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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 #load "xml-light.cma";;
50 type style = ret * args
52 (* "RErr" as a return value means an int used as a simple error
53 * indication, ie. 0 or -1.
57 (* "RInt" as a return value means an int which is -1 for error
58 * or any value >= 0 on success. Only use this for smallish
59 * positive ints (0 <= i < 2^30).
63 (* "RInt64" is the same as RInt, but is guaranteed to be able
64 * to return a full 64 bit value, _except_ that -1 means error
65 * (so -1 cannot be a valid, non-error return value).
69 (* "RBool" is a bool return value which can be true/false or
74 (* "RConstString" is a string that refers to a constant value.
75 * The return value must NOT be NULL (since NULL indicates
78 * Try to avoid using this. In particular you cannot use this
79 * for values returned from the daemon, because there is no
80 * thread-safe way to return them in the C API.
82 | RConstString of string
84 (* "RConstOptString" is an even more broken version of
85 * "RConstString". The returned string may be NULL and there
86 * is no way to return an error indication. Avoid using this!
88 | RConstOptString of string
90 (* "RString" is a returned string. It must NOT be NULL, since
91 * a NULL return indicates an error. The caller frees this.
95 (* "RStringList" is a list of strings. No string in the list
96 * can be NULL. The caller frees the strings and the array.
98 | RStringList of string
100 (* "RStruct" is a function which returns a single named structure
101 * or an error indication (in C, a struct, and in other languages
102 * with varying representations, but usually very efficient). See
103 * after the function list below for the structures.
105 | RStruct of string * string (* name of retval, name of struct *)
107 (* "RStructList" is a function which returns either a list/array
108 * of structures (could be zero-length), or an error indication.
110 | RStructList of string * string (* name of retval, name of struct *)
112 (* Key-value pairs of untyped strings. Turns into a hashtable or
113 * dictionary in languages which support it. DON'T use this as a
114 * general "bucket" for results. Prefer a stronger typed return
115 * value if one is available, or write a custom struct. Don't use
116 * this if the list could potentially be very long, since it is
117 * inefficient. Keys should be unique. NULLs are not permitted.
119 | RHashtable of string
121 (* "RBufferOut" is handled almost exactly like RString, but
122 * it allows the string to contain arbitrary 8 bit data including
123 * ASCII NUL. In the C API this causes an implicit extra parameter
124 * to be added of type <size_t *size_r>. The extra parameter
125 * returns the actual size of the return buffer in bytes.
127 * Other programming languages support strings with arbitrary 8 bit
130 * At the RPC layer we have to use the opaque<> type instead of
131 * string<>. Returned data is still limited to the max message
134 | RBufferOut of string
136 and args = argt list (* Function parameters, guestfs handle is implicit. *)
138 (* Note in future we should allow a "variable args" parameter as
139 * the final parameter, to allow commands like
140 * chmod mode file [file(s)...]
141 * This is not implemented yet, but many commands (such as chmod)
142 * are currently defined with the argument order keeping this future
143 * possibility in mind.
146 | String of string (* const char *name, cannot be NULL *)
147 | Device of string (* /dev device name, cannot be NULL *)
148 | Pathname of string (* file name, cannot be NULL *)
149 | Dev_or_Path of string (* /dev device name or Pathname, cannot be NULL *)
150 | OptString of string (* const char *name, may be NULL *)
151 | StringList of string(* list of strings (each string cannot be NULL) *)
152 | DeviceList of string(* list of Device names (each cannot be NULL) *)
153 | Bool of string (* boolean *)
154 | Int of string (* int (smallish ints, signed, <= 31 bits) *)
155 | Int64 of string (* any 64 bit int *)
156 (* These are treated as filenames (simple string parameters) in
157 * the C API and bindings. But in the RPC protocol, we transfer
158 * the actual file content up to or down from the daemon.
159 * FileIn: local machine -> daemon (in request)
160 * FileOut: daemon -> local machine (in reply)
161 * In guestfish (only), the special name "-" means read from
162 * stdin or write to stdout.
167 (* Opaque buffer which can contain arbitrary 8 bit data.
168 * In the C API, this is expressed as <char *, int> 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.
180 | ProtocolLimitWarning (* display warning about protocol size limits *)
181 | DangerWillRobinson (* flags particularly dangerous commands *)
182 | FishAlias of string (* provide an alias for this cmd in guestfish *)
183 | FishAction of string (* call this function in guestfish *)
184 | NotInFish (* do not export via guestfish *)
185 | NotInDocs (* do not add this function to documentation *)
186 | DeprecatedBy of string (* function is deprecated, use .. instead *)
187 | Optional of string (* function is part of an optional group *)
189 (* You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call.
191 * Note that the test environment has 3 block devices, of size 500MB,
192 * 50MB and 10MB (respectively /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc), and
193 * a fourth ISO block device with some known files on it (/dev/sdd).
195 * Note for partitioning purposes, the 500MB device has 1015 cylinders.
196 * Number of cylinders was 63 for IDE emulated disks with precisely
197 * the same size. How exactly this is calculated is a mystery.
199 * The ISO block device (/dev/sdd) comes from images/test.iso.
201 * To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time,
202 * the virtual machine and block devices are reused between tests.
203 * So don't try testing kill_subprocess :-x
205 * Between each test we blockdev-setrw, umount-all, lvm-remove-all.
207 * Don't assume anything about the previous contents of the block
208 * devices. Use 'Init*' to create some initial scenarios.
210 * You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This
211 * is a run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be
212 * skipped. Useful if testing a command which might not work on
213 * all variations of libguestfs builds. A test that has prerequisite
214 * of 'Always' is run unconditionally.
216 * In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting the
217 * environment variables: eg:
218 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1 SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1 (skips test #3 of command)
219 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1 SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1 (skips all zerofree tests)
221 type tests = (test_init * test_prereq * test) list
223 (* Run the command sequence and just expect nothing to fail. *)
226 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
227 * command to be the string.
229 | TestOutput of seq * string
231 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
232 * command to be the list of strings.
234 | TestOutputList of seq * string list
236 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
237 * command to be the list of block devices (could be either
238 * "/dev/sd.." or "/dev/hd.." form - we don't check the 5th
239 * character of each string).
241 | TestOutputListOfDevices of seq * string list
243 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
244 * command to be the integer.
246 | TestOutputInt of seq * int
248 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
249 * command to be <op> <int>, eg. ">=", "1".
251 | TestOutputIntOp of seq * string * int
253 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
254 * command to be a true value (!= 0 or != NULL).
256 | TestOutputTrue of seq
258 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
259 * command to be a false value (== 0 or == NULL, but not an error).
261 | TestOutputFalse of seq
263 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
264 * command to be a list of the given length (but don't care about
267 | TestOutputLength of seq * int
269 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
270 * command to be a buffer (RBufferOut), ie. string + size.
272 | TestOutputBuffer of seq * string
274 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
275 * command to be a structure.
277 | TestOutputStruct of seq * test_field_compare list
279 (* Run the command sequence and expect the final command (only)
282 | TestLastFail of seq
284 and test_field_compare =
285 | CompareWithInt of string * int
286 | CompareWithIntOp of string * string * int
287 | CompareWithString of string * string
288 | CompareFieldsIntEq of string * string
289 | CompareFieldsStrEq of string * string
291 (* Test prerequisites. *)
293 (* Test always runs. *)
296 (* Test is currently disabled - eg. it fails, or it tests some
297 * unimplemented feature.
301 (* 'string' is some C code (a function body) that should return
302 * true or false. The test will run if the code returns true.
306 (* As for 'If' but the test runs _unless_ the code returns true. *)
309 (* Some initial scenarios for testing. *)
311 (* Do nothing, block devices could contain random stuff including
312 * LVM PVs, and some filesystems might be mounted. This is usually
317 (* Block devices are empty and no filesystems are mounted. *)
320 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, with random
321 * content. /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
326 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, which is formatted
327 * as ext2, empty [except for lost+found] and mounted on /.
328 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
334 * /dev/sda1 (is a PV):
335 * /dev/VG/LV (size 8MB):
336 * formatted as ext2, empty [except for lost+found], mounted on /
337 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
341 (* /dev/sdd (the ISO, see images/ directory in source)
346 (* Sequence of commands for testing. *)
348 and cmd = string list
350 (* Note about long descriptions: When referring to another
351 * action, use the format C<guestfs_other> (ie. the full name of
352 * the C function). This will be replaced as appropriate in other
355 * Apart from that, long descriptions are just perldoc paragraphs.
358 (* Generate a random UUID (used in tests). *)
360 let chan = open_process_in "uuidgen" in
361 let uuid = input_line chan in
362 (match close_process_in chan with
365 failwith "uuidgen: process exited with non-zero status"
366 | WSIGNALED _ | WSTOPPED _ ->
367 failwith "uuidgen: process signalled or stopped by signal"
371 (* These test functions are used in the language binding tests. *)
373 let test_all_args = [
376 StringList "strlist";
384 let test_all_rets = [
385 (* except for RErr, which is tested thoroughly elsewhere *)
386 "test0rint", RInt "valout";
387 "test0rint64", RInt64 "valout";
388 "test0rbool", RBool "valout";
389 "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
390 "test0rconstoptstring", RConstOptString "valout";
391 "test0rstring", RString "valout";
392 "test0rstringlist", RStringList "valout";
393 "test0rstruct", RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
394 "test0rstructlist", RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
395 "test0rhashtable", RHashtable "valout";
398 let test_functions = [
399 ("test0", (RErr, test_all_args), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
401 "internal test function - do not use",
403 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
404 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
405 parameter type correctly.
407 It echos the contents of each parameter to stdout.
409 You probably don't want to call this function.");
413 [(name, (ret, [String "val"]), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
415 "internal test function - do not use",
417 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
418 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
419 return type correctly.
421 It converts string C<val> to the return type.
423 You probably don't want to call this function.");
424 (name ^ "err", (ret, []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
426 "internal test function - do not use",
428 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
429 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
430 return type correctly.
432 This function always returns an error.
434 You probably don't want to call this function.")]
438 (* non_daemon_functions are any functions which don't get processed
439 * in the daemon, eg. functions for setting and getting local
440 * configuration values.
443 let non_daemon_functions = test_functions @ [
444 ("launch", (RErr, []), -1, [FishAlias "run"; FishAction "launch"],
446 "launch the qemu subprocess",
448 Internally libguestfs is implemented by running a virtual machine
451 You should call this after configuring the handle
452 (eg. adding drives) but before performing any actions.");
454 ("wait_ready", (RErr, []), -1, [NotInFish],
456 "wait until the qemu subprocess launches (no op)",
458 This function is a no op.
460 In versions of the API E<lt> 1.0.71 you had to call this function
461 just after calling C<guestfs_launch> to wait for the launch
462 to complete. However this is no longer necessary because
463 C<guestfs_launch> now does the waiting.
465 If you see any calls to this function in code then you can just
466 remove them, unless you want to retain compatibility with older
467 versions of the API.");
469 ("kill_subprocess", (RErr, []), -1, [],
471 "kill the qemu subprocess",
473 This kills the qemu subprocess. You should never need to call this.");
475 ("add_drive", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
477 "add an image to examine or modify",
479 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to the
480 guest. The first time you call this function, the disk appears as IDE
481 disk 0 (C</dev/sda>) in the guest, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
484 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
485 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
486 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
487 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
490 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
491 C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=...>.
492 C<cache=off> is omitted in cases where it is not supported by
493 the underlying filesystem.
495 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
496 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
497 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
498 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
500 ("add_cdrom", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "cdrom"],
502 "add a CD-ROM disk image to examine",
504 This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
506 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
508 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
509 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
510 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
511 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
513 ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
515 "add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)",
517 This adds a drive in snapshot mode, making it effectively
520 Note that writes to the device are allowed, and will be seen for
521 the duration of the guestfs handle, but they are written
522 to a temporary file which is discarded as soon as the guestfs
523 handle is closed. We don't currently have any method to enable
524 changes to be committed, although qemu can support this.
526 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
527 C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,if=...>.
529 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
530 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
531 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
532 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
534 ("config", (RErr, [String "qemuparam"; OptString "qemuvalue"]), -1, [],
536 "add qemu parameters",
538 This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters
539 of the form C<-param value>. Actually it's not quite arbitrary - we
540 prevent you from setting some parameters which would interfere with
541 parameters that we use.
543 The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
545 C<value> can be NULL.");
547 ("set_qemu", (RErr, [String "qemu"]), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
549 "set the qemu binary",
551 Set the qemu binary that we will use.
553 The default is chosen when the library was compiled by the
556 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
557 environment variable.
559 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.");
561 ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", []), -1, [],
562 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
564 "get the qemu binary",
566 Return the current qemu binary.
568 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
569 return the default qemu binary name.");
571 ("set_path", (RErr, [String "searchpath"]), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
573 "set the search path",
575 Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img.
577 The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting
578 C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
580 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
582 ("get_path", (RConstString "path", []), -1, [],
583 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
585 "get the search path",
587 Return the current search path.
589 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
590 return the default path.");
592 ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"]), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
594 "add options to kernel command line",
596 This function is used to add additional options to the
597 guest kernel command line.
599 The default is C<NULL> unless overridden by setting
600 C<LIBGUESTFS_APPEND> environment variable.
602 Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
603 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
605 ("get_append", (RConstOptString "append", []), -1, [],
606 (* This cannot be tested with the current framework. The
607 * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
608 * test framework interprets as an error.
611 "get the additional kernel options",
613 Return the additional kernel options which are added to the
614 guest kernel command line.
616 If C<NULL> then no options are added.");
618 ("set_autosync", (RErr, [Bool "autosync"]), -1, [FishAlias "autosync"],
622 If C<autosync> is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
623 best effort attempt to run C<guestfs_umount_all> followed by
624 C<guestfs_sync> when the handle is closed
625 (also if the program exits without closing handles).
627 This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where it is
628 enabled by default).");
630 ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", []), -1, [],
631 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
632 [["get_autosync"]])],
635 Get the autosync flag.");
637 ("set_verbose", (RErr, [Bool "verbose"]), -1, [FishAlias "verbose"],
641 If C<verbose> is true, this turns on verbose messages (to C<stderr>).
643 Verbose messages are disabled unless the environment variable
644 C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.");
646 ("get_verbose", (RBool "verbose", []), -1, [],
650 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
652 ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", []), -1, [],
653 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
655 "is ready to accept commands",
657 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
658 (in the C<READY> state).
660 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
662 ("is_config", (RBool "config", []), -1, [],
663 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
665 "is in configuration state",
667 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
668 (in the C<CONFIG> state).
670 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
672 ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", []), -1, [],
673 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
674 [["is_launching"]])],
675 "is launching subprocess",
677 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
678 (in the C<LAUNCHING> state).
680 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
682 ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", []), -1, [],
683 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
685 "is busy processing a command",
687 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
688 (in the C<BUSY> state).
690 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
692 ("get_state", (RInt "state", []), -1, [],
694 "get the current state",
696 This returns the current state as an opaque integer. This is
697 only useful for printing debug and internal error messages.
699 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
701 ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"]), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
702 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
703 [["set_memsize"; "500"];
704 ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
705 "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
707 This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
708 qemu subprocess. This only has any effect if called before
711 You can also change this by setting the environment
712 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
715 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
716 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
718 ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", []), -1, [],
719 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
720 [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
721 "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
723 This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
726 If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
727 on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
728 then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
730 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
731 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
733 ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
734 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
735 [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
736 "get PID of qemu subprocess",
738 Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess. If there is no
739 qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
741 This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
743 ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), []), -1, [],
744 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
745 [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
746 "get the library version number",
748 Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
751 Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
752 the version of libguestfs that you compiled against. You can
753 compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
754 against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
756 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous
757 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
758 number. From C code you can use ELF weak linking tricks to find out if
759 this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then it's an earlier version).
761 The call returns a structure with four elements. The first
762 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
763 correspond to the usual version triplet. The fourth element
764 (C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
765 used for distro-specific information.
767 To construct the original version string:
768 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
770 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
771 of features. Distro backports makes this unreliable. Use
772 C<guestfs_available> instead.");
774 ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
775 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
776 [["set_selinux"; "true"];
778 "set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot",
780 This sets the selinux flag that is passed to the appliance
781 at boot time. The default is C<selinux=0> (disabled).
783 Note that if SELinux is enabled, it is always in
784 Permissive mode (C<enforcing=0>).
786 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
787 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
789 ("get_selinux", (RBool "selinux", []), -1, [],
791 "get SELinux enabled flag",
793 This returns the current setting of the selinux flag which
794 is passed to the appliance at boot time. See C<guestfs_set_selinux>.
796 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
797 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
799 ("set_trace", (RErr, [Bool "trace"]), -1, [FishAlias "trace"],
800 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
801 [["set_trace"; "false"];
803 "enable or disable command traces",
805 If the command trace flag is set to 1, then commands are
806 printed on stdout before they are executed in a format
807 which is very similar to the one used by guestfish. In
808 other words, you can run a program with this enabled, and
809 you will get out a script which you can feed to guestfish
810 to perform the same set of actions.
812 If you want to trace C API calls into libguestfs (and
813 other libraries) then possibly a better way is to use
814 the external ltrace(1) command.
816 Command traces are disabled unless the environment variable
817 C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE> is defined and set to C<1>.");
819 ("get_trace", (RBool "trace", []), -1, [],
821 "get command trace enabled flag",
823 Return the command trace flag.");
825 ("set_direct", (RErr, [Bool "direct"]), -1, [FishAlias "direct"],
826 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
827 [["set_direct"; "false"];
829 "enable or disable direct appliance mode",
831 If the direct appliance mode flag is enabled, then stdin and
832 stdout are passed directly through to the appliance once it
835 One consequence of this is that log messages aren't caught
836 by the library and handled by C<guestfs_set_log_message_callback>,
837 but go straight to stdout.
839 You probably don't want to use this unless you know what you
842 The default is disabled.");
844 ("get_direct", (RBool "direct", []), -1, [],
846 "get direct appliance mode flag",
848 Return the direct appliance mode flag.");
850 ("set_recovery_proc", (RErr, [Bool "recoveryproc"]), -1, [FishAlias "recovery-proc"],
851 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
852 [["set_recovery_proc"; "true"];
853 ["get_recovery_proc"]])],
854 "enable or disable the recovery process",
856 If this is called with the parameter C<false> then
857 C<guestfs_launch> does not create a recovery process. The
858 purpose of the recovery process is to stop runaway qemu
859 processes in the case where the main program aborts abruptly.
861 This only has any effect if called before C<guestfs_launch>,
862 and the default is true.
864 About the only time when you would want to disable this is
865 if the main process will fork itself into the background
866 (\"daemonize\" itself). In this case the recovery process
867 thinks that the main program has disappeared and so kills
868 qemu, which is not very helpful.");
870 ("get_recovery_proc", (RBool "recoveryproc", []), -1, [],
872 "get recovery process enabled flag",
874 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
878 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
879 * to take place in the daemon.
882 let daemon_functions = [
883 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 1, [],
884 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
885 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
886 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
887 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
888 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
889 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
890 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
892 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
893 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
894 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
895 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
898 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
899 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
900 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
903 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
904 on the underlying device.
906 The filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime> are set with this
907 call, in order to improve reliability.");
909 ("sync", (RErr, []), 2, [],
910 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
911 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
913 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
914 underlying disk image.
916 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
917 closing the handle.");
919 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 3, [],
920 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
922 ["exists"; "/new"]])],
923 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
925 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
926 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
927 to create a new zero-length file.");
929 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"]), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
930 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
931 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
932 "list the contents of a file",
934 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
936 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
937 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
938 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
939 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
941 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 5, [],
942 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
943 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
945 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
947 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
948 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
950 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
951 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
953 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 6, [],
954 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
957 ["touch"; "/newest"];
958 ["ls"; "/"]], ["lost+found"; "new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
959 "list the files in a directory",
961 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
962 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
963 hidden files are shown.
965 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
966 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
968 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", []), 7, [],
969 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
970 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
971 "list the block devices",
973 List all the block devices.
975 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>");
977 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", []), 8, [],
978 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
979 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
980 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
981 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
982 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
983 "list the partitions",
985 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
987 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
989 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
990 call C<guestfs_lvs>.");
992 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
993 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
994 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
995 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
996 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
997 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
998 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
999 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1000 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1001 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1003 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1004 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1006 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1007 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1009 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1011 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1012 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1014 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1015 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1016 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1017 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1018 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1019 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1020 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1021 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1022 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1024 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1025 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1027 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1028 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1030 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1032 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1033 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1034 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1035 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1036 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1037 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1038 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1039 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1040 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1041 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1042 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1043 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1044 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1045 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1046 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1048 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1049 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1051 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1052 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1054 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>.");
1056 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1057 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1058 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1060 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1061 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1063 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1064 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1065 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1067 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1068 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1070 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1071 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1072 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1074 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1075 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1077 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 15, [],
1078 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1079 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1080 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1081 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1082 "read file as lines",
1084 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1086 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1087 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1089 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1090 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1091 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1092 function which has a more complex interface.");
1094 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"]), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1095 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1096 "create a new Augeas handle",
1098 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1099 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1100 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1102 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1105 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1108 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1109 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1114 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1116 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1118 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1120 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1121 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1123 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1125 Typecheck lenses (can be expensive).
1127 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1129 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1131 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1133 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1135 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1137 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1141 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1143 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1145 ("aug_close", (RErr, []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1146 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1147 "close the current Augeas handle",
1149 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1150 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1151 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1152 Augeas functions.");
1154 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"]), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1155 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1156 "define an Augeas variable",
1158 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1159 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1162 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1163 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1165 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"]), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1166 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1167 "define an Augeas node",
1169 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1172 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1173 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1174 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1176 On success this returns a pair containing the
1177 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1178 if a node was created.");
1180 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"]), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1181 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1182 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1184 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1185 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1187 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"]), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1188 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1189 "set Augeas path to value",
1191 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<value>.");
1193 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"]), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1194 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1195 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
1197 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
1198 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
1201 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
1202 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
1203 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
1205 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"]), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
1206 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1207 "remove an Augeas path",
1209 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
1211 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
1213 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"]), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
1214 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1217 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
1218 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
1220 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
1221 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1222 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
1224 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
1225 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
1226 exactly one node in the current tree.");
1228 ("aug_save", (RErr, []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
1229 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1230 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
1232 This writes all pending changes to disk.
1234 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
1235 how files are saved.");
1237 ("aug_load", (RErr, []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
1238 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1239 "load files into the tree",
1241 Load files into the tree.
1243 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
1246 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
1247 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1248 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
1250 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
1251 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
1253 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 29, [],
1254 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1257 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1259 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1264 Remove the single file C<path>.");
1266 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 30, [],
1267 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1270 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1271 [["rmdir"; "/new"]];
1272 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1274 ["rmdir"; "/new"]]],
1275 "remove a directory",
1277 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
1279 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 31, [],
1280 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
1282 ["mkdir"; "/new/foo"];
1283 ["touch"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1285 ["exists"; "/new"]]],
1286 "remove a file or directory recursively",
1288 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
1289 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
1292 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 32, [],
1293 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1295 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1296 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1297 [["mkdir"; "/new/foo/bar"]]],
1298 "create a directory",
1300 Create a directory named C<path>.");
1302 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 33, [],
1303 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1304 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1305 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo/bar"]];
1306 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1307 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1308 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo"]];
1309 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1310 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1311 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1312 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
1313 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1315 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]];
1316 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1318 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]]],
1319 "create a directory and parents",
1321 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
1322 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
1324 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 34, [],
1325 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1328 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
1329 numeric modes are supported.");
1331 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
1332 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1333 "change file owner and group",
1335 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
1337 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
1338 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
1339 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
1341 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"]), 36, [],
1342 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1343 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
1344 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1345 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
1346 "test if file or directory exists",
1348 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
1349 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
1351 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
1353 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"]), 37, [],
1354 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1355 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
1356 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1357 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
1358 "test if file exists",
1360 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file
1361 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1362 other objects like directories.
1364 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1366 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"]), 38, [],
1367 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1368 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
1369 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1370 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
1371 "test if file exists",
1373 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
1374 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1375 other objects like files.
1377 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1379 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
1380 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1381 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1382 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1383 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1384 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1385 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1386 "create an LVM physical volume",
1388 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
1389 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
1392 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"]), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
1393 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1394 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1395 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1396 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1397 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1398 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1399 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1400 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1401 "create an LVM volume group",
1403 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
1404 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
1406 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"]), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
1407 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1408 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1409 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1410 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1411 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1412 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1413 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1414 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1415 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1416 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1417 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
1418 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
1420 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
1421 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
1422 "create an LVM volume group",
1424 This creates an LVM volume group called C<logvol>
1425 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
1427 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 42, [],
1428 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1429 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1430 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1431 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1432 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
1433 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1434 "make a filesystem",
1436 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
1437 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
1440 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
1441 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
1442 StringList "lines"]), 43, [DangerWillRobinson],
1444 "create partitions on a block device",
1446 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
1447 partitions on block devices.
1449 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
1451 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
1452 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
1453 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
1454 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
1455 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
1456 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
1457 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
1459 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
1460 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
1462 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
1463 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
1464 the string C<,> (comma).
1466 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
1467 C<guestfs_part_init>");
1469 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"]), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1470 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1471 [["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
1472 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
1473 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1474 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\nnew file contents\n"; "0"];
1475 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
1476 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1477 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n\n"; "0"];
1478 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n");
1479 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1480 [["write_file"; "/new"; ""; "0"];
1481 ["cat"; "/new"]], "");
1482 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1483 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n\n\n"; "0"];
1484 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n\n");
1485 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1486 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n"; "0"];
1487 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n")],
1490 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
1491 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
1492 with length C<size>.
1494 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
1495 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
1496 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
1498 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
1499 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.
1500 We hope to resolve this bug in a future version. In the meantime
1501 use C<guestfs_upload>.");
1503 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"]), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
1504 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1505 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1506 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1507 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1508 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1509 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1510 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1511 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1512 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1515 "unmount a filesystem",
1517 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
1518 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
1519 contains the filesystem.");
1521 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", []), 46, [],
1522 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1523 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"])],
1524 "show mounted filesystems",
1526 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
1527 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
1529 Some internal mounts are not shown.
1531 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
1533 ("umount_all", (RErr, []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
1534 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1537 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
1538 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1539 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1540 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1541 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
1542 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1543 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1545 ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
1546 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1547 ["mount"; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1548 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
1551 "unmount all filesystems",
1553 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
1555 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
1557 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, []), 48, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "lvm2"],
1559 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
1561 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
1562 and physical volumes.");
1564 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"]), 49, [],
1565 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1566 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
1567 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1568 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
1569 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1570 [["file"; "/notexists"]])],
1571 "determine file type",
1573 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
1574 the type or contents of the file. This also works on devices,
1575 for example to find out whether a partition contains a filesystem.
1577 This call will also transparently look inside various types
1580 The exact command which runs is C<file -zbsL path>. Note in
1581 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
1582 (the C<-b> option).");
1584 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1585 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1586 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1587 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1588 ["command"; "/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
1589 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1590 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1591 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1592 ["command"; "/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
1593 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1594 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1595 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1596 ["command"; "/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
1597 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1598 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1599 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1600 ["command"; "/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
1601 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1602 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1603 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1604 ["command"; "/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
1605 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1606 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1607 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1608 ["command"; "/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
1609 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1610 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1611 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1612 ["command"; "/test-command 7"]], "");
1613 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1614 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1615 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1616 ["command"; "/test-command 8"]], "\n");
1617 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1618 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1619 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1620 ["command"; "/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
1621 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1622 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1623 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1624 ["command"; "/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
1625 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1626 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1627 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1628 ["command"; "/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
1629 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1630 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1631 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1632 ["command"; "/test-command"]])],
1633 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
1635 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
1636 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
1637 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
1638 or compatible processor architecture).
1640 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
1641 The first element is the name of the program to run.
1642 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
1643 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
1644 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
1645 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
1647 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
1650 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
1651 this function returns an error message. The error message
1652 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
1654 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
1655 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
1656 another location, you should provide the full path in the
1659 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
1660 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
1661 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
1662 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
1665 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"]), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1666 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1667 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1668 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1669 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
1670 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1671 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1672 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1673 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
1674 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1675 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1676 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1677 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
1678 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1679 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1680 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1681 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
1682 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1683 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1684 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1685 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
1686 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1687 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1688 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1689 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
1690 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1691 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1692 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1693 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 7"]], []);
1694 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1695 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1696 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1697 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 8"]], [""]);
1698 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1699 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1700 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1701 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
1702 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1703 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1704 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1705 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
1706 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1707 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1708 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1709 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
1710 "run a command, returning lines",
1712 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
1713 result into a list of lines.
1715 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
1717 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 52, [],
1718 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1719 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
1720 "get file information",
1722 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
1724 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
1726 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 53, [],
1727 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1728 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
1729 "get file information for a symbolic link",
1731 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
1733 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
1734 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
1737 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
1739 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"]), 54, [],
1740 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1741 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
1742 "get file system statistics",
1744 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
1745 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
1746 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
1748 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
1750 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"]), 55, [],
1752 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
1754 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
1755 superblock on C<device>.
1757 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
1758 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
1759 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
1760 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
1762 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 56, [],
1763 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1764 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
1765 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1766 "set block device to read-only",
1768 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
1770 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1772 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 57, [],
1773 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1774 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
1775 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1776 "set block device to read-write",
1778 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
1780 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1782 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"]), 58, [],
1783 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1784 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
1785 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1786 "is block device set to read-only",
1788 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
1789 (true if read-only, false if not).
1791 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1793 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"]), 59, [],
1794 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1795 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
1796 "get sectorsize of block device",
1798 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
1799 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
1801 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
1804 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1806 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"]), 60, [],
1807 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1808 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
1809 "get blocksize of block device",
1811 This returns the block size of a device.
1813 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
1814 I<filesystem block size>).
1816 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1818 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"]), 61, [],
1820 "set blocksize of block device",
1822 This sets the block size of a device.
1824 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
1825 I<filesystem block size>).
1827 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1829 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"]), 62, [],
1830 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1831 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
1832 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
1834 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
1835 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
1837 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
1838 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
1839 useful I<size in bytes>.
1841 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1843 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"]), 63, [],
1844 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1845 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
1846 "get total size of device in bytes",
1848 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
1850 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
1852 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1854 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 64, [],
1855 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
1856 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
1857 "flush device buffers",
1859 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
1862 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1864 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 65, [],
1865 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
1866 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
1867 "reread partition table",
1869 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
1871 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1873 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"]), 66, [],
1874 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1875 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
1876 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
1877 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]],
1878 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
1879 "upload a file from the local machine",
1881 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
1884 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
1886 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
1888 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [],
1889 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1890 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
1891 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
1892 ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
1893 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
1894 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]],
1895 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
1896 "download a file to the local machine",
1898 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
1899 on the local machine.
1901 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
1903 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
1905 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"]), 68, [],
1906 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1907 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
1908 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1909 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
1910 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1911 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
1912 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1913 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
1914 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1915 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
1916 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1917 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
1918 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1919 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
1920 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1921 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6")],
1922 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
1924 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
1927 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
1928 parameter which must have one of the following values:
1934 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
1935 for the C<cksum> command.
1939 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
1943 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
1947 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
1951 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
1955 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
1959 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
1963 The checksum is returned as a printable string.");
1965 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; String "directory"]), 69, [],
1966 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1967 [["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/"];
1968 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
1969 "unpack tarfile to directory",
1971 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
1972 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
1974 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>.");
1976 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"]), 70, [],
1978 "pack directory into tarfile",
1980 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
1981 it to local file C<tarfile>.
1983 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>.");
1985 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; String "directory"]), 71, [],
1986 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1987 [["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/"];
1988 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
1989 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
1991 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
1992 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
1994 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
1996 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"]), 72, [],
1998 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2000 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2001 it to local file C<tarball>.
2003 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2005 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 73, [],
2006 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2008 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2009 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2010 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2011 [["write_file"; "/new"; "data"; "0"];
2013 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2014 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2015 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2017 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2018 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2020 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 74, [],
2022 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2024 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2025 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2026 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.");
2028 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 75, [],
2030 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2032 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2033 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2034 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2036 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"]), 76, [],
2038 "debugging and internals",
2040 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2041 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2044 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2045 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2046 to find out what you can do.");
2048 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2049 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2050 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2051 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2052 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2053 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2054 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2055 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2056 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2057 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2058 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2059 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2060 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2061 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2062 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2063 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2065 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2066 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2067 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2068 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2069 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2070 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2071 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2073 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2075 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2076 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2078 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2079 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2081 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"]), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2082 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2083 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2084 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2085 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2086 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2087 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2090 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2091 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2092 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2093 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2094 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2095 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2098 "remove an LVM volume group",
2100 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2102 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2105 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2106 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2107 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2108 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2109 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2110 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2111 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2113 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2115 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2116 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2117 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2118 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2119 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2120 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2122 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2124 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2125 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2126 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2127 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2128 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2129 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2131 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2133 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2135 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2138 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
2139 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
2140 to remove those first.");
2142 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"]), 80, [],
2143 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2144 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
2145 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
2146 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2148 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2149 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
2152 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
2153 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
2155 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 81, [],
2157 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2159 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2162 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"]), 82, [],
2163 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2164 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2165 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
2166 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
2167 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2168 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
2169 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
2170 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
2171 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2172 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
2173 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2174 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
2175 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2177 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2178 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
2179 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
2180 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
2182 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
2183 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
2185 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 83, [],
2187 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2189 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2192 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 84, [],
2193 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2194 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2195 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2196 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2197 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2198 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2199 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
2200 "run the filesystem checker",
2202 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
2203 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
2205 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
2206 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
2214 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
2218 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
2219 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
2223 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
2228 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
2230 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 85, [],
2231 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2232 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2233 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2234 ["file"; "/dev/sda1"]], "data")],
2235 "write zeroes to the device",
2237 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
2239 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
2240 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
2241 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
2243 See also: C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
2245 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"]), 86, [],
2246 (* Test disabled because grub-install incompatible with virtio-blk driver.
2247 * See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
2249 [InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputTrue (
2250 [["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/sda1"];
2251 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
2254 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
2255 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.");
2257 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 87, [],
2258 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2259 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2260 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2261 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2262 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2263 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2264 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2265 ["is_file"; "/old"]]);
2266 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2267 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2269 ["cp"; "/old"; "/dir/new"];
2270 ["cat"; "/dir/new"]], "file content")],
2273 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2274 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2276 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 88, [],
2277 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2278 [["mkdir"; "/olddir"];
2279 ["mkdir"; "/newdir"];
2280 ["write_file"; "/olddir/file"; "file content"; "0"];
2281 ["cp_a"; "/olddir"; "/newdir"];
2282 ["cat"; "/newdir/olddir/file"]], "file content")],
2283 "copy a file or directory recursively",
2285 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
2286 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
2288 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 89, [],
2289 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2290 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2291 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2292 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2293 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2294 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2295 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2296 ["is_file"; "/old"]])],
2299 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2300 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2302 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"]), 90, [],
2303 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2304 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
2305 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
2307 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
2308 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
2309 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
2310 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
2312 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
2314 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
2315 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
2317 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", []), 91, [],
2318 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2320 "return kernel messages",
2322 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
2323 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
2324 debugging of problems.
2326 Another way to get the same information is to enable
2327 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
2328 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
2329 running the program.");
2331 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, []), 92, [],
2332 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2333 [["ping_daemon"]])],
2334 "ping the guest daemon",
2336 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
2337 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
2338 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
2339 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
2341 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"]), 93, [],
2342 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2343 [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
2344 ["cp"; "/file1"; "/file2"];
2345 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2346 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2347 [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
2348 ["write_file"; "/file2"; "contents of another file"; "0"];
2349 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2350 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2351 [["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]])],
2352 "test if two files have equal contents",
2354 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
2355 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
2357 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
2359 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"]), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2360 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2361 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
2362 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2363 [["strings"; "/empty"]], [])],
2364 "print the printable strings in a file",
2366 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
2367 the list of printable strings found.");
2369 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"]), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2370 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2371 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
2372 InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputList (
2373 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"; "24"];
2374 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/new"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
2375 "print the printable strings in a file",
2377 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
2378 specify the encoding.
2380 See the L<strings(1)> manpage for the full list of encodings.
2382 Commonly useful encodings are C<l> (lower case L) which will
2383 show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
2385 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
2387 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"]), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2388 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2389 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
2390 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
2391 * commands to segfault.
2393 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2394 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]])],
2395 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
2397 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
2398 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
2400 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
2401 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2402 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2403 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
2404 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2405 ["write_file"; "/new"; "test file"; "0"];
2406 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2407 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
2408 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2409 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
2410 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
2412 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
2413 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
2414 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
2417 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
2420 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
2421 or data on the filesystem.");
2423 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
2425 "resize an LVM physical volume",
2427 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
2428 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
2430 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
2431 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2432 String "line"]), 99, [DangerWillRobinson],
2434 "modify a single partition on a block device",
2436 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
2437 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
2439 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
2440 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
2442 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
2444 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 100, [],
2446 "display the partition table",
2448 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
2449 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
2450 not intended to be parsed.
2452 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
2454 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 101, [],
2456 "display the kernel geometry",
2458 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
2460 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2463 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 102, [],
2465 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
2467 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
2468 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
2469 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
2470 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
2472 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2475 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"]), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
2477 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
2479 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2480 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
2481 If activated, then they are made known to the
2482 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2483 then those devices disappear.
2485 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
2487 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"]), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
2489 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
2491 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2492 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
2493 If activated, then they are made known to the
2494 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2495 then those devices disappear.
2497 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
2499 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
2500 are activated or deactivated.");
2502 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"]), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
2503 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2504 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2505 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2506 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2507 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
2508 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2509 ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2510 ["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
2512 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
2513 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2514 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2515 ["mount"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2516 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content")],
2517 "resize an LVM logical volume",
2519 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
2520 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
2523 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 106, [],
2524 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2525 "resize an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2527 This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of
2528 the underlying device.
2530 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
2531 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
2532 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
2533 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
2534 calling this function.");
2536 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"]), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2537 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2538 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
2539 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2543 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
2544 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2545 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2546 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2547 ["find"; "/a/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
2548 "find all files and directories",
2550 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
2551 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
2552 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
2553 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
2555 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
2556 if the directory structure was:
2562 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
2570 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
2573 The returned list is sorted.
2575 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
2577 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 108, [],
2578 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2579 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2581 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
2582 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>),
2583 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>).
2585 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
2586 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
2588 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"]), 109, [],
2589 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
2591 "sleep for some seconds",
2593 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
2595 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"]), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
2596 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2597 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2598 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
2599 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2600 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2601 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2602 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2603 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
2604 "probe NTFS volume",
2606 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
2607 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
2608 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
2610 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
2611 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
2612 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
2614 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
2615 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
2616 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
2618 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"]), 111, [],
2619 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2620 "run a command via the shell",
2622 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
2625 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
2627 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
2629 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
2630 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
2633 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
2635 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"]), 112, [],
2636 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2637 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
2639 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
2640 into a list of lines.
2642 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
2644 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"]), 113, [],
2645 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
2646 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
2647 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
2649 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2650 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2651 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2652 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2653 ["glob_expand"; "/a/b/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
2654 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2655 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2656 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2657 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2658 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
2659 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2660 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2661 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2662 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2663 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/x/*"]], [])],
2664 "expand a wildcard path",
2666 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
2667 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
2670 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
2671 (note: not an error).
2673 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
2674 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
2675 See that manual page for more details.");
2677 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 114, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "scrub"],
2678 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
2679 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
2680 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
2682 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
2685 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2686 manual page for more details.");
2688 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
2689 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2690 [["write_file"; "/file"; "content"; "0"];
2691 ["scrub_file"; "/file"]])],
2692 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
2694 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
2697 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
2699 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2700 manual page for more details.");
2702 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"]), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
2703 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
2704 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
2706 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
2707 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
2708 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
2709 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
2712 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2713 manual page for more details.");
2715 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"]), 117, [],
2716 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2718 ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
2719 "create a temporary directory",
2721 This command creates a temporary directory. The
2722 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
2723 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
2726 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
2727 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
2729 The name of the temporary directory that was created
2732 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
2733 and is owned by root.
2735 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
2736 directory and its contents after use.
2738 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
2740 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 118, [],
2741 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2742 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
2743 "count lines in a file",
2745 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
2746 C<wc -l> external command.");
2748 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"]), 119, [],
2749 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2750 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
2751 "count words in a file",
2753 This command counts the words in a file, using the
2754 C<wc -w> external command.");
2756 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"]), 120, [],
2757 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2758 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
2759 "count characters in a file",
2761 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
2762 C<wc -c> external command.");
2764 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2765 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2766 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
2767 "return first 10 lines of a file",
2769 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
2770 a list of strings.");
2772 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2773 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2774 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2775 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2776 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2777 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2778 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
2779 "return first N lines of a file",
2781 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
2782 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
2784 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
2785 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
2787 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
2789 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2790 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2791 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
2792 "return last 10 lines of a file",
2794 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
2795 a list of strings.");
2797 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2798 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2799 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2800 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2801 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2802 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2803 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
2804 "return last N lines of a file",
2806 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
2807 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
2809 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
2810 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
2812 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
2814 ("df", (RString "output", []), 125, [],
2815 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
2816 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
2818 "report file system disk space usage",
2820 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
2822 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
2823 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
2824 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
2826 ("df_h", (RString "output", []), 126, [],
2827 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
2828 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
2830 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
2832 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
2833 in human-readable format.
2835 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
2836 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
2837 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
2839 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"]), 127, [],
2840 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2841 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
2842 "estimate file space usage",
2844 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
2847 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
2848 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
2849 subdirectories (recursively).
2851 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
2852 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
2854 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"]), 128, [],
2855 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2856 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
2857 "list files in an initrd",
2859 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
2861 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
2862 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
2863 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
2865 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
2866 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
2867 format (compressed cpio files).");
2869 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"]), 129, [],
2871 "mount a file using the loop device",
2873 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
2874 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
2875 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
2877 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 130, [],
2878 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2879 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2880 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2881 "create a swap partition",
2883 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
2885 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"]), 131, [],
2886 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2887 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2888 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2889 "create a swap partition with a label",
2891 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
2893 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
2894 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
2895 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
2897 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"]), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
2898 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2899 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2900 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2901 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
2902 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
2904 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
2906 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
2907 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2908 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/node"];
2909 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
2910 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
2911 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2912 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/node"];
2913 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
2914 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
2916 This call creates block or character special devices, or
2917 named pipes (FIFOs).
2919 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
2920 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
2921 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
2922 and character special devices.");
2924 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
2925 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2926 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/node"];
2927 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
2928 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
2930 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
2931 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
2932 C<guestfs_mknod>.");
2934 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
2935 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2936 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
2937 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
2938 "make block device node",
2940 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
2941 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
2942 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
2944 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
2945 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2946 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
2947 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
2948 "make char device node",
2950 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
2951 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
2952 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
2954 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [],
2955 [], (* XXX umask is one of those stateful things that we should
2956 * reset between each test.
2958 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
2960 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
2961 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
2963 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
2964 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
2965 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
2966 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
2968 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
2969 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
2970 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
2972 See also L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
2974 This call returns the previous umask.");
2976 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"]), 138, [],
2978 "read directories entries",
2980 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
2982 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
2983 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
2984 order as the underlying filesystem.
2986 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
2987 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3025 The L<readdir(3)> returned a C<d_type> field with an
3030 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
3031 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
3032 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
3034 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"]), 139, [DangerWillRobinson],
3036 "create partitions on a block device",
3038 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
3039 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
3040 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
3041 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
3042 were rarely if ever used anyway.
3044 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
3045 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
3047 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"]), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
3049 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
3051 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
3054 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
3056 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
3057 process compressed files.");
3059 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3061 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3063 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
3066 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
3067 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
3069 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
3071 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3073 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3075 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
3076 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
3077 of the link itself.");
3079 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3080 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3081 Pathname "path"]), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3083 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3085 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3086 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
3087 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
3089 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3091 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3092 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3093 Pathname "path"]), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3095 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3097 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
3098 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
3099 of the link itself.");
3101 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3103 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3105 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3106 of the file C<path>.
3108 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3110 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3112 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3114 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
3115 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
3116 of the link itself.");
3118 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", []), 147, [],
3122 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
3123 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
3124 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
3126 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 148, [],
3127 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
3128 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
3129 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
3130 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
3133 "create a mountpoint",
3135 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
3136 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
3137 before mounting the first filesystem.
3139 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
3140 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
3141 read-only filesystems together.
3143 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
3144 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
3145 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
3148 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
3151 mkmountpoint /squash
3154 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /squash
3155 mount-loop /squash/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3
3157 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3 mountpoint.");
3159 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 149, [],
3161 "remove a mountpoint",
3163 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
3164 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
3165 for full details.");
3167 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"]), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3168 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
3169 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
3172 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
3175 Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
3176 handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
3177 However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
3178 in the total size of file that can be handled.");
3180 ("grep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 151, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3181 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3182 [["grep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"]);
3183 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3184 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/test-grep.txt"]], [])],
3185 "return lines matching a pattern",
3187 This calls the external C<grep> program and returns the
3190 ("egrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 152, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3191 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3192 [["egrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3193 "return lines matching a pattern",
3195 This calls the external C<egrep> program and returns the
3198 ("fgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 153, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3199 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3200 [["fgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3201 "return lines matching a pattern",
3203 This calls the external C<fgrep> program and returns the
3206 ("grepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 154, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3207 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3208 [["grepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3209 "return lines matching a pattern",
3211 This calls the external C<grep -i> program and returns the
3214 ("egrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 155, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3215 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3216 [["egrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3217 "return lines matching a pattern",
3219 This calls the external C<egrep -i> program and returns the
3222 ("fgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 156, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3223 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3224 [["fgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3225 "return lines matching a pattern",
3227 This calls the external C<fgrep -i> program and returns the
3230 ("zgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 157, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3231 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3232 [["zgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3233 "return lines matching a pattern",
3235 This calls the external C<zgrep> program and returns the
3238 ("zegrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 158, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3239 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3240 [["zegrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3241 "return lines matching a pattern",
3243 This calls the external C<zegrep> program and returns the
3246 ("zfgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 159, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3247 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3248 [["zfgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3249 "return lines matching a pattern",
3251 This calls the external C<zfgrep> program and returns the
3254 ("zgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 160, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3255 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3256 [["zgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3257 "return lines matching a pattern",
3259 This calls the external C<zgrep -i> program and returns the
3262 ("zegrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 161, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3263 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3264 [["zegrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3265 "return lines matching a pattern",
3267 This calls the external C<zegrep -i> program and returns the
3270 ("zfgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 162, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3271 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3272 [["zfgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3273 "return lines matching a pattern",
3275 This calls the external C<zfgrep -i> program and returns the
3278 ("realpath", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"]), 163, [Optional "realpath"],
3279 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3280 [["realpath"; "/../directory"]], "/directory")],
3281 "canonicalized absolute pathname",
3283 Return the canonicalized absolute pathname of C<path>. The
3284 returned path has no C<.>, C<..> or symbolic link path elements.");
3286 ("ln", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 164, [],
3287 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3290 ["stat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
3291 "create a hard link",
3293 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln> command.");
3295 ("ln_f", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 165, [],
3296 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3299 ["ln_f"; "/a"; "/b"];
3300 ["stat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
3301 "create a hard link",
3303 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln -f> command.
3304 The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
3306 ("ln_s", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 166, [],
3307 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3309 ["ln_s"; "a"; "/b"];
3310 ["lstat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o120777)])],
3311 "create a symbolic link",
3313 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -s> command.");
3315 ("ln_sf", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 167, [],
3316 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3317 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b"];
3318 ["touch"; "/a/b/c"];
3319 ["ln_sf"; "../d"; "/a/b/c"];
3320 ["readlink"; "/a/b/c"]], "../d")],
3321 "create a symbolic link",
3323 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -sf> command,
3324 The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
3326 ("readlink", (RString "link", [Pathname "path"]), 168, [],
3327 [] (* XXX tested above *),
3328 "read the target of a symbolic link",
3330 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
3332 ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [],
3333 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3334 [["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
3335 ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
3336 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
3338 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
3339 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
3342 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
3343 C<alloc> command which allocates a file in the host and
3344 attaches it as a device.");
3346 ("swapon_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 170, [],
3347 [InitPartition, Always, TestRun (
3348 [["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"];
3349 ["swapon_device"; "/dev/sda1"];
3350 ["swapoff_device"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3351 "enable swap on device",
3353 This command enables the libguestfs appliance to use the
3354 swap device or partition named C<device>. The increased
3355 memory is made available for all commands, for example
3356 those run using C<guestfs_command> or C<guestfs_sh>.
3358 Note that you should not swap to existing guest swap
3359 partitions unless you know what you are doing. They may
3360 contain hibernation information, or other information that
3361 the guest doesn't want you to trash. You also risk leaking
3362 information about the host to the guest this way. Instead,
3363 attach a new host device to the guest and swap on that.");
3365 ("swapoff_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 171, [],
3366 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_device *)
3367 "disable swap on device",
3369 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap
3370 device or partition named C<device>.
3371 See C<guestfs_swapon_device>.");
3373 ("swapon_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 172, [],
3374 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3375 [["fallocate"; "/swap"; "8388608"];
3376 ["mkswap_file"; "/swap"];
3377 ["swapon_file"; "/swap"];
3378 ["swapoff_file"; "/swap"]])],
3379 "enable swap on file",
3381 This command enables swap to a file.
3382 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3384 ("swapoff_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 173, [],
3385 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_file *)
3386 "disable swap on file",
3388 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on file.");
3390 ("swapon_label", (RErr, [String "label"]), 174, [],
3391 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3392 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sdb"; "mbr"];
3393 ["mkswap_L"; "swapit"; "/dev/sdb1"];
3394 ["swapon_label"; "swapit"];
3395 ["swapoff_label"; "swapit"];
3396 ["zero"; "/dev/sdb"];
3397 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sdb"]])],
3398 "enable swap on labeled swap partition",
3400 This command enables swap to a labeled swap partition.
3401 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3403 ("swapoff_label", (RErr, [String "label"]), 175, [],
3404 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_label *)
3405 "disable swap on labeled swap partition",
3407 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on
3408 labeled swap partition.");
3410 ("swapon_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"]), 176, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3411 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3412 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3413 [["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sdb"];
3414 ["swapon_uuid"; uuid];
3415 ["swapoff_uuid"; uuid]])]),
3416 "enable swap on swap partition by UUID",
3418 This command enables swap to a swap partition with the given UUID.
3419 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3421 ("swapoff_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"]), 177, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3422 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_uuid *)
3423 "disable swap on swap partition by UUID",
3425 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap partition
3426 with the given UUID.");
3428 ("mkswap_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 178, [],
3429 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3430 [["fallocate"; "/swap"; "8388608"];
3431 ["mkswap_file"; "/swap"]])],
3432 "create a swap file",
3436 This command just writes a swap file signature to an existing
3437 file. To create the file itself, use something like C<guestfs_fallocate>.");
3439 ("inotify_init", (RErr, [Int "maxevents"]), 179, [Optional "inotify"],
3440 [InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3441 [["inotify_init"; "0"]])],
3442 "create an inotify handle",
3444 This command creates a new inotify handle.
3445 The inotify subsystem can be used to notify events which happen to
3446 objects in the guest filesystem.
3448 C<maxevents> is the maximum number of events which will be
3449 queued up between calls to C<guestfs_inotify_read> or
3450 C<guestfs_inotify_files>.
3451 If this is passed as C<0>, then the kernel (or previously set)
3452 default is used. For Linux 2.6.29 the default was 16384 events.
3453 Beyond this limit, the kernel throws away events, but records
3454 the fact that it threw them away by setting a flag
3455 C<IN_Q_OVERFLOW> in the returned structure list (see
3456 C<guestfs_inotify_read>).
3458 Before any events are generated, you have to add some
3459 watches to the internal watch list. See:
3460 C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>,
3461 C<guestfs_inotify_rm_watch> and
3462 C<guestfs_inotify_watch_all>.
3464 Queued up events should be read periodically by calling
3465 C<guestfs_inotify_read>
3466 (or C<guestfs_inotify_files> which is just a helpful
3467 wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>). If you don't
3468 read the events out often enough then you risk the internal
3471 The handle should be closed after use by calling
3472 C<guestfs_inotify_close>. This also removes any
3473 watches automatically.
3475 See also L<inotify(7)> for an overview of the inotify interface
3476 as exposed by the Linux kernel, which is roughly what we expose
3477 via libguestfs. Note that there is one global inotify handle
3478 per libguestfs instance.");
3480 ("inotify_add_watch", (RInt64 "wd", [Pathname "path"; Int "mask"]), 180, [Optional "inotify"],
3481 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3482 [["inotify_init"; "0"];
3483 ["inotify_add_watch"; "/"; "1073741823"];
3486 ["inotify_files"]], ["a"; "b"])],
3487 "add an inotify watch",
3489 Watch C<path> for the events listed in C<mask>.
3491 Note that if C<path> is a directory then events within that
3492 directory are watched, but this does I<not> happen recursively
3493 (in subdirectories).
3495 Note for non-C or non-Linux callers: the inotify events are
3496 defined by the Linux kernel ABI and are listed in
3497 C</usr/include/sys/inotify.h>.");
3499 ("inotify_rm_watch", (RErr, [Int(*XXX64*) "wd"]), 181, [Optional "inotify"],
3501 "remove an inotify watch",
3503 Remove a previously defined inotify watch.
3504 See C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>.");
3506 ("inotify_read", (RStructList ("events", "inotify_event"), []), 182, [Optional "inotify"],
3508 "return list of inotify events",
3510 Return the complete queue of events that have happened
3511 since the previous read call.
3513 If no events have happened, this returns an empty list.
3515 I<Note>: In order to make sure that all events have been
3516 read, you must call this function repeatedly until it
3517 returns an empty list. The reason is that the call will
3518 read events up to the maximum appliance-to-host message
3519 size and leave remaining events in the queue.");
3521 ("inotify_files", (RStringList "paths", []), 183, [Optional "inotify"],
3523 "return list of watched files that had events",
3525 This function is a helpful wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>
3526 which just returns a list of pathnames of objects that were
3527 touched. The returned pathnames are sorted and deduplicated.");
3529 ("inotify_close", (RErr, []), 184, [Optional "inotify"],
3531 "close the inotify handle",
3533 This closes the inotify handle which was previously
3534 opened by inotify_init. It removes all watches, throws
3535 away any pending events, and deallocates all resources.");
3537 ("setcon", (RErr, [String "context"]), 185, [Optional "selinux"],
3539 "set SELinux security context",
3541 This sets the SELinux security context of the daemon
3542 to the string C<context>.
3544 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>.");
3546 ("getcon", (RString "context", []), 186, [Optional "selinux"],
3548 "get SELinux security context",
3550 This gets the SELinux security context of the daemon.
3552 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>,
3553 and C<guestfs_setcon>");
3555 ("mkfs_b", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"]), 187, [],
3556 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3557 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3558 ["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
3559 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3560 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3561 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3562 "make a filesystem with block size",
3564 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mkfs>, but it allows you to
3565 control the block size of the resulting filesystem. Supported
3566 block sizes depend on the filesystem type, but typically they
3567 are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096> only.");
3569 ("mke2journal", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; Device "device"]), 188, [],
3570 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3571 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3572 ["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
3573 ["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
3574 ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3575 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3576 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3577 "make ext2/3/4 external journal",
3579 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device>. It is equivalent
3582 mke2fs -O journal_dev -b blocksize device");
3584 ("mke2journal_L", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "label"; Device "device"]), 189, [],
3585 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3586 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3587 ["mke2journal_L"; "4096"; "JOURNAL"; "/dev/sda1"];
3588 ["mke2fs_JL"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "JOURNAL"];
3589 ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3590 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3591 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3592 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with label",
3594 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with label C<label>.");
3596 ("mke2journal_U", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "uuid"; Device "device"]), 190, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3597 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3598 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3599 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3600 ["mke2journal_U"; "4096"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"];
3601 ["mke2fs_JU"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; uuid];
3602 ["mount"; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3603 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3604 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")]),
3605 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID",
3607 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3609 ("mke2fs_J", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; Device "journal"]), 191, [],
3611 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
3613 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
3614 an external journal on C<journal>. It is equivalent
3617 mke2fs -t fstype -b blocksize -J device=<journal> <device>
3619 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal>.");
3621 ("mke2fs_JL", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "label"]), 192, [],
3623 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
3625 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
3626 an external journal on the journal labeled C<label>.
3628 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_L>.");
3630 ("mke2fs_JU", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "uuid"]), 193, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3632 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
3634 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
3635 an external journal on the journal with UUID C<uuid>.
3637 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_U>.");
3639 ("modprobe", (RErr, [String "modulename"]), 194, [Optional "linuxmodules"],
3640 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["modprobe"; "fat"]]],
3641 "load a kernel module",
3643 This loads a kernel module in the appliance.
3645 The kernel module must have been whitelisted when libguestfs
3646 was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
3648 ("echo_daemon", (RString "output", [StringList "words"]), 195, [],
3649 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3650 [["echo_daemon"; "This is a test"]], "This is a test"
3652 "echo arguments back to the client",
3654 This command concatenate the list of C<words> passed with single spaces between
3655 them and returns the resulting string.
3657 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
3659 See also C<guestfs_ping_daemon>.");
3661 ("find0", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "files"]), 196, [],
3662 [], (* There is a regression test for this. *)
3663 "find all files and directories, returning NUL-separated list",
3665 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
3666 starting at C<directory>, placing the resulting list in the
3667 external file called C<files>.
3669 This command works the same way as C<guestfs_find> with the
3670 following exceptions:
3676 The resulting list is written to an external file.
3680 Items (filenames) in the result are separated
3681 by C<\\0> characters. See L<find(1)> option I<-print0>.
3685 This command is not limited in the number of names that it
3690 The result list is not sorted.
3694 ("case_sensitive_path", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"]), 197, [],
3695 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3696 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/DIRECTORY"]], "/directory");
3697 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3698 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/DIRECTORY/"]], "/directory");
3699 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3700 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/Known-1"]], "/known-1");
3701 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3702 [["case_sensitive_path"; "/Known-1/"]]);
3703 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3705 ["mkdir"; "/a/bbb"];
3706 ["touch"; "/a/bbb/c"];
3707 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/A/bbB/C"]], "/a/bbb/c");
3708 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3710 ["mkdir"; "/a/bbb"];
3711 ["touch"; "/a/bbb/c"];
3712 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/A////bbB/C"]], "/a/bbb/c");
3713 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
3715 ["mkdir"; "/a/bbb"];
3716 ["touch"; "/a/bbb/c"];
3717 ["case_sensitive_path"; "/A/bbb/../bbb/C"]])],
3718 "return true path on case-insensitive filesystem",
3720 This can be used to resolve case insensitive paths on
3721 a filesystem which is case s