printf ("%-20s %s\n", "cp", "copy a file");
printf ("%-20s %s\n", "cp-a", "copy a file or directory recursively");
printf ("%-20s %s\n", "debug", "debugging and internals");
+ printf ("%-20s %s\n", "dmesg", "return kernel messages");
printf ("%-20s %s\n", "download", "download a file to the local machine");
printf ("%-20s %s\n", "drop-caches", "drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes");
printf ("%-20s %s\n", "exists", "test if file or directory exists");
if (strcasecmp (cmd, "drop_caches") == 0 || strcasecmp (cmd, "drop-caches") == 0)
pod2text ("drop-caches - drop kernel page cache, dentries and inodes", " drop-caches <whattodrop>\n\nThis instructs the guest kernel to drop its page cache,\nand/or dentries and inode caches. The parameter C<whattodrop>\ntells the kernel what precisely to drop, see\nL<http://linux-mm.org/Drop_Caches>\n\nSetting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything.\n\nThis automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation,\nso that the maximum guest memory is freed.");
else
+ if (strcasecmp (cmd, "dmesg") == 0)
+ pod2text ("dmesg - return kernel messages", " dmesg\n\nThis returns the kernel messages (C<dmesg> output) from\nthe guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended\ndebugging of problems.\n\nAnother way to get the same information is to enable\nverbose messages with C<set_verbose> or by setting\nthe environment variable C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> before\nrunning the program.");
+ else
display_builtin_command (cmd);
}
return r;
}
+static int run_dmesg (const char *cmd, int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ char *r;
+ if (argc != 0) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "%s should have 0 parameter(s)\n", cmd);
+ fprintf (stderr, "type 'help %s' for help on %s\n", cmd, cmd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ r = guestfs_dmesg (g);
+ if (r == NULL) return -1;
+ printf ("%s\n", r);
+ free (r);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int run_action (const char *cmd, int argc, char *argv[])
{
if (strcasecmp (cmd, "launch") == 0 || strcasecmp (cmd, "run") == 0)
if (strcasecmp (cmd, "drop_caches") == 0 || strcasecmp (cmd, "drop-caches") == 0)
return run_drop_caches (cmd, argc, argv);
else
+ if (strcasecmp (cmd, "dmesg") == 0)
+ return run_dmesg (cmd, argc, argv);
+ else
{
fprintf (stderr, "%s: unknown command\n", cmd);
return -1;