Fix detection of optional libvirt support in virt-inspector.

[libguestfs.git] / guestfish-actions.pod

diff --git a/guestfish-actions.pod b/guestfish-actions.pod
index 4845990..e21dc7b 100644 (file)
--- a/guestfish-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfish-actions.pod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ for whatever operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you
 just want to read the image or write access if you want to modify the
 image).
 
-This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename>.
+This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-drive file=filename,cache=off>.
 
 Note that this call checks for the existence of C<filename>.  This
 stops you from specifying other types of drive which are supported
@@ -907,6 +907,29 @@ Create a directory named C<path>.
 Create a directory named C<path>, creating any parent directories
 as necessary.  This is like the C<mkdir -p> shell command.
 
+=head2 mkdtemp
+
+ mkdtemp template
+
+This command creates a temporary directory.  The
+C<template> parameter should be a full pathname for the
+temporary directory name with the final six characters being
+"XXXXXX".
+
+For example: "/tmp/myprogXXXXXX" or "/Temp/myprogXXXXXX",
+the second one being suitable for Windows filesystems.
+
+The name of the temporary directory that was created
+is returned.
+
+The temporary directory is created with mode 0700
+and is owned by root.
+
+The caller is responsible for deleting the temporary
+directory and its contents after use.
+
+See also: L<mkdtemp(3)>
+
 =head2 mkfs
 
  mkfs fstype device
@@ -1092,6 +1115,44 @@ command.
 
 Remove the single directory C<path>.
 
+=head2 scrub-device
+
+ scrub-device device
+
+This command writes patterns over C<device> to make data retrieval
+more difficult.
+
+It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
+manual page for more details.
+
+B<This command is dangerous.  Without careful use you
+can easily destroy all your data>.
+
+=head2 scrub-file
+
+ scrub-file file
+
+This command writes patterns over a file to make data retrieval
+more difficult.
+
+The file is I<removed> after scrubbing.
+
+It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
+manual page for more details.
+
+=head2 scrub-freespace
+
+ scrub-freespace dir
+
+This command creates the directory C<dir> and then fills it
+with files until the filesystem is full, and scrubs the files
+as for C<scrub-file>, and deletes them.
+The intention is to scrub any free space on the partition
+containing C<dir>.
+
+It is an interface to the L<scrub(1)> program.  See that
+manual page for more details.
+
 =head2 set-append | append
 
  set-append append
@@ -1520,6 +1581,8 @@ How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I<not> enough
 to securely wipe the device).  It should be sufficient to remove
 any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
 
+See also: C<scrub-device>.
+
 =head2 zerofree
 
  zerofree device