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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod
index 4f4e1f0..c52b773 100644 (file)
--- a/fish/guestfish.pod
+++ b/fish/guestfish.pod
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ guestfish - the libguestfs Filesystem Interactive SHell
 
  guestfish
 
- guestfish -a disk.img
+ guestfish [--ro|--rw] -a disk.img
 
- guestfish -a disk.img -m dev[:mountpoint]
+ guestfish [--ro|--rw] -a disk.img -m dev[:mountpoint]
 
  guestfish -d libvirt-domain
 
- guestfish -a disk.img -i
+ guestfish [--ro|--rw] -a disk.img -i
 
  guestfish -d libvirt-domain -i
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Update C</etc/resolv.conf> in a guest:
 
 Edit C</boot/grub/grub.conf> interactively:
 
- guestfish --add disk.img \
+ guestfish --rw --add disk.img \
    --mount /dev/vg_guest/lv_root \
    --mount /dev/sda1:/boot \
    edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ disks from a virtual machine:
 
 Another way to edit C</boot/grub/grub.conf> interactively is:
 
- guestfish -a disk.img -i edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
+ guestfish --rw -a disk.img -i edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
 
 =head2 As a script interpreter
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ To list what is available do:
 
 =head2 Remote control
 
- eval `guestfish --listen`
+ eval "`guestfish --listen`"
  guestfish --remote add-ro disk.img
  guestfish --remote run
  guestfish --remote lvs
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ When used in conjunction with the I<-d> option, this specifies
 the libvirt URI to use.  The default is to use the default libvirt
 connection.
 
+=item B<--csh>
+
+If using the I<--listen> option and a csh-like shell, use this option.
+See section L</REMOTE CONTROL AND CSH> below.
+
 =item B<-d libvirt-domain> | B<--domain libvirt-domain>
 
 Add disks from the named libvirt domain.  If the I<--ro> option is
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ Typical usage is either:
 
 (for active domains, readonly), or specify the block device directly:
 
- guestfish -a /dev/Guests/MyGuest -i
+ guestfish --rw -a /dev/Guests/MyGuest -i
 
 Note that the command line syntax changed slightly over older
 versions of guestfish.  You can still use the old syntax:
@@ -315,6 +320,8 @@ don't need write access to the disk.
 Note that prepared disk images created with I<-N> are not affected by
 the I<--ro> option.
 
+See also L</OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE> below.
+
 =item B<--selinux>
 
 Enable SELinux support for the guest.  See L<guestfs(3)/SELINUX>.
@@ -328,6 +335,11 @@ a bug.
 
 Display the guestfish / libguestfs version number and exit.
 
+=item B<-w> | B<--rw>
+
+This option does nothing at the moment.
+See L</OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE> below.
+
 =item B<-x>
 
 Echo each command before executing it.
@@ -387,6 +399,33 @@ I<-N> or I<--new> options were given then C<run> is done
 automatically, simply because guestfish can't perform the action you
 asked for without doing this.
 
+=head1 OPENING DISKS FOR READ AND WRITE
+
+The guestfish (and L<guestmount(1)>) options I<--ro> and I<--rw>
+affect whether the other command line options I<-a>, I<-c>, I<-d>,
+I<-i> and I<-m> open disk images read-only or for writing.
+
+In libguestfs E<lt> 1.6.2, guestfish and guestmount defaulted to
+opening disk images supplied on the command line for write.  To open a
+disk image read-only you have to do I<-a image --ro>.
+
+This matters: If you accidentally open a live VM disk image writable
+then you will cause irreversible disk corruption.
+
+By libguestfs 1.8 we intend to change the default the other way.  Disk
+images will be opened read-only.  You will have to either specify
+I<guestfish --rw> or change a configuration file in order to get write
+access for disk images specified by those other command line options.
+
+This version of guestfish has a I<--rw> option which does nothing (it
+is already the default).  However it is highly recommended that you
+use this option to indicate that guestfish needs write access, and to
+prepare your scripts for the day when this option will be required for
+write access.
+
+B<Note:> This does I<not> affect commands like L</add> and L</mount>,
+or any other libguestfs program apart from guestfish and guestmount.
+
 =head1 QUOTING
 
 You can quote ordinary parameters using either single or double
@@ -730,7 +769,7 @@ up a guestfish process each time.
 
 Start a guestfish server process using:
 
- eval `guestfish --listen`
+ eval "`guestfish --listen`"
 
 and then send it commands by doing:
 
@@ -750,14 +789,21 @@ The C<eval> statement sets the environment variable C<$GUESTFISH_PID>,
 which is how the I<--remote> option knows where to send the commands.
 You can have several guestfish listener processes running using:
 
- eval `guestfish --listen`
+ eval "`guestfish --listen`"
  pid1=$GUESTFISH_PID
- eval `guestfish --listen`
+ eval "`guestfish --listen`"
  pid2=$GUESTFISH_PID
  ...
  guestfish --remote=$pid1 cmd
  guestfish --remote=$pid2 cmd
 
+=head2 REMOTE CONTROL AND CSH
+
+When using csh-like shells (csh, tcsh etc) you have to add the
+I<--csh> option:
+
+ eval "`guestfish --listen --csh`"
+
 =head2 REMOTE CONTROL DETAILS
 
 Remote control happens over a Unix domain socket called
@@ -846,8 +892,9 @@ other words, they are not part of the L<guestfs(3)> API.
  help
  help cmd
 
-Without any parameter, this lists all commands.  With a C<cmd>
-parameter, this displays detailed help for a command.
+Without any parameter, this provides general help.
+
+With a C<cmd> parameter, this displays detailed help for that command.
 
 =head2 quit | exit