=encoding utf8 =head1 NAME guestfs-ruby - How to use libguestfs from Ruby =head1 SYNOPSIS require 'guestfs' g = Guestfs::Guestfs.new() g.add_drive_opts("disk.img", :readonly => 1, :format => "raw") g.launch() =head1 DESCRIPTION This manual page documents how to call libguestfs from the Ruby programming language. This page just documents the differences from the C API and gives some examples. If you are not familiar with using libguestfs, you also need to read L. =head2 EXCEPTIONS Errors from libguestfs functions are mapped into the C exception. This has a single parameter which is the error message (a string). =head1 EXAMPLE 1: CREATE A DISK IMAGE @EXAMPLE1@ =head1 EXAMPLE 2: INSPECT A VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGE @EXAMPLE2@ =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L. =head1 AUTHORS Richard W.M. Jones (C) =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc. L The examples in this manual page may be freely copied, modified and distributed without any restrictions. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA