 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
3435 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
3437 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3439 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
3440 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3441 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/node"];
3442 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
3443 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
3444 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3445 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/node"];
3446 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3447 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
3449 This call creates block or character special devices, or
3450 named pipes (FIFOs).
3452 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
3453 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
3454 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
3455 and character special devices.
3457 Note that, just like L<mknod(2)>, the mode must be bitwise
3458 OR'd with S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFIFO or S_IFSOCK (otherwise this call
3459 just creates a regular file). These constants are
3460 available in the standard Linux header files, or you can use
3461 C<guestfs_mknod_b>, C<guestfs_mknod_c> or C<guestfs_mkfifo>
3462 which are wrappers around this command which bitwise OR
3463 in the appropriate constant for you.
3465 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3467 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
3468 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3469 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/node"];
3470 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
3471 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
3473 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
3474 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
3477 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3479 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
3480 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3481 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3482 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
3483 "make block device node",
3485 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
3486 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3487 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3489 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3491 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
3492 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3493 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3494 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
3495 "make char device node",
3497 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
3498 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3499 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.
3501 The mode actually set is affected by the umask.");
3503 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [FishOutput FishOutputOctal],
3504 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
3505 [["umask"; "0o22"]], 0o22)],
3506 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
3508 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
3509 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
3511 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
3512 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
3513 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
3514 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
3516 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
3517 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
3518 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
3520 See also C<guestfs_get_umask>,
3521 L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
3523 This call returns the previous umask.");
3525 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"]), 138, [],
3527 "read directories entries",
3529 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
3531 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
3532 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
3533 order as the underlying filesystem.
3535 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
3536 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3574 The L<readdir(3)> call returned a C<d_type> field with an
3579 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
3580 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
3581 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
3583 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"]), 139, [DangerWillRobinson],
3585 "create partitions on a block device",
3587 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
3588 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
3589 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
3590 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
3591 were rarely if ever used anyway.
3593 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
3594 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
3596 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"]), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
3598 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
3600 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
3603 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
3605 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
3606 process compressed files.");
3608 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3610 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3612 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
3615 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
3616 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
3618 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
3620 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3622 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3624 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
3625 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
3626 of the link itself.");
3628 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3629 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3630 Pathname "path"]), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3632 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3634 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3635 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
3636 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
3638 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3640 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3641 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3642 Pathname "path"]), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3644 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3646 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
3647 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
3648 of the link itself.");
3650 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3652 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3654 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3655 of the file C<path>.
3657 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3659 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3661 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3663 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
3664 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
3665 of the link itself.");
3667 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", []), 147, [],
3671 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
3672 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
3673 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
3675 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 148, [],
3676 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
3677 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
3678 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
3679 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
3682 "create a mountpoint",
3684 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
3685 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
3686 before mounting the first filesystem.
3688 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
3689 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
3690 read-only filesystems together.
3692 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
3693 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
3694 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
3697 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
3700 mkmountpoint /squash
3703 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /squash
3704 mount-loop /squash/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3
3706 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3 mountpoint.");
3708 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 149, [],
3710 "remove a mountpoint",
3712 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
3713 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
3714 for full details.");
3716 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"]), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3717 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
3718 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi");
3719 (* Test various near large, large and too large files (RHBZ#589039). *)
3720 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3722 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194303"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1 *)
3723 ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
3724 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3726 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "4194304"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX *)
3727 ["read_file"; "/a"]]);
3728 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3730 ["truncate_size"; "/a"; "41943040"]; (* GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX * 10 *)
3731 ["read_file"; "/a"]])],
3734 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
3737 Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
3738 handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
3739 However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
3740 in the total size of file that can be handled.");
3742 ("grep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 151, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3743 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3744 [["grep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"]);
3745 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3746 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/test-grep.txt"]], []);
3747 (* Test for RHBZ#579608, absolute symbolic links. *)
3748 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3749 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/abssymlink"]], [])],
3750 "return lines matching a pattern",
3752 This calls the external C<grep> program and returns the
3755 ("egrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 152, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3756 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3757 [["egrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3758 "return lines matching a pattern",
3760 This calls the external C<egrep> program and returns the