New API calls: truncate, truncate_size, mkdir_mode, utimens, lchown.

[libguestfs.git] / TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 0326ad9..fc14cdc 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@ Ideas for extra commands
   General glibc / core programs:
     chgrp
     dd (?)
-    utime / utimes / futimes / futimens / l..
     more mk*temp calls
-    trunc[ate??]
 
   ext2 properties:
     chattr
@@ -172,11 +170,6 @@ Ideas for extra commands
     pivot_root
     fts(3) / ftw(3)
 
-Swap space
-----------
-
-Allow swap space from the guest to be used.  Is it a good idea?
-
 Other initrd-* commands
 -----------------------
 
@@ -219,7 +212,7 @@ Quick Perl scripts
 Currently we can't do Perl "one-liners".  ie. The current syntax for
 any short Perl one-liner would be:
 
-  perl -MSys::Guestfs -e '$g = Sys::Guestfs->new(); $g->add_drive ("foo"); $g->launch; $g->wait_ready; $g->mount ("/dev/sda1", "/"); ....'
+  perl -MSys::Guestfs -e '$g = Sys::Guestfs->new(); $g->add_drive ("foo"); $g->launch; $g->mount ("/dev/sda1", "/"); ....'
 
 You can see we're well beyond a single line just getting to the point
 of adding drives and mounting.
@@ -240,7 +233,6 @@ which is equivalent to the following sequence of calls:
  $h->set_autosync (1);
  $h->add_drive_ro ($filename);
  $h->launch ();
- $h->wait_ready ();
  $h->mount_ro (\"/dev/sda1\", \"/\");
 
 Command-line form would be:
@@ -254,3 +246,35 @@ autogenerated module which creates a Sys::Guestfs handle singleton
  perl -MSys::Guestfs::One -e 'inspect("guest.img"); cat ("/etc/fstab");'
 
 How would editing files work?
+
+ntfsclone
+---------
+
+Useful imaging tool:
+http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsclone.8.html
+
+Standard images
+---------------
+
+Equip guestfish with some standard images that it can load
+quickly, eg:
+
+  load ext2
+
+Maybe it's better to create these on the fly?
+
+virt-rescue pty
+---------------
+
+See:
+http://search.cpan.org/~rgiersig/IO-Tty-1.08/Pty.pm
+http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=582185
+
+Note that pty requires cooperation inside the C code too (there are
+two sides to a pty, and one has to be handled after the fork).
+
+virt-rescue TERM
+----------------
+
+Pass TERM from the library, through the kernel command line, to the
+init script.