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20 (* This script generates a large amount of code and documentation for
21 * all the daemon actions.
23 * To add a new action there are only two files you need to change,
24 * this one to describe the interface (see the big table of
25 * 'daemon_functions' below), and daemon/<somefile>.c to write the
28 * After editing this file, run it (./src/generator.ml) to regenerate
29 * all the output files. 'make' will rerun this automatically when
30 * necessary. Note that if you are using a separate build directory
31 * you must run generator.ml from the _source_ directory.
33 * IMPORTANT: This script should NOT print any warnings. If it prints
34 * warnings, you should treat them as errors.
37 * (1) In emacs, install tuareg-mode to display and format OCaml code
38 * correctly. 'vim' comes with a good OCaml editing mode by default.
39 * (2) Read the resources at http://ocaml-tutorial.org/
44 #directory "+xml-light";;
45 #directory "+../pkg-lib/xml-light";; (* for GODI users *)
46 #load "xml-light.cma";;
51 type style = ret * args
53 (* "RErr" as a return value means an int used as a simple error
54 * indication, ie. 0 or -1.
58 (* "RInt" as a return value means an int which is -1 for error
59 * or any value >= 0 on success. Only use this for smallish
60 * positive ints (0 <= i < 2^30).
64 (* "RInt64" is the same as RInt, but is guaranteed to be able
65 * to return a full 64 bit value, _except_ that -1 means error
66 * (so -1 cannot be a valid, non-error return value).
70 (* "RBool" is a bool return value which can be true/false or
75 (* "RConstString" is a string that refers to a constant value.
76 * The return value must NOT be NULL (since NULL indicates
79 * Try to avoid using this. In particular you cannot use this
80 * for values returned from the daemon, because there is no
81 * thread-safe way to return them in the C API.
83 | RConstString of string
85 (* "RConstOptString" is an even more broken version of
86 * "RConstString". The returned string may be NULL and there
87 * is no way to return an error indication. Avoid using this!
89 | RConstOptString of string
91 (* "RString" is a returned string. It must NOT be NULL, since
92 * a NULL return indicates an error. The caller frees this.
96 (* "RStringList" is a list of strings. No string in the list
97 * can be NULL. The caller frees the strings and the array.
99 | RStringList of string
101 (* "RStruct" is a function which returns a single named structure
102 * or an error indication (in C, a struct, and in other languages
103 * with varying representations, but usually very efficient). See
104 * after the function list below for the structures.
106 | RStruct of string * string (* name of retval, name of struct *)
108 (* "RStructList" is a function which returns either a list/array
109 * of structures (could be zero-length), or an error indication.
111 | RStructList of string * string (* name of retval, name of struct *)
113 (* Key-value pairs of untyped strings. Turns into a hashtable or
114 * dictionary in languages which support it. DON'T use this as a
115 * general "bucket" for results. Prefer a stronger typed return
116 * value if one is available, or write a custom struct. Don't use
117 * this if the list could potentially be very long, since it is
118 * inefficient. Keys should be unique. NULLs are not permitted.
120 | RHashtable of string
122 (* "RBufferOut" is handled almost exactly like RString, but
123 * it allows the string to contain arbitrary 8 bit data including
124 * ASCII NUL. In the C API this causes an implicit extra parameter
125 * to be added of type <size_t *size_r>. The extra parameter
126 * returns the actual size of the return buffer in bytes.
128 * Other programming languages support strings with arbitrary 8 bit
131 * At the RPC layer we have to use the opaque<> type instead of
132 * string<>. Returned data is still limited to the max message
135 | RBufferOut of string
137 and args = argt list (* Function parameters, guestfs handle is implicit. *)
139 (* Note in future we should allow a "variable args" parameter as
140 * the final parameter, to allow commands like
141 * chmod mode file [file(s)...]
142 * This is not implemented yet, but many commands (such as chmod)
143 * are currently defined with the argument order keeping this future
144 * possibility in mind.
147 | String of string (* const char *name, cannot be NULL *)
148 | Device of string (* /dev device name, cannot be NULL *)
149 | Pathname of string (* file name, cannot be NULL *)
150 | Dev_or_Path of string (* /dev device name or Pathname, cannot be NULL *)
151 | OptString of string (* const char *name, may be NULL *)
152 | StringList of string(* list of strings (each string cannot be NULL) *)
153 | DeviceList of string(* list of Device names (each cannot be NULL) *)
154 | Bool of string (* boolean *)
155 | Int of string (* int (smallish ints, signed, <= 31 bits) *)
156 | Int64 of string (* any 64 bit int *)
157 (* These are treated as filenames (simple string parameters) in
158 * the C API and bindings. But in the RPC protocol, we transfer
159 * the actual file content up to or down from the daemon.
160 * FileIn: local machine -> daemon (in request)
161 * FileOut: daemon -> local machine (in reply)
162 * In guestfish (only), the special name "-" means read from
163 * stdin or write to stdout.
168 (* Opaque buffer which can contain arbitrary 8 bit data.
169 * In the C API, this is expressed as <char *, int> pair.
170 * Most other languages have a string type which can contain
171 * ASCII NUL. We use whatever type is appropriate for each
173 * Buffers are limited by the total message size. To transfer
174 * large blocks of data, use FileIn/FileOut parameters instead.
175 * To return an arbitrary buffer, use RBufferOut.
181 | ProtocolLimitWarning (* display warning about protocol size limits *)
182 | DangerWillRobinson (* flags particularly dangerous commands *)
183 | FishAlias of string (* provide an alias for this cmd in guestfish *)
184 | FishAction of string (* call this function in guestfish *)
185 | NotInFish (* do not export via guestfish *)
186 | NotInDocs (* do not add this function to documentation *)
187 | DeprecatedBy of string (* function is deprecated, use .. instead *)
188 | Optional of string (* function is part of an optional group *)
190 (* You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call.
192 * Note that the test environment has 3 block devices, of size 500MB,
193 * 50MB and 10MB (respectively /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc), and
194 * a fourth ISO block device with some known files on it (/dev/sdd).
196 * Note for partitioning purposes, the 500MB device has 1015 cylinders.
197 * Number of cylinders was 63 for IDE emulated disks with precisely
198 * the same size. How exactly this is calculated is a mystery.
200 * The ISO block device (/dev/sdd) comes from images/test.iso.
202 * To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time,
203 * the virtual machine and block devices are reused between tests.
204 * So don't try testing kill_subprocess :-x
206 * Between each test we blockdev-setrw, umount-all, lvm-remove-all.
208 * Don't assume anything about the previous contents of the block
209 * devices. Use 'Init*' to create some initial scenarios.
211 * You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This
212 * is a run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be
213 * skipped. Useful if testing a command which might not work on
214 * all variations of libguestfs builds. A test that has prerequisite
215 * of 'Always' is run unconditionally.
217 * In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting the
218 * environment variables: eg:
219 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>_<NUM>=1 SKIP_TEST_COMMAND_3=1 (skips test #3 of command)
220 * SKIP_TEST_<CMD>=1 SKIP_TEST_ZEROFREE=1 (skips all zerofree tests)
222 type tests = (test_init * test_prereq * test) list
224 (* Run the command sequence and just expect nothing to fail. *)
227 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
228 * command to be the string.
230 | TestOutput of seq * string
232 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
233 * command to be the list of strings.
235 | TestOutputList of seq * string list
237 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
238 * command to be the list of block devices (could be either
239 * "/dev/sd.." or "/dev/hd.." form - we don't check the 5th
240 * character of each string).
242 | TestOutputListOfDevices of seq * string list
244 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
245 * command to be the integer.
247 | TestOutputInt of seq * int
249 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
250 * command to be <op> <int>, eg. ">=", "1".
252 | TestOutputIntOp of seq * string * int
254 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
255 * command to be a true value (!= 0 or != NULL).
257 | TestOutputTrue of seq
259 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
260 * command to be a false value (== 0 or == NULL, but not an error).
262 | TestOutputFalse of seq
264 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
265 * command to be a list of the given length (but don't care about
268 | TestOutputLength of seq * int
270 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
271 * command to be a buffer (RBufferOut), ie. string + size.
273 | TestOutputBuffer of seq * string
275 (* Run the command sequence and expect the output of the final
276 * command to be a structure.
278 | TestOutputStruct of seq * test_field_compare list
280 (* Run the command sequence and expect the final command (only)
283 | TestLastFail of seq
285 and test_field_compare =
286 | CompareWithInt of string * int
287 | CompareWithIntOp of string * string * int
288 | CompareWithString of string * string
289 | CompareFieldsIntEq of string * string
290 | CompareFieldsStrEq of string * string
292 (* Test prerequisites. *)
294 (* Test always runs. *)
297 (* Test is currently disabled - eg. it fails, or it tests some
298 * unimplemented feature.
302 (* 'string' is some C code (a function body) that should return
303 * true or false. The test will run if the code returns true.
307 (* As for 'If' but the test runs _unless_ the code returns true. *)
310 (* Some initial scenarios for testing. *)
312 (* Do nothing, block devices could contain random stuff including
313 * LVM PVs, and some filesystems might be mounted. This is usually
318 (* Block devices are empty and no filesystems are mounted. *)
321 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, with random
322 * content. /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
327 (* /dev/sda contains a single partition /dev/sda1, which is formatted
328 * as ext2, empty [except for lost+found] and mounted on /.
329 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
335 * /dev/sda1 (is a PV):
336 * /dev/VG/LV (size 8MB):
337 * formatted as ext2, empty [except for lost+found], mounted on /
338 * /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc may have random content.
342 (* /dev/sdd (the ISO, see images/ directory in source)
347 (* Sequence of commands for testing. *)
349 and cmd = string list
351 (* Note about long descriptions: When referring to another
352 * action, use the format C<guestfs_other> (ie. the full name of
353 * the C function). This will be replaced as appropriate in other
356 * Apart from that, long descriptions are just perldoc paragraphs.
359 (* Generate a random UUID (used in tests). *)
361 let chan = open_process_in "uuidgen" in
362 let uuid = input_line chan in
363 (match close_process_in chan with
366 failwith "uuidgen: process exited with non-zero status"
367 | WSIGNALED _ | WSTOPPED _ ->
368 failwith "uuidgen: process signalled or stopped by signal"
372 (* These test functions are used in the language binding tests. *)
374 let test_all_args = [
377 StringList "strlist";
385 let test_all_rets = [
386 (* except for RErr, which is tested thoroughly elsewhere *)
387 "test0rint", RInt "valout";
388 "test0rint64", RInt64 "valout";
389 "test0rbool", RBool "valout";
390 "test0rconststring", RConstString "valout";
391 "test0rconstoptstring", RConstOptString "valout";
392 "test0rstring", RString "valout";
393 "test0rstringlist", RStringList "valout";
394 "test0rstruct", RStruct ("valout", "lvm_pv");
395 "test0rstructlist", RStructList ("valout", "lvm_pv");
396 "test0rhashtable", RHashtable "valout";
399 let test_functions = [
400 ("test0", (RErr, test_all_args), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
402 "internal test function - do not use",
404 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
405 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
406 parameter type correctly.
408 It echos the contents of each parameter to stdout.
410 You probably don't want to call this function.");
414 [(name, (ret, [String "val"]), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
416 "internal test function - do not use",
418 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
419 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
420 return type correctly.
422 It converts string C<val> to the return type.
424 You probably don't want to call this function.");
425 (name ^ "err", (ret, []), -1, [NotInFish; NotInDocs],
427 "internal test function - do not use",
429 This is an internal test function which is used to test whether
430 the automatically generated bindings can handle every possible
431 return type correctly.
433 This function always returns an error.
435 You probably don't want to call this function.")]
439 (* non_daemon_functions are any functions which don't get processed
440 * in the daemon, eg. functions for setting and getting local
441 * configuration values.
444 let non_daemon_functions = test_functions @ [
445 ("launch", (RErr, []), -1, [FishAlias "run"; FishAction "launch"],
447 "launch the qemu subprocess",
449 Internally libguestfs is implemented by running a virtual machine
452 You should call this after configuring the handle
453 (eg. adding drives) but before performing any actions.");
455 ("wait_ready", (RErr, []), -1, [NotInFish],
457 "wait until the qemu subprocess launches (no op)",
459 This function is a no op.
461 In versions of the API E<lt> 1.0.71 you had to call this function
462 just after calling C<guestfs_launch> to wait for the launch
463 to complete. However this is no longer necessary because
464 C<guestfs_launch> now does the waiting.
466 If you see any calls to this function in code then you can just
467 remove them, unless you want to retain compatibility with older
468 versions of the API.");
470 ("kill_subprocess", (RErr, []), -1, [],
472 "kill the qemu subprocess",
474 This kills the qemu subprocess. You should never need to call this.");
476 ("add_drive", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add"],
478 "add an image to examine or modify",
480 This function adds a virtual machine disk image C<filename> to the
481 guest. The first time you call this function, the disk appears as IDE
482 disk 0 (C</dev/sda>) in the guest, the second time as C</dev/sdb>, and
485 You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However
486 you obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename
487 for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
488 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
491 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
492 C<-drive file=filename,cache=off,if=...>.
494 C<cache=off> is omitted in cases where it is not supported by
495 the underlying filesystem.
497 C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
498 C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
499 might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
500 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
502 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
503 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
504 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
505 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
507 ("add_cdrom", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "cdrom"],
509 "add a CD-ROM disk image to examine",
511 This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest.
513 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>.
521 This call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
522 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
523 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
524 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.
528 If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an
529 efficient way to transfer large files into the guest), then you
530 should probably use C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> instead.
534 ("add_drive_ro", (RErr, [String "filename"]), -1, [FishAlias "add-ro"],
536 "add a drive in snapshot mode (read-only)",
538 This adds a drive in snapshot mode, making it effectively
541 Note that writes to the device are allowed, and will be seen for
542 the duration of the guestfs handle, but they are written
543 to a temporary file which is discarded as soon as the guestfs
544 handle is closed. We don't currently have any method to enable
545 changes to be committed, although qemu can support this.
547 This is equivalent to the qemu parameter
548 C<-drive file=filename,snapshot=on,readonly=on,if=...>.
550 C<if=...> is set at compile time by the configuration option
551 C<./configure --with-drive-if=...>. In the rare case where you
552 might need to change this at run time, use C<guestfs_add_drive_with_if>
553 or C<guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if>.
555 C<readonly=on> is only added where qemu supports this option.
557 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>. This
558 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
559 by qemu such as C<nbd:> and C<http:> URLs. To specify those, use
560 the general C<guestfs_config> call instead.");
562 ("config", (RErr, [String "qemuparam"; OptString "qemuvalue"]), -1, [],
564 "add qemu parameters",
566 This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters
567 of the form C<-param value>. Actually it's not quite arbitrary - we
568 prevent you from setting some parameters which would interfere with
569 parameters that we use.
571 The first character of C<param> string must be a C<-> (dash).
573 C<value> can be NULL.");
575 ("set_qemu", (RErr, [String "qemu"]), -1, [FishAlias "qemu"],
577 "set the qemu binary",
579 Set the qemu binary that we will use.
581 The default is chosen when the library was compiled by the
584 You can also override this by setting the C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU>
585 environment variable.
587 Setting C<qemu> to C<NULL> restores the default qemu binary.
589 Note that you should call this function as early as possible
590 after creating the handle. This is because some pre-launch
591 operations depend on testing qemu features (by running C<qemu -help>).
592 If the qemu binary changes, we don't retest features, and
593 so you might see inconsistent results. Using the environment
594 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_QEMU> is safest of all since that picks
595 the qemu binary at the same time as the handle is created.");
597 ("get_qemu", (RConstString "qemu", []), -1, [],
598 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
600 "get the qemu binary",
602 Return the current qemu binary.
604 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
605 return the default qemu binary name.");
607 ("set_path", (RErr, [String "searchpath"]), -1, [FishAlias "path"],
609 "set the search path",
611 Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img.
613 The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting
614 C<LIBGUESTFS_PATH> environment variable.
616 Setting C<path> to C<NULL> restores the default path.");
618 ("get_path", (RConstString "path", []), -1, [],
619 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
621 "get the search path",
623 Return the current search path.
625 This is always non-NULL. If it wasn't set already, then this will
626 return the default path.");
628 ("set_append", (RErr, [OptString "append"]), -1, [FishAlias "append"],
630 "add options to kernel command line",
632 This function is used to add additional options to the
633 guest kernel command line.
635 The default is C<NULL> unless overridden by setting
636 C<LIBGUESTFS_APPEND> environment variable.
638 Setting C<append> to C<NULL> means I<no> additional options
639 are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own).");
641 ("get_append", (RConstOptString "append", []), -1, [],
642 (* This cannot be tested with the current framework. The
643 * function can return NULL in normal operations, which the
644 * test framework interprets as an error.
647 "get the additional kernel options",
649 Return the additional kernel options which are added to the
650 guest kernel command line.
652 If C<NULL> then no options are added.");
654 ("set_autosync", (RErr, [Bool "autosync"]), -1, [FishAlias "autosync"],
658 If C<autosync> is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a
659 best effort attempt to run C<guestfs_umount_all> followed by
660 C<guestfs_sync> when the handle is closed
661 (also if the program exits without closing handles).
663 This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where it is
664 enabled by default).");
666 ("get_autosync", (RBool "autosync", []), -1, [],
667 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
668 [["get_autosync"]])],
671 Get the autosync flag.");
673 ("set_verbose", (RErr, [Bool "verbose"]), -1, [FishAlias "verbose"],
677 If C<verbose> is true, this turns on verbose messages (to C<stderr>).
679 Verbose messages are disabled unless the environment variable
680 C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG> is defined and set to C<1>.");
682 ("get_verbose", (RBool "verbose", []), -1, [],
686 This returns the verbose messages flag.");
688 ("is_ready", (RBool "ready", []), -1, [],
689 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
691 "is ready to accept commands",
693 This returns true iff this handle is ready to accept commands
694 (in the C<READY> state).
696 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
698 ("is_config", (RBool "config", []), -1, [],
699 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
701 "is in configuration state",
703 This returns true iff this handle is being configured
704 (in the C<CONFIG> state).
706 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
708 ("is_launching", (RBool "launching", []), -1, [],
709 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
710 [["is_launching"]])],
711 "is launching subprocess",
713 This returns true iff this handle is launching the subprocess
714 (in the C<LAUNCHING> state).
716 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
718 ("is_busy", (RBool "busy", []), -1, [],
719 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
721 "is busy processing a command",
723 This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command
724 (in the C<BUSY> state).
726 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
728 ("get_state", (RInt "state", []), -1, [],
730 "get the current state",
732 This returns the current state as an opaque integer. This is
733 only useful for printing debug and internal error messages.
735 For more information on states, see L<guestfs(3)>.");
737 ("set_memsize", (RErr, [Int "memsize"]), -1, [FishAlias "memsize"],
738 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
739 [["set_memsize"; "500"];
740 ["get_memsize"]], 500)],
741 "set memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
743 This sets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
744 qemu subprocess. This only has any effect if called before
747 You can also change this by setting the environment
748 variable C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> before the handle is
751 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
752 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
754 ("get_memsize", (RInt "memsize", []), -1, [],
755 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
756 [["get_memsize"]], ">=", 256)],
757 "get memory allocated to the qemu subprocess",
759 This gets the memory size in megabytes allocated to the
762 If C<guestfs_set_memsize> was not called
763 on this handle, and if C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE> was not set,
764 then this returns the compiled-in default value for memsize.
766 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
767 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
769 ("get_pid", (RInt "pid", []), -1, [FishAlias "pid"],
770 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputIntOp (
771 [["get_pid"]], ">=", 1)],
772 "get PID of qemu subprocess",
774 Return the process ID of the qemu subprocess. If there is no
775 qemu subprocess, then this will return an error.
777 This is an internal call used for debugging and testing.");
779 ("version", (RStruct ("version", "version"), []), -1, [],
780 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputStruct (
781 [["version"]], [CompareWithInt ("major", 1)])],
782 "get the library version number",
784 Return the libguestfs version number that the program is linked
787 Note that because of dynamic linking this is not necessarily
788 the version of libguestfs that you compiled against. You can
789 compile the program, and then at runtime dynamically link
790 against a completely different C<libguestfs.so> library.
792 This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous
793 versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version
794 number. From C code you can use ELF weak linking tricks to find out if
795 this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then it's an earlier version).
797 The call returns a structure with four elements. The first
798 three (C<major>, C<minor> and C<release>) are numbers and
799 correspond to the usual version triplet. The fourth element
800 (C<extra>) is a string and is normally empty, but may be
801 used for distro-specific information.
803 To construct the original version string:
804 C<$major.$minor.$release$extra>
806 I<Note:> Don't use this call to test for availability
807 of features. Distro backports makes this unreliable. Use
808 C<guestfs_available> instead.");
810 ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"],
811 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
812 [["set_selinux"; "true"];
814 "set SELinux enabled or disabled at appliance boot",
816 This sets the selinux flag that is passed to the appliance
817 at boot time. The default is C<selinux=0> (disabled).
819 Note that if SELinux is enabled, it is always in
820 Permissive mode (C<enforcing=0>).
822 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
823 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
825 ("get_selinux", (RBool "selinux", []), -1, [],
827 "get SELinux enabled flag",
829 This returns the current setting of the selinux flag which
830 is passed to the appliance at boot time. See C<guestfs_set_selinux>.
832 For more information on the architecture of libguestfs,
833 see L<guestfs(3)>.");
835 ("set_trace", (RErr, [Bool "trace"]), -1, [FishAlias "trace"],
836 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
837 [["set_trace"; "false"];
839 "enable or disable command traces",
841 If the command trace flag is set to 1, then commands are
842 printed on stdout before they are executed in a format
843 which is very similar to the one used by guestfish. In
844 other words, you can run a program with this enabled, and
845 you will get out a script which you can feed to guestfish
846 to perform the same set of actions.
848 If you want to trace C API calls into libguestfs (and
849 other libraries) then possibly a better way is to use
850 the external ltrace(1) command.
852 Command traces are disabled unless the environment variable
853 C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE> is defined and set to C<1>.");
855 ("get_trace", (RBool "trace", []), -1, [],
857 "get command trace enabled flag",
859 Return the command trace flag.");
861 ("set_direct", (RErr, [Bool "direct"]), -1, [FishAlias "direct"],
862 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputFalse (
863 [["set_direct"; "false"];
865 "enable or disable direct appliance mode",
867 If the direct appliance mode flag is enabled, then stdin and
868 stdout are passed directly through to the appliance once it
871 One consequence of this is that log messages aren't caught
872 by the library and handled by C<guestfs_set_log_message_callback>,
873 but go straight to stdout.
875 You probably don't want to use this unless you know what you
878 The default is disabled.");
880 ("get_direct", (RBool "direct", []), -1, [],
882 "get direct appliance mode flag",
884 Return the direct appliance mode flag.");
886 ("set_recovery_proc", (RErr, [Bool "recoveryproc"]), -1, [FishAlias "recovery-proc"],
887 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue (
888 [["set_recovery_proc"; "true"];
889 ["get_recovery_proc"]])],
890 "enable or disable the recovery process",
892 If this is called with the parameter C<false> then
893 C<guestfs_launch> does not create a recovery process. The
894 purpose of the recovery process is to stop runaway qemu
895 processes in the case where the main program aborts abruptly.
897 This only has any effect if called before C<guestfs_launch>,
898 and the default is true.
900 About the only time when you would want to disable this is
901 if the main process will fork itself into the background
902 (\"daemonize\" itself). In this case the recovery process
903 thinks that the main program has disappeared and so kills
904 qemu, which is not very helpful.");
906 ("get_recovery_proc", (RBool "recoveryproc", []), -1, [],
908 "get recovery process enabled flag",
910 Return the recovery process enabled flag.");
912 ("add_drive_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
914 "add a drive specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
916 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive> but it allows you
917 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
919 ("add_drive_ro_with_if", (RErr, [String "filename"; String "iface"]), -1, [],
921 "add a drive read-only specifying the QEMU block emulation to use",
923 This is the same as C<guestfs_add_drive_ro> but it allows you
924 to specify the QEMU interface emulation to use at run time.");
928 (* daemon_functions are any functions which cause some action
929 * to take place in the daemon.
932 let daemon_functions = [
933 ("mount", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 1, [],
934 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
935 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
936 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
937 ["mount"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
938 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
939 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
940 "mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem",
942 Mount a guest disk at a position in the filesystem. Block devices
943 are named C</dev/sda>, C</dev/sdb> and so on, as they were added to
944 the guest. If those block devices contain partitions, they will have
945 the usual names (eg. C</dev/sda1>). Also LVM C</dev/VG/LV>-style
948 The rules are the same as for L<mount(2)>: A filesystem must
949 first be mounted on C</> before others can be mounted. Other
950 filesystems can only be mounted on directories which already
953 The mounted filesystem is writable, if we have sufficient permissions
954 on the underlying device.
956 The filesystem options C<sync> and C<noatime> are set with this
957 call, in order to improve reliability.");
959 ("sync", (RErr, []), 2, [],
960 [ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun [["sync"]]],
961 "sync disks, writes are flushed through to the disk image",
963 This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the
964 underlying disk image.
966 You should always call this if you have modified a disk image, before
967 closing the handle.");
969 ("touch", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 3, [],
970 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
972 ["exists"; "/new"]])],
973 "update file timestamps or create a new file",
975 Touch acts like the L<touch(1)> command. It can be used to
976 update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist,
977 to create a new zero-length file.");
979 ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"]), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
980 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
981 [["cat"; "/known-2"]], "abcdef\n")],
982 "list the contents of a file",
984 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
986 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
987 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
988 as end of string). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
989 or C<guestfs_download> functions which have a more complex interface.");
991 ("ll", (RString "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 5, [],
992 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
993 * of the 'ls -l' command, which changes between F10 and F11.
995 "list the files in a directory (long format)",
997 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
998 there is no cwd) in the format of 'ls -la'.
1000 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
1001 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.");
1003 ("ls", (RStringList "listing", [Pathname "directory"]), 6, [],
1004 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1006 ["touch"; "/newer"];
1007 ["touch"; "/newest"];
1008 ["ls"; "/"]], ["lost+found"; "new"; "newer"; "newest"])],
1009 "list the files in a directory",
1011 List the files in C<directory> (relative to the root directory,
1012 there is no cwd). The '.' and '..' entries are not returned, but
1013 hidden files are shown.
1015 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. Programs
1016 should probably use C<guestfs_readdir> instead.");
1018 ("list_devices", (RStringList "devices", []), 7, [],
1019 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1020 [["list_devices"]], ["/dev/sda"; "/dev/sdb"; "/dev/sdc"; "/dev/sdd"])],
1021 "list the block devices",
1023 List all the block devices.
1025 The full block device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda>");
1027 ("list_partitions", (RStringList "partitions", []), 8, [],
1028 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1029 [["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1030 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1031 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1032 ["list_partitions"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1033 "list the partitions",
1035 List all the partitions detected on all block devices.
1037 The full partition device names are returned, eg. C</dev/sda1>
1039 This does not return logical volumes. For that you will need to
1040 call C<guestfs_lvs>.");
1042 ("pvs", (RStringList "physvols", []), 9, [Optional "lvm2"],
1043 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1044 [["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1045 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1046 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1047 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1048 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1049 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1050 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1051 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1053 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1054 of the L<pvs(8)> command.
1056 This returns a list of just the device names that contain
1057 PVs (eg. C</dev/sda2>).
1059 See also C<guestfs_pvs_full>.");
1061 ("vgs", (RStringList "volgroups", []), 10, [Optional "lvm2"],
1062 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1064 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1065 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1066 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1067 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1068 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1069 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1070 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1071 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1072 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1074 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1075 of the L<vgs(8)> command.
1077 This returns a list of just the volume group names that were
1078 detected (eg. C<VolGroup00>).
1080 See also C<guestfs_vgs_full>.");
1082 ("lvs", (RStringList "logvols", []), 11, [Optional "lvm2"],
1083 [InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestOutputList (
1084 [["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV"]);
1085 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1086 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1087 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1088 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1089 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1090 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1091 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1092 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1093 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1094 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1095 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2"; "/dev/VG2/LV3"])],
1096 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1098 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1099 of the L<lvs(8)> command.
1101 This returns a list of the logical volume device names
1102 (eg. C</dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00>).
1104 See also C<guestfs_lvs_full>.");
1106 ("pvs_full", (RStructList ("physvols", "lvm_pv"), []), 12, [Optional "lvm2"],
1107 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1108 "list the LVM physical volumes (PVs)",
1110 List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1111 of the L<pvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1113 ("vgs_full", (RStructList ("volgroups", "lvm_vg"), []), 13, [Optional "lvm2"],
1114 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1115 "list the LVM volume groups (VGs)",
1117 List all the volumes groups detected. This is the equivalent
1118 of the L<vgs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1120 ("lvs_full", (RStructList ("logvols", "lvm_lv"), []), 14, [Optional "lvm2"],
1121 [], (* XXX how to test? *)
1122 "list the LVM logical volumes (LVs)",
1124 List all the logical volumes detected. This is the equivalent
1125 of the L<lvs(8)> command. The \"full\" version includes all fields.");
1127 ("read_lines", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 15, [],
1128 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1129 [["read_lines"; "/known-4"]], ["abc"; "def"; "ghi"]);
1130 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1131 [["read_lines"; "/empty"]], [])],
1132 "read file as lines",
1134 Return the contents of the file named C<path>.
1136 The file contents are returned as a list of lines. Trailing
1137 C<LF> and C<CRLF> character sequences are I<not> returned.
1139 Note that this function cannot correctly handle binary files
1140 (specifically, files containing C<\\0> character which is treated
1141 as end of line). For those you need to use the C<guestfs_read_file>
1142 function which has a more complex interface.");
1144 ("aug_init", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Int "flags"]), 16, [Optional "augeas"],
1145 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1146 "create a new Augeas handle",
1148 Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files.
1149 If there was any previous Augeas handle associated with this
1150 guestfs session, then it is closed.
1152 You must call this before using any other C<guestfs_aug_*>
1155 C<root> is the filesystem root. C<root> must not be NULL,
1158 The flags are the same as the flags defined in
1159 E<lt>augeas.hE<gt>, the logical I<or> of the following
1164 =item C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP> = 1
1166 Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension.
1168 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NEWFILE> = 2
1170 Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and
1171 do not overwrite original. Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
1173 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
1175 Typecheck lenses (can be expensive).
1177 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
1179 Do not use standard load path for modules.
1181 =item C<AUG_SAVE_NOOP> = 16
1183 Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed.
1185 =item C<AUG_NO_LOAD> = 32
1187 Do not load the tree in C<guestfs_aug_init>.
1191 To close the handle, you can call C<guestfs_aug_close>.
1193 To find out more about Augeas, see L<http://augeas.net/>.");
1195 ("aug_close", (RErr, []), 26, [Optional "augeas"],
1196 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1197 "close the current Augeas handle",
1199 Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources
1200 used by it. After calling this, you have to call
1201 C<guestfs_aug_init> again before you can use any other
1202 Augeas functions.");
1204 ("aug_defvar", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "name"; OptString "expr"]), 17, [Optional "augeas"],
1205 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1206 "define an Augeas variable",
1208 Defines an Augeas variable C<name> whose value is the result
1209 of evaluating C<expr>. If C<expr> is NULL, then C<name> is
1212 On success this returns the number of nodes in C<expr>, or
1213 C<0> if C<expr> evaluates to something which is not a nodeset.");
1215 ("aug_defnode", (RStruct ("nrnodescreated", "int_bool"), [String "name"; String "expr"; String "val"]), 18, [Optional "augeas"],
1216 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1217 "define an Augeas node",
1219 Defines a variable C<name> whose value is the result of
1222 If C<expr> evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created,
1223 equivalent to calling C<guestfs_aug_set> C<expr>, C<value>.
1224 C<name> will be the nodeset containing that single node.
1226 On success this returns a pair containing the
1227 number of nodes in the nodeset, and a boolean flag
1228 if a node was created.");
1230 ("aug_get", (RString "val", [String "augpath"]), 19, [Optional "augeas"],
1231 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1232 "look up the value of an Augeas path",
1234 Look up the value associated with C<path>. If C<path>
1235 matches exactly one node, the C<value> is returned.");
1237 ("aug_set", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "val"]), 20, [Optional "augeas"],
1238 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1239 "set Augeas path to value",
1241 Set the value associated with C<path> to C<value>.");
1243 ("aug_insert", (RErr, [String "augpath"; String "label"; Bool "before"]), 21, [Optional "augeas"],
1244 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1245 "insert a sibling Augeas node",
1247 Create a new sibling C<label> for C<path>, inserting it into
1248 the tree before or after C<path> (depending on the boolean
1251 C<path> must match exactly one existing node in the tree, and
1252 C<label> must be a label, ie. not contain C</>, C<*> or end
1253 with a bracketed index C<[N]>.");
1255 ("aug_rm", (RInt "nrnodes", [String "augpath"]), 22, [Optional "augeas"],
1256 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1257 "remove an Augeas path",
1259 Remove C<path> and all of its children.
1261 On success this returns the number of entries which were removed.");
1263 ("aug_mv", (RErr, [String "src"; String "dest"]), 23, [Optional "augeas"],
1264 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1267 Move the node C<src> to C<dest>. C<src> must match exactly
1268 one node. C<dest> is overwritten if it exists.");
1270 ("aug_match", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 24, [Optional "augeas"],
1271 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1272 "return Augeas nodes which match augpath",
1274 Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C<path>.
1275 The returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match
1276 exactly one node in the current tree.");
1278 ("aug_save", (RErr, []), 25, [Optional "augeas"],
1279 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1280 "write all pending Augeas changes to disk",
1282 This writes all pending changes to disk.
1284 The flags which were passed to C<guestfs_aug_init> affect exactly
1285 how files are saved.");
1287 ("aug_load", (RErr, []), 27, [Optional "augeas"],
1288 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1289 "load files into the tree",
1291 Load files into the tree.
1293 See C<aug_load> in the Augeas documentation for the full gory
1296 ("aug_ls", (RStringList "matches", [String "augpath"]), 28, [Optional "augeas"],
1297 [], (* XXX Augeas code needs tests. *)
1298 "list Augeas nodes under augpath",
1300 This is just a shortcut for listing C<guestfs_aug_match>
1301 C<path/*> and sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order.");
1303 ("rm", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 29, [],
1304 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1307 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1309 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1314 Remove the single file C<path>.");
1316 ("rmdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 30, [],
1317 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1320 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1321 [["rmdir"; "/new"]];
1322 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1324 ["rmdir"; "/new"]]],
1325 "remove a directory",
1327 Remove the single directory C<path>.");
1329 ("rm_rf", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 31, [],
1330 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse
1332 ["mkdir"; "/new/foo"];
1333 ["touch"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1335 ["exists"; "/new"]]],
1336 "remove a file or directory recursively",
1338 Remove the file or directory C<path>, recursively removing the
1339 contents if its a directory. This is like the C<rm -rf> shell
1342 ("mkdir", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 32, [],
1343 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1345 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1346 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1347 [["mkdir"; "/new/foo/bar"]]],
1348 "create a directory",
1350 Create a directory named C<path>.");
1352 ("mkdir_p", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 33, [],
1353 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1354 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1355 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo/bar"]];
1356 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1357 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1358 ["is_dir"; "/new/foo"]];
1359 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue
1360 [["mkdir_p"; "/new/foo/bar"];
1361 ["is_dir"; "/new"]];
1362 (* Regression tests for RHBZ#503133: *)
1363 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun
1365 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]];
1366 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
1368 ["mkdir_p"; "/new"]]],
1369 "create a directory and parents",
1371 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
1372 as necessary. This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.");
1374 ("chmod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 34, [],
1375 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1378 Change the mode (permissions) of C<path> to C<mode>. Only
1379 numeric modes are supported.
1381 I<Note>: When using this command from guestfish, C<mode>
1382 by default would be decimal, unless you prefix it with
1383 C<0> to get octal, ie. use C<0700> not C<700>.");
1385 ("chown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 35, [],
1386 [], (* XXX Need stat command to test *)
1387 "change file owner and group",
1389 Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
1391 Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
1392 names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
1393 yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
1395 ("exists", (RBool "existsflag", [Pathname "path"]), 36, [],
1396 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1397 [["exists"; "/empty"]]);
1398 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1399 [["exists"; "/directory"]])],
1400 "test if file or directory exists",
1402 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file, directory
1403 (or anything) with the given C<path> name.
1405 See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>.");
1407 ("is_file", (RBool "fileflag", [Pathname "path"]), 37, [],
1408 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1409 [["is_file"; "/known-1"]]);
1410 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1411 [["is_file"; "/directory"]])],
1412 "test if file exists",
1414 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a file
1415 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1416 other objects like directories.
1418 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1420 ("is_dir", (RBool "dirflag", [Pathname "path"]), 38, [],
1421 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1422 [["is_dir"; "/known-3"]]);
1423 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1424 [["is_dir"; "/directory"]])],
1425 "test if file exists",
1427 This returns C<true> if and only if there is a directory
1428 with the given C<path> name. Note that it returns false for
1429 other objects like files.
1431 See also C<guestfs_stat>.");
1433 ("pvcreate", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 39, [Optional "lvm2"],
1434 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1435 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1436 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1437 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1438 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1439 ["pvs"]], ["/dev/sda1"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda3"])],
1440 "create an LVM physical volume",
1442 This creates an LVM physical volume on the named C<device>,
1443 where C<device> should usually be a partition name such
1446 ("vgcreate", (RErr, [String "volgroup"; DeviceList "physvols"]), 40, [Optional "lvm2"],
1447 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1448 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1449 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1450 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1451 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1452 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1453 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1454 ["vgs"]], ["VG1"; "VG2"])],
1455 "create an LVM volume group",
1457 This creates an LVM volume group called C<volgroup>
1458 from the non-empty list of physical volumes C<physvols>.");
1460 ("lvcreate", (RErr, [String "logvol"; String "volgroup"; Int "mbytes"]), 41, [Optional "lvm2"],
1461 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1462 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1463 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
1464 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda2"];
1465 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda3"];
1466 ["vgcreate"; "VG1"; "/dev/sda1 /dev/sda2"];
1467 ["vgcreate"; "VG2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1468 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG1"; "50"];
1469 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG1"; "50"];
1470 ["lvcreate"; "LV3"; "VG2"; "50"];
1471 ["lvcreate"; "LV4"; "VG2"; "50"];
1472 ["lvcreate"; "LV5"; "VG2"; "50"];
1474 ["/dev/VG1/LV1"; "/dev/VG1/LV2";
1475 "/dev/VG2/LV3"; "/dev/VG2/LV4"; "/dev/VG2/LV5"])],
1476 "create an LVM volume group",
1478 This creates an LVM volume group called C<logvol>
1479 on the volume group C<volgroup>, with C<size> megabytes.");
1481 ("mkfs", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 42, [],
1482 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
1483 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1484 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1485 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1486 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
1487 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
1488 "make a filesystem",
1490 This creates a filesystem on C<device> (usually a partition
1491 or LVM logical volume). The filesystem type is C<fstype>, for
1494 ("sfdisk", (RErr, [Device "device";
1495 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
1496 StringList "lines"]), 43, [DangerWillRobinson],
1498 "create partitions on a block device",
1500 This is a direct interface to the L<sfdisk(8)> program for creating
1501 partitions on block devices.
1503 C<device> should be a block device, for example C</dev/sda>.
1505 C<cyls>, C<heads> and C<sectors> are the number of cylinders, heads
1506 and sectors on the device, which are passed directly to sfdisk as
1507 the I<-C>, I<-H> and I<-S> parameters. If you pass C<0> for any
1508 of these, then the corresponding parameter is omitted. Usually for
1509 'large' disks, you can just pass C<0> for these, but for small
1510 (floppy-sized) disks, sfdisk (or rather, the kernel) cannot work
1511 out the right geometry and you will need to tell it.
1513 C<lines> is a list of lines that we feed to C<sfdisk>. For more
1514 information refer to the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage.
1516 To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would
1517 pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being
1518 the string C<,> (comma).
1520 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk_l>, C<guestfs_sfdisk_N>,
1521 C<guestfs_part_init>");
1523 ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"]), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1524 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1525 [["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
1526 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
1527 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1528 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\nnew file contents\n"; "0"];
1529 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
1530 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1531 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n\n"; "0"];
1532 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n");
1533 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1534 [["write_file"; "/new"; ""; "0"];
1535 ["cat"; "/new"]], "");
1536 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1537 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n\n\n"; "0"];
1538 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n\n");
1539 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1540 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\n"; "0"];
1541 ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n")],
1544 This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the
1545 file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data),
1546 with length C<size>.
1548 As a special case, if C<size> is C<0>
1549 then the length is calculated using C<strlen> (so in this case
1550 the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs).
1552 I<NB.> Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL
1553 characters does I<not> work, even if the length is specified.
1554 We hope to resolve this bug in a future version. In the meantime
1555 use C<guestfs_upload>.");
1557 ("umount", (RErr, [String "pathordevice"]), 45, [FishAlias "unmount"],
1558 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1559 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1560 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1561 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1562 ["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"]);
1563 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1564 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
1565 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1566 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1569 "unmount a filesystem",
1571 This unmounts the given filesystem. The filesystem may be
1572 specified either by its mountpoint (path) or the device which
1573 contains the filesystem.");
1575 ("mounts", (RStringList "devices", []), 46, [],
1576 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
1577 [["mounts"]], ["/dev/sda1"])],
1578 "show mounted filesystems",
1580 This returns the list of currently mounted filesystems. It returns
1581 the list of devices (eg. C</dev/sda1>, C</dev/VG/LV>).
1583 Some internal mounts are not shown.
1585 See also: C<guestfs_mountpoints>");
1587 ("umount_all", (RErr, []), 47, [FishAlias "unmount-all"],
1588 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1591 (* check that umount_all can unmount nested mounts correctly: *)
1592 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
1593 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,200 ,"];
1594 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
1595 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda2"];
1596 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda3"];
1597 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
1599 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/mp1"];
1600 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1601 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda3"; "/mp1/mp2"];
1602 ["mkdir"; "/mp1/mp2/mp3"];
1605 "unmount all filesystems",
1607 This unmounts all mounted filesystems.
1609 Some internal mounts are not unmounted by this call.");
1611 ("lvm_remove_all", (RErr, []), 48, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "lvm2"],
1613 "remove all LVM LVs, VGs and PVs",
1615 This command removes all LVM logical volumes, volume groups
1616 and physical volumes.");
1618 ("file", (RString "description", [Dev_or_Path "path"]), 49, [],
1619 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1620 [["file"; "/empty"]], "empty");
1621 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1622 [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text");
1623 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1624 [["file"; "/notexists"]])],
1625 "determine file type",
1627 This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine
1628 the type or contents of the file. This also works on devices,
1629 for example to find out whether a partition contains a filesystem.
1631 This call will also transparently look inside various types
1634 The exact command which runs is C<file -zbsL path>. Note in
1635 particular that the filename is not prepended to the output
1636 (the C<-b> option).");
1638 ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1639 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1640 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1641 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1642 ["command"; "/test-command 1"]], "Result1");
1643 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1644 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1645 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1646 ["command"; "/test-command 2"]], "Result2\n");
1647 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1648 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1649 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1650 ["command"; "/test-command 3"]], "\nResult3");
1651 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1652 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1653 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1654 ["command"; "/test-command 4"]], "\nResult4\n");
1655 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1656 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1657 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1658 ["command"; "/test-command 5"]], "\nResult5\n\n");
1659 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1660 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1661 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1662 ["command"; "/test-command 6"]], "\n\nResult6\n\n");
1663 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1664 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1665 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1666 ["command"; "/test-command 7"]], "");
1667 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1668 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1669 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1670 ["command"; "/test-command 8"]], "\n");
1671 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1672 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1673 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1674 ["command"; "/test-command 9"]], "\n\n");
1675 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1676 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1677 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1678 ["command"; "/test-command 10"]], "Result10-1\nResult10-2\n");
1679 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1680 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1681 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1682 ["command"; "/test-command 11"]], "Result11-1\nResult11-2");
1683 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1684 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1685 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1686 ["command"; "/test-command"]])],
1687 "run a command from the guest filesystem",
1689 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem. The
1690 filesystem must be mounted, and must contain a compatible
1691 operating system (ie. something Linux, with the same
1692 or compatible processor architecture).
1694 The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments.
1695 The first element is the name of the program to run.
1696 Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be
1697 non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that
1698 the command runs directly, and is I<not> invoked via
1699 the shell (see C<guestfs_sh>).
1701 The return value is anything printed to I<stdout> by
1704 If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then
1705 this function returns an error message. The error message
1706 string is the content of I<stderr> from the command.
1708 The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least
1709 C</usr/bin> and C</bin>. If you require a program from
1710 another location, you should provide the full path in the
1713 Shared libraries and data files required by the program
1714 must be available on filesystems which are mounted in the
1715 correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure
1716 all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right
1719 ("command_lines", (RStringList "lines", [StringList "arguments"]), 51, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
1720 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1721 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1722 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1723 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 1"]], ["Result1"]);
1724 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1725 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1726 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1727 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 2"]], ["Result2"]);
1728 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1729 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1730 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1731 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 3"]], ["";"Result3"]);
1732 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1733 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1734 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1735 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 4"]], ["";"Result4"]);
1736 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1737 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1738 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1739 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 5"]], ["";"Result5";""]);
1740 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1741 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1742 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1743 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 6"]], ["";"";"Result6";""]);
1744 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1745 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1746 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1747 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 7"]], []);
1748 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1749 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1750 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1751 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 8"]], [""]);
1752 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1753 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1754 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1755 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 9"]], ["";""]);
1756 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1757 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1758 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1759 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 10"]], ["Result10-1";"Result10-2"]);
1760 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
1761 [["upload"; "test-command"; "/test-command"];
1762 ["chmod"; "0o755"; "/test-command"];
1763 ["command_lines"; "/test-command 11"]], ["Result11-1";"Result11-2"])],
1764 "run a command, returning lines",
1766 This is the same as C<guestfs_command>, but splits the
1767 result into a list of lines.
1769 See also: C<guestfs_sh_lines>");
1771 ("stat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 52, [],
1772 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1773 [["stat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
1774 "get file information",
1776 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
1778 This is the same as the C<stat(2)> system call.");
1780 ("lstat", (RStruct ("statbuf", "stat"), [Pathname "path"]), 53, [],
1781 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1782 [["lstat"; "/empty"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
1783 "get file information for a symbolic link",
1785 Returns file information for the given C<path>.
1787 This is the same as C<guestfs_stat> except that if C<path>
1788 is a symbolic link, then the link is stat-ed, not the file it
1791 This is the same as the C<lstat(2)> system call.");
1793 ("statvfs", (RStruct ("statbuf", "statvfs"), [Pathname "path"]), 54, [],
1794 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
1795 [["statvfs"; "/"]], [CompareWithInt ("namemax", 255)])],
1796 "get file system statistics",
1798 Returns file system statistics for any mounted file system.
1799 C<path> should be a file or directory in the mounted file system
1800 (typically it is the mount point itself, but it doesn't need to be).
1802 This is the same as the C<statvfs(2)> system call.");
1804 ("tune2fs_l", (RHashtable "superblock", [Device "device"]), 55, [],
1806 "get ext2/ext3/ext4 superblock details",
1808 This returns the contents of the ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem
1809 superblock on C<device>.
1811 It is the same as running C<tune2fs -l device>. See L<tune2fs(8)>
1812 manpage for more details. The list of fields returned isn't
1813 clearly defined, and depends on both the version of C<tune2fs>
1814 that libguestfs was built against, and the filesystem itself.");
1816 ("blockdev_setro", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 56, [],
1817 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1818 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
1819 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1820 "set block device to read-only",
1822 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-only.
1824 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1826 ("blockdev_setrw", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 57, [],
1827 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputFalse (
1828 [["blockdev_setrw"; "/dev/sda"];
1829 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1830 "set block device to read-write",
1832 Sets the block device named C<device> to read-write.
1834 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1836 ("blockdev_getro", (RBool "ro", [Device "device"]), 58, [],
1837 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
1838 [["blockdev_setro"; "/dev/sda"];
1839 ["blockdev_getro"; "/dev/sda"]])],
1840 "is block device set to read-only",
1842 Returns a boolean indicating if the block device is read-only
1843 (true if read-only, false if not).
1845 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1847 ("blockdev_getss", (RInt "sectorsize", [Device "device"]), 59, [],
1848 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1849 [["blockdev_getss"; "/dev/sda"]], 512)],
1850 "get sectorsize of block device",
1852 This returns the size of sectors on a block device.
1853 Usually 512, but can be larger for modern devices.
1855 (Note, this is not the size in sectors, use C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>
1858 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1860 ("blockdev_getbsz", (RInt "blocksize", [Device "device"]), 60, [],
1861 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1862 [["blockdev_getbsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 4096)],
1863 "get blocksize of block device",
1865 This returns the block size of a device.
1867 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
1868 I<filesystem block size>).
1870 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1872 ("blockdev_setbsz", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "blocksize"]), 61, [],
1874 "set blocksize of block device",
1876 This sets the block size of a device.
1878 (Note this is different from both I<size in blocks> and
1879 I<filesystem block size>).
1881 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1883 ("blockdev_getsz", (RInt64 "sizeinsectors", [Device "device"]), 62, [],
1884 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1885 [["blockdev_getsz"; "/dev/sda"]], 1024000)],
1886 "get total size of device in 512-byte sectors",
1888 This returns the size of the device in units of 512-byte sectors
1889 (even if the sectorsize isn't 512 bytes ... weird).
1891 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getss> for the real sector size of
1892 the device, and C<guestfs_blockdev_getsize64> for the more
1893 useful I<size in bytes>.
1895 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1897 ("blockdev_getsize64", (RInt64 "sizeinbytes", [Device "device"]), 63, [],
1898 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
1899 [["blockdev_getsize64"; "/dev/sda"]], 524288000)],
1900 "get total size of device in bytes",
1902 This returns the size of the device in bytes.
1904 See also C<guestfs_blockdev_getsz>.
1906 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1908 ("blockdev_flushbufs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 64, [],
1909 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
1910 [["blockdev_flushbufs"; "/dev/sda"]]],
1911 "flush device buffers",
1913 This tells the kernel to flush internal buffers associated
1916 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1918 ("blockdev_rereadpt", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 65, [],
1919 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun
1920 [["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sda"]]],
1921 "reread partition table",
1923 Reread the partition table on C<device>.
1925 This uses the L<blockdev(8)> command.");
1927 ("upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"]), 66, [],
1928 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1929 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
1930 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
1931 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/COPYING.LIB"]],
1932 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
1933 "upload a file from the local machine",
1935 Upload local file C<filename> to C<remotefilename> on the
1938 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
1940 See also C<guestfs_download>.");
1942 ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [],
1943 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
1944 (* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
1945 [["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
1946 ["download"; "/COPYING.LIB"; "testdownload.tmp"];
1947 ["upload"; "testdownload.tmp"; "/upload"];
1948 ["checksum"; "md5"; "/upload"]],
1949 Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "COPYING.LIB"))],
1950 "download a file to the local machine",
1952 Download file C<remotefilename> and save it as C<filename>
1953 on the local machine.
1955 C<filename> can also be a named pipe.
1957 See also C<guestfs_upload>, C<guestfs_cat>.");
1959 ("checksum", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Pathname "path"]), 68, [],
1960 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1961 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/known-3"]], "2891671662");
1962 InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail (
1963 [["checksum"; "crc"; "/notexists"]]);
1964 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1965 [["checksum"; "md5"; "/known-3"]], "46d6ca27ee07cdc6fa99c2e138cc522c");
1966 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1967 [["checksum"; "sha1"; "/known-3"]], "b7ebccc3ee418311091c3eda0a45b83c0a770f15");
1968 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1969 [["checksum"; "sha224"; "/known-3"]], "d2cd1774b28f3659c14116be0a6dc2bb5c4b350ce9cd5defac707741");
1970 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1971 [["checksum"; "sha256"; "/known-3"]], "75bb71b90cd20cb13f86d2bea8dad63ac7194e7517c3b52b8d06ff52d3487d30");
1972 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1973 [["checksum"; "sha384"; "/known-3"]], "5fa7883430f357b5d7b7271d3a1d2872b51d73cba72731de6863d3dea55f30646af2799bef44d5ea776a5ec7941ac640");
1974 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
1975 [["checksum"; "sha512"; "/known-3"]], "2794062c328c6b216dca90443b7f7134c5f40e56bd0ed7853123275a09982a6f992e6ca682f9d2fba34a4c5e870d8fe077694ff831e3032a004ee077e00603f6")],
1976 "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of file",
1978 This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
1981 The type of checksum to compute is given by the C<csumtype>
1982 parameter which must have one of the following values:
1988 Compute the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) specified by POSIX
1989 for the C<cksum> command.
1993 Compute the MD5 hash (using the C<md5sum> program).
1997 Compute the SHA1 hash (using the C<sha1sum> program).
2001 Compute the SHA224 hash (using the C<sha224sum> program).
2005 Compute the SHA256 hash (using the C<sha256sum> program).
2009 Compute the SHA384 hash (using the C<sha384sum> program).
2013 Compute the SHA512 hash (using the C<sha512sum> program).
2017 The checksum is returned as a printable string.");
2019 ("tar_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarfile"; String "directory"]), 69, [],
2020 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2021 [["tar_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar"; "/"];
2022 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2023 "unpack tarfile to directory",
2025 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarfile> (an
2026 I<uncompressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2028 To upload a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_in>
2029 or C<guestfs_txz_in>.");
2031 ("tar_out", (RErr, [String "directory"; FileOut "tarfile"]), 70, [],
2033 "pack directory into tarfile",
2035 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2036 it to local file C<tarfile>.
2038 To download a compressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tgz_out>
2039 or C<guestfs_txz_out>.");
2041 ("tgz_in", (RErr, [FileIn "tarball"; String "directory"]), 71, [],
2042 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2043 [["tgz_in"; "../images/helloworld.tar.gz"; "/"];
2044 ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
2045 "unpack compressed tarball to directory",
2047 This command uploads and unpacks local file C<tarball> (a
2048 I<gzip compressed> tar file) into C<directory>.
2050 To upload an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_in>.");
2052 ("tgz_out", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "tarball"]), 72, [],
2054 "pack directory into compressed tarball",
2056 This command packs the contents of C<directory> and downloads
2057 it to local file C<tarball>.
2059 To download an uncompressed tarball, use C<guestfs_tar_out>.");
2061 ("mount_ro", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 73, [],
2062 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2064 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2065 ["touch"; "/new"]]);
2066 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2067 [["write_file"; "/new"; "data"; "0"];
2069 ["mount_ro"; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2070 ["cat"; "/new"]], "data")],
2071 "mount a guest disk, read-only",
2073 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2074 mounts the filesystem with the read-only (I<-o ro>) flag.");
2076 ("mount_options", (RErr, [String "options"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 74, [],
2078 "mount a guest disk with mount options",
2080 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2081 allows you to set the mount options as for the
2082 L<mount(8)> I<-o> flag.");
2084 ("mount_vfs", (RErr, [String "options"; String "vfstype"; Device "device"; String "mountpoint"]), 75, [],
2086 "mount a guest disk with mount options and vfstype",
2088 This is the same as the C<guestfs_mount> command, but it
2089 allows you to set both the mount options and the vfstype
2090 as for the L<mount(8)> I<-o> and I<-t> flags.");
2092 ("debug", (RString "result", [String "subcmd"; StringList "extraargs"]), 76, [],
2094 "debugging and internals",
2096 The C<guestfs_debug> command exposes some internals of
2097 C<guestfsd> (the guestfs daemon) that runs inside the
2100 There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
2101 to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
2102 to find out what you can do.");
2104 ("lvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 77, [Optional "lvm2"],
2105 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2106 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2107 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2108 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2109 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2110 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2111 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG/LV1"];
2112 ["lvs"]], ["/dev/VG/LV2"]);
2113 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2114 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2115 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2116 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2117 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2118 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2119 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2121 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2122 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2123 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2124 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2125 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2126 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2127 ["lvremove"; "/dev/VG"];
2129 "remove an LVM logical volume",
2131 Remove an LVM logical volume C<device>, where C<device> is
2132 the path to the LV, such as C</dev/VG/LV>.
2134 You can also remove all LVs in a volume group by specifying
2135 the VG name, C</dev/VG>.");
2137 ("vgremove", (RErr, [String "vgname"]), 78, [Optional "lvm2"],
2138 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2139 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2140 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2141 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2142 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2143 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2146 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputList (
2147 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2148 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2149 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2150 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2151 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2154 "remove an LVM volume group",
2156 Remove an LVM volume group C<vgname>, (for example C<VG>).
2158 This also forcibly removes all logical volumes in the volume
2161 ("pvremove", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 79, [Optional "lvm2"],
2162 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2163 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2164 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2165 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2166 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2167 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2169 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2171 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2172 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2173 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2174 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2175 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2176 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2178 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2180 InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputListOfDevices (
2181 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2182 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2183 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2184 ["lvcreate"; "LV1"; "VG"; "50"];
2185 ["lvcreate"; "LV2"; "VG"; "50"];
2187 ["pvremove"; "/dev/sda1"];
2189 "remove an LVM physical volume",
2191 This wipes a physical volume C<device> so that LVM will no longer
2194 The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to
2195 wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have
2196 to remove those first.");
2198 ("set_e2label", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "label"]), 80, [],
2199 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2200 [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "testlabel"];
2201 ["get_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "testlabel")],
2202 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2204 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2205 C<device> to C<label>. Filesystem labels are limited to
2208 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2label>
2209 to return the existing label on a filesystem.");
2211 ("get_e2label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 81, [],
2213 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem label",
2215 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem label of the filesystem on
2218 ("set_e2uuid", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "uuid"]), 82, [],
2219 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2220 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2221 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
2222 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid);
2223 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2224 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "clear"];
2225 ["get_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], "");
2226 (* We can't predict what UUIDs will be, so just check the commands run. *)
2227 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2228 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "random"]]);
2229 InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2230 [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; "time"]])]),
2231 "set the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2233 This sets the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2234 C<device> to C<uuid>. The format of the UUID and alternatives
2235 such as C<clear>, C<random> and C<time> are described in the
2236 L<tune2fs(8)> manpage.
2238 You can use either C<guestfs_tune2fs_l> or C<guestfs_get_e2uuid>
2239 to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
2241 ("get_e2uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 83, [],
2243 "get the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID",
2245 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
2248 ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; Device "device"]), 84, [],
2249 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2250 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2251 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2252 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2253 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2254 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2255 ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
2256 "run the filesystem checker",
2258 This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
2259 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
2261 The returned integer is the status. See L<fsck(8)> for the
2262 list of status codes from C<fsck>.
2270 Multiple status codes can be summed together.
2274 A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
2275 errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
2279 Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
2284 This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
2286 ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 85, [],
2287 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2288 [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2289 ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
2290 ["file"; "/dev/sda1"]], "data")],
2291 "write zeroes to the device",
2293 This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
2295 How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
2296 to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove
2297 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
2299 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
2301 ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"]), 86, [],
2302 (* Test disabled because grub-install incompatible with virtio-blk driver.
2303 * See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
2305 [InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputTrue (
2306 [["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/sda1"];
2307 ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
2310 This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
2311 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.");
2313 ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 87, [],
2314 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2315 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2316 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2317 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2318 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2319 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2320 ["cp"; "/old"; "/new"];
2321 ["is_file"; "/old"]]);
2322 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2323 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2325 ["cp"; "/old"; "/dir/new"];
2326 ["cat"; "/dir/new"]], "file content")],
2329 This copies a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2330 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2332 ("cp_a", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 88, [],
2333 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2334 [["mkdir"; "/olddir"];
2335 ["mkdir"; "/newdir"];
2336 ["write_file"; "/olddir/file"; "file content"; "0"];
2337 ["cp_a"; "/olddir"; "/newdir"];
2338 ["cat"; "/newdir/olddir/file"]], "file content")],
2339 "copy a file or directory recursively",
2341 This copies a file or directory from C<src> to C<dest>
2342 recursively using the C<cp -a> command.");
2344 ("mv", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"]), 89, [],
2345 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
2346 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2347 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2348 ["cat"; "/new"]], "file content");
2349 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2350 [["write_file"; "/old"; "file content"; "0"];
2351 ["mv"; "/old"; "/new"];
2352 ["is_file"; "/old"]])],
2355 This moves a file from C<src> to C<dest> where C<dest> is
2356 either a destination filename or destination directory.");
2358 ("drop_caches", (RErr, [Int "whattodrop"]), 90, [],
2359 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2360 [["drop_caches"; "3"]])],
2361 "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes",
2363 This instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,
2364 and/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>
2365 tells the kernel what precisely to drop, see
2366 L<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>
2368 Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.
2370 This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,
2371 so that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
2373 ("dmesg", (RString "kmsgs", []), 91, [],
2374 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2376 "return kernel messages",
2378 This returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from
2379 the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
2380 debugging of problems.
2382 Another way to get the same information is to enable
2383 verbose messages with C<guestfs_set_verbose> or by setting
2384 the environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before
2385 running the program.");
2387 ("ping_daemon", (RErr, []), 92, [],
2388 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2389 [["ping_daemon"]])],
2390 "ping the guest daemon",
2392 This is a test probe into the guestfs daemon running inside
2393 the qemu subprocess. Calling this function checks that the
2394 daemon responds to the ping message, without affecting the daemon
2395 or attached block device(s) in any other way.");
2397 ("equal", (RBool "equality", [Pathname "file1"; Pathname "file2"]), 93, [],
2398 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputTrue (
2399 [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
2400 ["cp"; "/file1"; "/file2"];
2401 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2402 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputFalse (
2403 [["write_file"; "/file1"; "contents of a file"; "0"];
2404 ["write_file"; "/file2"; "contents of another file"; "0"];
2405 ["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]]);
2406 InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail (
2407 [["equal"; "/file1"; "/file2"]])],
2408 "test if two files have equal contents",
2410 This compares the two files C<file1> and C<file2> and returns
2411 true if their content is exactly equal, or false otherwise.
2413 The external L<cmp(1)> program is used for the comparison.");
2415 ("strings", (RStringList "stringsout", [Pathname "path"]), 94, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2416 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2417 [["strings"; "/known-5"]], ["abcdefghi"; "jklmnopqr"]);
2418 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2419 [["strings"; "/empty"]], [])],
2420 "print the printable strings in a file",
2422 This runs the L<strings(1)> command on a file and returns
2423 the list of printable strings found.");
2425 ("strings_e", (RStringList "stringsout", [String "encoding"; Pathname "path"]), 95, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2426 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2427 [["strings_e"; "b"; "/known-5"]], []);
2428 InitBasicFS, Disabled, TestOutputList (
2429 [["write_file"; "/new"; "\000h\000e\000l\000l\000o\000\n\000w\000o\000r\000l\000d\000\n"; "24"];
2430 ["strings_e"; "b"; "/new"]], ["hello"; "world"])],
2431 "print the printable strings in a file",
2433 This is like the C<guestfs_strings> command, but allows you to
2434 specify the encoding.
2436 See the L<strings(1)> manpage for the full list of encodings.
2438 Commonly useful encodings are C<l> (lower case L) which will
2439 show strings inside Windows/x86 files.
2441 The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8.");
2443 ("hexdump", (RString "dump", [Pathname "path"]), 96, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2444 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
2445 [["hexdump"; "/known-4"]], "00000000 61 62 63 0a 64 65 66 0a 67 68 69 |abc.def.ghi|\n0000000b\n");
2446 (* Test for RHBZ#501888c2 regression which caused large hexdump
2447 * commands to segfault.
2449 InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
2450 [["hexdump"; "/100krandom"]])],
2451 "dump a file in hexadecimal",
2453 This runs C<hexdump -C> on the given C<path>. The result is
2454 the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file.");
2456 ("zerofree", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 97, [Optional "zerofree"],
2457 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2458 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2459 ["mkfs"; "ext3"; "/dev/sda1"];
2460 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2461 ["write_file"; "/new"; "test file"; "0"];
2462 ["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
2463 ["zerofree"; "/dev/sda1"];
2464 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
2465 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test file")],
2466 "zero unused inodes and disk blocks on ext2/3 filesystem",
2468 This runs the I<zerofree> program on C<device>. This program
2469 claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3
2470 filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem
2473 You should B<not> run this program if the filesystem is
2476 It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem
2477 or data on the filesystem.");
2479 ("pvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 98, [Optional "lvm2"],
2481 "resize an LVM physical volume",
2483 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical
2484 volume to match the new size of the underlying device.");
2486 ("sfdisk_N", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum";
2487 Int "cyls"; Int "heads"; Int "sectors";
2488 String "line"]), 99, [DangerWillRobinson],
2490 "modify a single partition on a block device",
2492 This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single
2493 partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1).
2495 For other parameters, see C<guestfs_sfdisk>. You should usually
2496 pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters.
2498 See also: C<guestfs_part_add>");
2500 ("sfdisk_l", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 100, [],
2502 "display the partition table",
2504 This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the
2505 human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is
2506 not intended to be parsed.
2508 See also: C<guestfs_part_list>");
2510 ("sfdisk_kernel_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 101, [],
2512 "display the kernel geometry",
2514 This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>.
2516 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2519 ("sfdisk_disk_geometry", (RString "partitions", [Device "device"]), 102, [],
2521 "display the disk geometry from the partition table",
2523 This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the
2524 partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying
2525 block device has been resized, this can be different from the
2526 kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<guestfs_sfdisk_kernel_geometry>).
2528 The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to
2531 ("vg_activate_all", (RErr, [Bool "activate"]), 103, [Optional "lvm2"],
2533 "activate or deactivate all volume groups",
2535 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2536 all logical volumes in all volume groups.
2537 If activated, then they are made known to the
2538 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2539 then those devices disappear.
2541 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n>");
2543 ("vg_activate", (RErr, [Bool "activate"; StringList "volgroups"]), 104, [Optional "lvm2"],
2545 "activate or deactivate some volume groups",
2547 This command activates or (if C<activate> is false) deactivates
2548 all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C<volgroups>.
2549 If activated, then they are made known to the
2550 kernel, ie. they appear as C</dev/mapper> devices. If deactivated,
2551 then those devices disappear.
2553 This command is the same as running C<vgchange -a y|n volgroups...>
2555 Note that if C<volgroups> is an empty list then B<all> volume groups
2556 are activated or deactivated.");
2558 ("lvresize", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "mbytes"]), 105, [Optional "lvm2"],
2559 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
2560 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2561 ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
2562 ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
2563 ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
2564 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2565 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2566 ["write_file"; "/new"; "test content"; "0"];
2568 ["lvresize"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "20"];
2569 ["e2fsck_f"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2570 ["resize2fs"; "/dev/VG/LV"];
2571 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/VG/LV"; "/"];
2572 ["cat"; "/new"]], "test content")],
2573 "resize an LVM logical volume",
2575 This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM logical
2576 volume to C<mbytes>. When reducing, data in the reduced part
2579 ("resize2fs", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 106, [],
2580 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2581 "resize an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2583 This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of
2584 the underlying device.
2586 I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<guestfs_e2fsck_f>
2587 on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons
2588 C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not.
2589 In any case, it is always safe to call C<guestfs_e2fsck_f> before
2590 calling this function.");
2592 ("find", (RStringList "names", [Pathname "directory"]), 107, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2593 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2594 [["find"; "/"]], ["lost+found"]);
2595 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2599 ["find"; "/"]], ["a"; "b"; "b/c"; "lost+found"]);
2600 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2601 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2602 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2603 ["find"; "/a/b/"]], ["c"; "c/d"])],
2604 "find all files and directories",
2606 This command lists out all files and directories, recursively,
2607 starting at C<directory>. It is essentially equivalent to
2608 running the shell command C<find directory -print> but some
2609 post-processing happens on the output, described below.
2611 This returns a list of strings I<without any prefix>. Thus
2612 if the directory structure was:
2618 then the returned list from C<guestfs_find> C</tmp> would be
2626 If C<directory> is not a directory, then this command returns
2629 The returned list is sorted.
2631 See also C<guestfs_find0>.");
2633 ("e2fsck_f", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 108, [],
2634 [], (* lvresize tests this *)
2635 "check an ext2/ext3 filesystem",
2637 This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3
2638 filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>),
2639 even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>).
2641 This command is only needed because of C<guestfs_resize2fs>
2642 (q.v.). Normally you should use C<guestfs_fsck>.");
2644 ("sleep", (RErr, [Int "secs"]), 109, [],
2645 [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
2647 "sleep for some seconds",
2649 Sleep for C<secs> seconds.");
2651 ("ntfs_3g_probe", (RInt "status", [Bool "rw"; Device "device"]), 110, [Optional "ntfs3g"],
2652 [InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2653 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2654 ["mkfs"; "ntfs"; "/dev/sda1"];
2655 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
2656 InitNone, Always, TestOutputInt (
2657 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2658 ["mkfs"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"];
2659 ["ntfs_3g_probe"; "true"; "/dev/sda1"]], 12)],
2660 "probe NTFS volume",
2662 This command runs the L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> command which probes
2663 an NTFS C<device> for mountability. (Not all NTFS volumes can
2664 be mounted read-write, and some cannot be mounted at all).
2666 C<rw> is a boolean flag. Set it to true if you want to test
2667 if the volume can be mounted read-write. Set it to false if
2668 you want to test if the volume can be mounted read-only.
2670 The return value is an integer which C<0> if the operation
2671 would succeed, or some non-zero value documented in the
2672 L<ntfs-3g.probe(8)> manual page.");
2674 ("sh", (RString "output", [String "command"]), 111, [],
2675 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2676 "run a command via the shell",
2678 This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the
2681 This is like C<guestfs_command>, but passes the command to:
2683 /bin/sh -c \"command\"
2685 Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in
2686 wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated
2689 All the provisos about C<guestfs_command> apply to this call.");
2691 ("sh_lines", (RStringList "lines", [String "command"]), 112, [],
2692 [], (* XXX needs tests *)
2693 "run a command via the shell returning lines",
2695 This is the same as C<guestfs_sh>, but splits the result
2696 into a list of lines.
2698 See also: C<guestfs_command_lines>");
2700 ("glob_expand", (RStringList "paths", [Pathname "pattern"]), 113, [],
2701 (* Use Pathname here, and hence ABS_PATH (pattern,... in generated
2702 * code in stubs.c, since all valid glob patterns must start with "/".
2703 * There is no concept of "cwd" in libguestfs, hence no "."-relative names.
2705 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2706 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2707 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2708 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2709 ["glob_expand"; "/a/b/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
2710 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2711 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2712 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2713 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2714 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/c/*"]], ["/a/b/c/d"; "/a/b/c/e"]);
2715 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2716 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b/c"];
2717 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/d"];
2718 ["touch"; "/a/b/c/e"];
2719 ["glob_expand"; "/a/*/x/*"]], [])],
2720 "expand a wildcard path",
2722 This command searches for all the pathnames matching
2723 C<pattern> according to the wildcard expansion rules
2726 If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
2727 (note: not an error).
2729 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
2730 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
2731 See that manual page for more details.");
2733 ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 114, [DangerWillRobinson; Optional "scrub"],
2734 [InitNone, Always, TestRun ( (* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
2735 [["scrub_device"; "/dev/sdc"]])],
2736 "scrub (securely wipe) a device",
2738 This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
2741 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2742 manual page for more details.");
2744 ("scrub_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 115, [Optional "scrub"],
2745 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2746 [["write_file"; "/file"; "content"; "0"];
2747 ["scrub_file"; "/file"]])],
2748 "scrub (securely wipe) a file",
2750 This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
2753 The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
2755 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2756 manual page for more details.");
2758 ("scrub_freespace", (RErr, [Pathname "dir"]), 116, [Optional "scrub"],
2759 [], (* XXX needs testing *)
2760 "scrub (securely wipe) free space",
2762 This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
2763 with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
2764 as for C<guestfs_scrub_file>, and deletes them.
2765 The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
2768 It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program. See that
2769 manual page for more details.");
2771 ("mkdtemp", (RString "dir", [Pathname "template"]), 117, [],
2772 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
2774 ["mkdtemp"; "/tmp/tmpXXXXXX"]])],
2775 "create a temporary directory",
2777 This command creates a temporary directory. The
2778 C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
2779 temporary directory name with the final six characters being
2782 For example: \"/tmp/myprogXXXXXX\" or \"/Temp/myprogXXXXXX\",
2783 the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
2785 The name of the temporary directory that was created
2788 The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
2789 and is owned by root.
2791 The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
2792 directory and its contents after use.
2794 See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>");
2796 ("wc_l", (RInt "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 118, [],
2797 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2798 [["wc_l"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
2799 "count lines in a file",
2801 This command counts the lines in a file, using the
2802 C<wc -l> external command.");
2804 ("wc_w", (RInt "words", [Pathname "path"]), 119, [],
2805 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2806 [["wc_w"; "/10klines"]], 10000)],
2807 "count words in a file",
2809 This command counts the words in a file, using the
2810 C<wc -w> external command.");
2812 ("wc_c", (RInt "chars", [Pathname "path"]), 120, [],
2813 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2814 [["wc_c"; "/100kallspaces"]], 102400)],
2815 "count characters in a file",
2817 This command counts the characters in a file, using the
2818 C<wc -c> external command.");
2820 ("head", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 121, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2821 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2822 [["head"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"3abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"4abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"5abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"6abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"7abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"8abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
2823 "return first 10 lines of a file",
2825 This command returns up to the first 10 lines of a file as
2826 a list of strings.");
2828 ("head_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 122, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2829 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2830 [["head_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2831 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2832 [["head_n"; "-9997"; "/10klines"]], ["0abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"2abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2833 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2834 [["head_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
2835 "return first N lines of a file",
2837 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the first
2838 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
2840 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
2841 from the file C<path>, excluding the last C<nrlines> lines.
2843 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
2845 ("tail", (RStringList "lines", [Pathname "path"]), 123, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2846 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2847 [["tail"; "/10klines"]], ["9990abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9991abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9992abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9993abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9994abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9995abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9996abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"])],
2848 "return last 10 lines of a file",
2850 This command returns up to the last 10 lines of a file as
2851 a list of strings.");
2853 ("tail_n", (RStringList "lines", [Int "nrlines"; Pathname "path"]), 124, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
2854 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2855 [["tail_n"; "3"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2856 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2857 [["tail_n"; "-9998"; "/10klines"]], ["9997abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9998abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";"9999abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]);
2858 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2859 [["tail_n"; "0"; "/10klines"]], [])],
2860 "return last N lines of a file",
2862 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a positive number, this returns the last
2863 C<nrlines> lines of the file C<path>.
2865 If the parameter C<nrlines> is a negative number, this returns lines
2866 from the file C<path>, starting with the C<-nrlines>th line.
2868 If the parameter C<nrlines> is zero, this returns an empty list.");
2870 ("df", (RString "output", []), 125, [],
2871 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
2872 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
2874 "report file system disk space usage",
2876 This command runs the C<df> command to report disk space used.
2878 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
2879 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
2880 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
2882 ("df_h", (RString "output", []), 126, [],
2883 [], (* XXX Tricky to test because it depends on the exact format
2884 * of the 'df' command and other imponderables.
2886 "report file system disk space usage (human readable)",
2888 This command runs the C<df -h> command to report disk space used
2889 in human-readable format.
2891 This command is mostly useful for interactive sessions. It
2892 is I<not> intended that you try to parse the output string.
2893 Use C<statvfs> from programs.");
2895 ("du", (RInt64 "sizekb", [Pathname "path"]), 127, [],
2896 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputInt (
2897 [["du"; "/directory"]], 2 (* ISO fs blocksize is 2K *))],
2898 "estimate file space usage",
2900 This command runs the C<du -s> command to estimate file space
2903 C<path> can be a file or a directory. If C<path> is a directory
2904 then the estimate includes the contents of the directory and all
2905 subdirectories (recursively).
2907 The result is the estimated size in I<kilobytes>
2908 (ie. units of 1024 bytes).");
2910 ("initrd_list", (RStringList "filenames", [Pathname "path"]), 128, [],
2911 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
2912 [["initrd_list"; "/initrd"]], ["empty";"known-1";"known-2";"known-3";"known-4"; "known-5"])],
2913 "list files in an initrd",
2915 This command lists out files contained in an initrd.
2917 The files are listed without any initial C</> character. The
2918 files are listed in the order they appear (not necessarily
2919 alphabetical). Directory names are listed as separate items.
2921 Old Linux kernels (2.4 and earlier) used a compressed ext2
2922 filesystem as initrd. We I<only> support the newer initramfs
2923 format (compressed cpio files).");
2925 ("mount_loop", (RErr, [Pathname "file"; Pathname "mountpoint"]), 129, [],
2927 "mount a file using the loop device",
2929 This command lets you mount C<file> (a filesystem image
2930 in a file) on a mount point. It is entirely equivalent to
2931 the command C<mount -o loop file mountpoint>.");
2933 ("mkswap", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 130, [],
2934 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2935 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2936 ["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2937 "create a swap partition",
2939 Create a swap partition on C<device>.");
2941 ("mkswap_L", (RErr, [String "label"; Device "device"]), 131, [],
2942 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2943 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2944 ["mkswap_L"; "hello"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
2945 "create a swap partition with a label",
2947 Create a swap partition on C<device> with label C<label>.
2949 Note that you cannot attach a swap label to a block device
2950 (eg. C</dev/sda>), just to a partition. This appears to be
2951 a limitation of the kernel or swap tools.");
2953 ("mkswap_U", (RErr, [String "uuid"; Device "device"]), 132, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
2954 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
2955 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
2956 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
2957 ["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"]])]),
2958 "create a swap partition with an explicit UUID",
2960 Create a swap partition on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
2962 ("mknod", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 133, [Optional "mknod"],
2963 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2964 [["mknod"; "0o10777"; "0"; "0"; "/node"];
2965 (* NB: default umask 022 means 0777 -> 0755 in these tests *)
2966 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)]);
2967 InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2968 [["mknod"; "0o60777"; "66"; "99"; "/node"];
2969 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
2970 "make block, character or FIFO devices",
2972 This call creates block or character special devices, or
2973 named pipes (FIFOs).
2975 The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard
2976 constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the
2977 device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block
2978 and character special devices.");
2980 ("mkfifo", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Pathname "path"]), 134, [Optional "mknod"],
2981 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2982 [["mkfifo"; "0o777"; "/node"];
2983 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o10755)])],
2984 "make FIFO (named pipe)",
2986 This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with
2987 mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around
2988 C<guestfs_mknod>.");
2990 ("mknod_b", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 135, [Optional "mknod"],
2991 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
2992 [["mknod_b"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
2993 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o60755)])],
2994 "make block device node",
2996 This call creates a block device node called C<path> with
2997 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
2998 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
3000 ("mknod_c", (RErr, [Int "mode"; Int "devmajor"; Int "devminor"; Pathname "path"]), 136, [Optional "mknod"],
3001 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3002 [["mknod_c"; "0o777"; "99"; "66"; "/node"];
3003 ["stat"; "/node"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o20755)])],
3004 "make char device node",
3006 This call creates a char device node called C<path> with
3007 mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>.
3008 It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>.");
3010 ("umask", (RInt "oldmask", [Int "mask"]), 137, [],
3011 [], (* XXX umask is one of those stateful things that we should
3012 * reset between each test.
3014 "set file mode creation mask (umask)",
3016 This function sets the mask used for creating new files and
3017 device nodes to C<mask & 0777>.
3019 Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files
3020 with permissions like \"-rw-r--r--\" or \"-rwxr-xr-x\", and
3021 C<002> which creates new files with permissions like
3022 \"-rw-rw-r--\" or \"-rwxrwxr-x\".
3024 The default umask is C<022>. This is important because it
3025 means that directories and device nodes will be created with
3026 C<0644> or C<0755> mode even if you specify C<0777>.
3028 See also L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>.
3030 This call returns the previous umask.");
3032 ("readdir", (RStructList ("entries", "dirent"), [Pathname "dir"]), 138, [],
3034 "read directories entries",
3036 This returns the list of directory entries in directory C<dir>.
3038 All entries in the directory are returned, including C<.> and
3039 C<..>. The entries are I<not> sorted, but returned in the same
3040 order as the underlying filesystem.
3042 Also this call returns basic file type information about each
3043 file. The C<ftyp> field will contain one of the following characters:
3081 The L<readdir(3)> returned a C<d_type> field with an
3086 This function is primarily intended for use by programs. To
3087 get a simple list of names, use C<guestfs_ls>. To get a printable
3088 directory for human consumption, use C<guestfs_ll>.");
3090 ("sfdiskM", (RErr, [Device "device"; StringList "lines"]), 139, [DangerWillRobinson],
3092 "create partitions on a block device",
3094 This is a simplified interface to the C<guestfs_sfdisk>
3095 command, where partition sizes are specified in megabytes
3096 only (rounded to the nearest cylinder) and you don't need
3097 to specify the cyls, heads and sectors parameters which
3098 were rarely if ever used anyway.
3100 See also: C<guestfs_sfdisk>, the L<sfdisk(8)> manpage
3101 and C<guestfs_part_disk>");
3103 ("zfile", (RString "description", [String "meth"; Pathname "path"]), 140, [DeprecatedBy "file"],
3105 "determine file type inside a compressed file",
3107 This command runs C<file> after first decompressing C<path>
3110 C<method> must be one of C<gzip>, C<compress> or C<bzip2>.
3112 Since 1.0.63, use C<guestfs_file> instead which can now
3113 process compressed files.");
3115 ("getxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 141, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3117 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3119 This call lists the extended attributes of the file or directory
3122 At the system call level, this is a combination of the
3123 L<listxattr(2)> and L<getxattr(2)> calls.
3125 See also: C<guestfs_lgetxattrs>, L<attr(5)>.");
3127 ("lgetxattrs", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"]), 142, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3129 "list extended attributes of a file or directory",
3131 This is the same as C<guestfs_getxattrs>, but if C<path>
3132 is a symbolic link, then it returns the extended attributes
3133 of the link itself.");
3135 ("setxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3136 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3137 Pathname "path"]), 143, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3139 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3141 This call sets the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3142 of the file C<path> to the value C<val> (of length C<vallen>).
3143 The value is arbitrary 8 bit data.
3145 See also: C<guestfs_lsetxattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3147 ("lsetxattr", (RErr, [String "xattr";
3148 String "val"; Int "vallen"; (* will be BufferIn *)
3149 Pathname "path"]), 144, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3151 "set extended attribute of a file or directory",
3153 This is the same as C<guestfs_setxattr>, but if C<path>
3154 is a symbolic link, then it sets an extended attribute
3155 of the link itself.");
3157 ("removexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 145, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3159 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3161 This call removes the extended attribute named C<xattr>
3162 of the file C<path>.
3164 See also: C<guestfs_lremovexattr>, L<attr(5)>.");
3166 ("lremovexattr", (RErr, [String "xattr"; Pathname "path"]), 146, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
3168 "remove extended attribute of a file or directory",
3170 This is the same as C<guestfs_removexattr>, but if C<path>
3171 is a symbolic link, then it removes an extended attribute
3172 of the link itself.");
3174 ("mountpoints", (RHashtable "mps", []), 147, [],
3178 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mounts>. That call returns
3179 a list of devices. This one returns a hash table (map) of
3180 device name to directory where the device is mounted.");
3182 ("mkmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 148, [],
3183 (* This is a special case: while you would expect a parameter
3184 * of type "Pathname", that doesn't work, because it implies
3185 * NEED_ROOT in the generated calling code in stubs.c, and
3186 * this function cannot use NEED_ROOT.
3189 "create a mountpoint",
3191 C<guestfs_mkmountpoint> and C<guestfs_rmmountpoint> are
3192 specialized calls that can be used to create extra mountpoints
3193 before mounting the first filesystem.
3195 These calls are I<only> necessary in some very limited circumstances,
3196 mainly the case where you want to mount a mix of unrelated and/or
3197 read-only filesystems together.
3199 For example, live CDs often contain a \"Russian doll\" nest of
3200 filesystems, an ISO outer layer, with a squashfs image inside, with
3201 an ext2/3 image inside that. You can unpack this as follows
3204 add-ro Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso
3207 mkmountpoint /squash
3210 mount-loop /cd/LiveOS/squashfs.img /squash
3211 mount-loop /squash/LiveOS/ext3fs.img /ext3
3213 The inner filesystem is now unpacked under the /ext3 mountpoint.");
3215 ("rmmountpoint", (RErr, [String "exemptpath"]), 149, [],
3217 "remove a mountpoint",
3219 This calls removes a mountpoint that was previously created
3220 with C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>. See C<guestfs_mkmountpoint>
3221 for full details.");
3223 ("read_file", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"]), 150, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3224 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
3225 [["read_file"; "/known-4"]], "abc\ndef\nghi")],
3228 This calls returns the contents of the file C<path> as a
3231 Unlike C<guestfs_cat>, this function can correctly
3232 handle files that contain embedded ASCII NUL characters.
3233 However unlike C<guestfs_download>, this function is limited
3234 in the total size of file that can be handled.");
3236 ("grep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 151, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3237 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3238 [["grep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"]);
3239 InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3240 [["grep"; "nomatch"; "/test-grep.txt"]], [])],
3241 "return lines matching a pattern",
3243 This calls the external C<grep> program and returns the
3246 ("egrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 152, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3247 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3248 [["egrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3249 "return lines matching a pattern",
3251 This calls the external C<egrep> program and returns the
3254 ("fgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 153, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3255 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3256 [["fgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3257 "return lines matching a pattern",
3259 This calls the external C<fgrep> program and returns the
3262 ("grepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 154, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3263 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3264 [["grepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3265 "return lines matching a pattern",
3267 This calls the external C<grep -i> program and returns the
3270 ("egrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 155, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3271 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3272 [["egrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3273 "return lines matching a pattern",
3275 This calls the external C<egrep -i> program and returns the
3278 ("fgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 156, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3279 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3280 [["fgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3281 "return lines matching a pattern",
3283 This calls the external C<fgrep -i> program and returns the
3286 ("zgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 157, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3287 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3288 [["zgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3289 "return lines matching a pattern",
3291 This calls the external C<zgrep> program and returns the
3294 ("zegrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 158, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3295 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3296 [["zegrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3297 "return lines matching a pattern",
3299 This calls the external C<zegrep> program and returns the
3302 ("zfgrep", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 159, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3303 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3304 [["zfgrep"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"])],
3305 "return lines matching a pattern",
3307 This calls the external C<zfgrep> program and returns the
3310 ("zgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 160, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3311 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3312 [["zgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3313 "return lines matching a pattern",
3315 This calls the external C<zgrep -i> program and returns the
3318 ("zegrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "regex"; Pathname "path"]), 161, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3319 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3320 [["zegrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3321 "return lines matching a pattern",
3323 This calls the external C<zegrep -i> program and returns the
3326 ("zfgrepi", (RStringList "lines", [String "pattern"; Pathname "path"]), 162, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
3327 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3328 [["zfgrepi"; "abc"; "/test-grep.txt.gz"]], ["abc"; "abc123"; "ABC"])],
3329 "return lines matching a pattern",
3331 This calls the external C<zfgrep -i> program and returns the
3334 ("realpath", (RString "rpath", [Pathname "path"]), 163, [Optional "realpath"],
3335 [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
3336 [["realpath"; "/../directory"]], "/directory")],
3337 "canonicalized absolute pathname",
3339 Return the canonicalized absolute pathname of C<path>. The
3340 returned path has no C<.>, C<..> or symbolic link path elements.");
3342 ("ln", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 164, [],
3343 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3346 ["stat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
3347 "create a hard link",
3349 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln> command.");
3351 ("ln_f", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 165, [],
3352 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3355 ["ln_f"; "/a"; "/b"];
3356 ["stat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("nlink", 2)])],
3357 "create a hard link",
3359 This command creates a hard link using the C<ln -f> command.
3360 The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
3362 ("ln_s", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 166, [],
3363 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3365 ["ln_s"; "a"; "/b"];
3366 ["lstat"; "/b"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o120777)])],
3367 "create a symbolic link",
3369 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -s> command.");
3371 ("ln_sf", (RErr, [String "target"; Pathname "linkname"]), 167, [],
3372 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
3373 [["mkdir_p"; "/a/b"];
3374 ["touch"; "/a/b/c"];
3375 ["ln_sf"; "../d"; "/a/b/c"];
3376 ["readlink"; "/a/b/c"]], "../d")],
3377 "create a symbolic link",
3379 This command creates a symbolic link using the C<ln -sf> command,
3380 The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
3382 ("readlink", (RString "link", [Pathname "path"]), 168, [],
3383 [] (* XXX tested above *),
3384 "read the target of a symbolic link",
3386 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
3388 ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [],
3389 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
3390 [["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
3391 ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
3392 "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
3394 This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
3395 C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
3398 Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
3399 C<alloc> command which allocates a file in the host and
3400 attaches it as a device.");
3402 ("swapon_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 170, [],
3403 [InitPartition, Always, TestRun (
3404 [["mkswap"; "/dev/sda1"];
3405 ["swapon_device"; "/dev/sda1"];
3406 ["swapoff_device"; "/dev/sda1"]])],
3407 "enable swap on device",
3409 This command enables the libguestfs appliance to use the
3410 swap device or partition named C<device>. The increased
3411 memory is made available for all commands, for example
3412 those run using C<guestfs_command> or C<guestfs_sh>.
3414 Note that you should not swap to existing guest swap
3415 partitions unless you know what you are doing. They may
3416 contain hibernation information, or other information that
3417 the guest doesn't want you to trash. You also risk leaking
3418 information about the host to the guest this way. Instead,
3419 attach a new host device to the guest and swap on that.");
3421 ("swapoff_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 171, [],
3422 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_device *)
3423 "disable swap on device",
3425 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap
3426 device or partition named C<device>.
3427 See C<guestfs_swapon_device>.");
3429 ("swapon_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 172, [],
3430 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3431 [["fallocate"; "/swap"; "8388608"];
3432 ["mkswap_file"; "/swap"];
3433 ["swapon_file"; "/swap"];
3434 ["swapoff_file"; "/swap"]])],
3435 "enable swap on file",
3437 This command enables swap to a file.
3438 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3440 ("swapoff_file", (RErr, [Pathname "file"]), 173, [],
3441 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_file *)
3442 "disable swap on file",
3444 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on file.");
3446 ("swapon_label", (RErr, [String "label"]), 174, [],
3447 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3448 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sdb"; "mbr"];
3449 ["mkswap_L"; "swapit"; "/dev/sdb1"];
3450 ["swapon_label"; "swapit"];
3451 ["swapoff_label"; "swapit"];
3452 ["zero"; "/dev/sdb"];
3453 ["blockdev_rereadpt"; "/dev/sdb"]])],
3454 "enable swap on labeled swap partition",
3456 This command enables swap to a labeled swap partition.
3457 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3459 ("swapoff_label", (RErr, [String "label"]), 175, [],
3460 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_label *)
3461 "disable swap on labeled swap partition",
3463 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap on
3464 labeled swap partition.");
3466 ("swapon_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"]), 176, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3467 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3468 [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
3469 [["mkswap_U"; uuid; "/dev/sdb"];
3470 ["swapon_uuid"; uuid];
3471 ["swapoff_uuid"; uuid]])]),
3472 "enable swap on swap partition by UUID",
3474 This command enables swap to a swap partition with the given UUID.
3475 See C<guestfs_swapon_device> for other notes.");
3477 ("swapoff_uuid", (RErr, [String "uuid"]), 177, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3478 [], (* XXX tested by swapon_uuid *)
3479 "disable swap on swap partition by UUID",
3481 This command disables the libguestfs appliance swap partition
3482 with the given UUID.");
3484 ("mkswap_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 178, [],
3485 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestRun (
3486 [["fallocate"; "/swap"; "8388608"];
3487 ["mkswap_file"; "/swap"]])],
3488 "create a swap file",
3492 This command just writes a swap file signature to an existing
3493 file. To create the file itself, use something like C<guestfs_fallocate>.");
3495 ("inotify_init", (RErr, [Int "maxevents"]), 179, [Optional "inotify"],
3496 [InitISOFS, Always, TestRun (
3497 [["inotify_init"; "0"]])],
3498 "create an inotify handle",
3500 This command creates a new inotify handle.
3501 The inotify subsystem can be used to notify events which happen to
3502 objects in the guest filesystem.
3504 C<maxevents> is the maximum number of events which will be
3505 queued up between calls to C<guestfs_inotify_read> or
3506 C<guestfs_inotify_files>.
3507 If this is passed as C<0>, then the kernel (or previously set)
3508 default is used. For Linux 2.6.29 the default was 16384 events.
3509 Beyond this limit, the kernel throws away events, but records
3510 the fact that it threw them away by setting a flag
3511 C<IN_Q_OVERFLOW> in the returned structure list (see
3512 C<guestfs_inotify_read>).
3514 Before any events are generated, you have to add some
3515 watches to the internal watch list. See:
3516 C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>,
3517 C<guestfs_inotify_rm_watch> and
3518 C<guestfs_inotify_watch_all>.
3520 Queued up events should be read periodically by calling
3521 C<guestfs_inotify_read>
3522 (or C<guestfs_inotify_files> which is just a helpful
3523 wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>). If you don't
3524 read the events out often enough then you risk the internal
3527 The handle should be closed after use by calling
3528 C<guestfs_inotify_close>. This also removes any
3529 watches automatically.
3531 See also L<inotify(7)> for an overview of the inotify interface
3532 as exposed by the Linux kernel, which is roughly what we expose
3533 via libguestfs. Note that there is one global inotify handle
3534 per libguestfs instance.");
3536 ("inotify_add_watch", (RInt64 "wd", [Pathname "path"; Int "mask"]), 180, [Optional "inotify"],
3537 [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputList (
3538 [["inotify_init"; "0"];
3539 ["inotify_add_watch"; "/"; "1073741823"];
3542 ["inotify_files"]], ["a"; "b"])],
3543 "add an inotify watch",
3545 Watch C<path> for the events listed in C<mask>.
3547 Note that if C<path> is a directory then events within that
3548 directory are watched, but this does I<not> happen recursively
3549 (in subdirectories).
3551 Note for non-C or non-Linux callers: the inotify events are
3552 defined by the Linux kernel ABI and are listed in
3553 C</usr/include/sys/inotify.h>.");
3555 ("inotify_rm_watch", (RErr, [Int(*XXX64*) "wd"]), 181, [Optional "inotify"],
3557 "remove an inotify watch",
3559 Remove a previously defined inotify watch.
3560 See C<guestfs_inotify_add_watch>.");
3562 ("inotify_read", (RStructList ("events", "inotify_event"), []), 182, [Optional "inotify"],
3564 "return list of inotify events",
3566 Return the complete queue of events that have happened
3567 since the previous read call.
3569 If no events have happened, this returns an empty list.
3571 I<Note>: In order to make sure that all events have been
3572 read, you must call this function repeatedly until it
3573 returns an empty list. The reason is that the call will
3574 read events up to the maximum appliance-to-host message
3575 size and leave remaining events in the queue.");
3577 ("inotify_files", (RStringList "paths", []), 183, [Optional "inotify"],
3579 "return list of watched files that had events",
3581 This function is a helpful wrapper around C<guestfs_inotify_read>
3582 which just returns a list of pathnames of objects that were
3583 touched. The returned pathnames are sorted and deduplicated.");
3585 ("inotify_close", (RErr, []), 184, [Optional "inotify"],
3587 "close the inotify handle",
3589 This closes the inotify handle which was previously
3590 opened by inotify_init. It removes all watches, throws
3591 away any pending events, and deallocates all resources.");
3593 ("setcon", (RErr, [String "context"]), 185, [Optional "selinux"],
3595 "set SELinux security context",
3597 This sets the SELinux security context of the daemon
3598 to the string C<context>.
3600 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>.");
3602 ("getcon", (RString "context", []), 186, [Optional "selinux"],
3604 "get SELinux security context",
3606 This gets the SELinux security context of the daemon.
3608 See the documentation about SELINUX in L<guestfs(3)>,
3609 and C<guestfs_setcon>");
3611 ("mkfs_b", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"]), 187, [],
3612 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3613 [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
3614 ["mkfs_b"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
3615 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda1"; "/"];
3616 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3617 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3618 "make a filesystem with block size",
3620 This call is similar to C<guestfs_mkfs>, but it allows you to
3621 control the block size of the resulting filesystem. Supported
3622 block sizes depend on the filesystem type, but typically they
3623 are C<1024>, C<2048> or C<4096> only.");
3625 ("mke2journal", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; Device "device"]), 188, [],
3626 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3627 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3628 ["mke2journal"; "4096"; "/dev/sda1"];
3629 ["mke2fs_J"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "/dev/sda1"];
3630 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3631 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3632 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3633 "make ext2/3/4 external journal",
3635 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device>. It is equivalent
3638 mke2fs -O journal_dev -b blocksize device");
3640 ("mke2journal_L", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "label"; Device "device"]), 189, [],
3641 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3642 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3643 ["mke2journal_L"; "4096"; "JOURNAL"; "/dev/sda1"];
3644 ["mke2fs_JL"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; "JOURNAL"];
3645 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3646 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3647 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
3648 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with label",
3650 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with label C<label>.");
3652 ("mke2journal_U", (RErr, [Int "blocksize"; String "uuid"; Device "device"]), 190, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3653 (let uuid = uuidgen () in
3654 [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
3655 [["sfdiskM"; "/dev/sda"; ",100 ,"];
3656 ["mke2journal_U"; "4096"; uuid; "/dev/sda1"];
3657 ["mke2fs_JU"; "ext2"; "4096"; "/dev/sda2"; uuid];
3658 ["mount_options"; ""; "/dev/sda2"; "/"];
3659 ["write_file"; "/new"; "new file contents"; "0"];
3660 ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")]),
3661 "make ext2/3/4 external journal with UUID",
3663 This creates an ext2 external journal on C<device> with UUID C<uuid>.");
3665 ("mke2fs_J", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; Device "journal"]), 191, [],
3667 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
3669 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
3670 an external journal on C<journal>. It is equivalent
3673 mke2fs -t fstype -b blocksize -J device=<journal> <device>
3675 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal>.");
3677 ("mke2fs_JL", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "label"]), 192, [],
3679 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
3681 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
3682 an external journal on the journal labeled C<label>.
3684 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_L>.");
3686 ("mke2fs_JU", (RErr, [String "fstype"; Int "blocksize"; Device "device"; String "uuid"]), 193, [Optional "linuxfsuuid"],
3688 "make ext2/3/4 filesystem with external journal",
3690 This creates an ext2/3/4 filesystem on C<device> with
3691 an external journal on the journal with UUID C<uuid>.
3693 See also C<guestfs_mke2journal_U>.");
3695 ("modprobe", (RErr, [String "modulename"]), 194, [Optional "linuxmodules"],
3696 [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["modprobe"; "fat"]]],
3697 "load a kernel module",
3699 This loads a kernel module in the appliance.
3701 The kernel module must have been whitelisted when libguestfs
3702 was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
3704 ("echo_daemon", (RString "output", [StringList "words"]), 195, [],
3705 [InitNone, Always, TestOutput (
3706 [["echo_daemon"; "This is a test"]], "This is a test"
3708 "echo arguments back to the client",
3710 This command concatenate the list of C<words> passed with single spaces between
3711 them and returns the resulting string.
3713 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
3715 See also C<guestfs_ping_daemon>.");
3717 ("find0", (RErr, [Pathname "directory"; FileOut "files"]), 196, [],
3718 [], (* There is a regression test for this. *)