Added a comment syntax to guestfish (# ...).

[libguestfs.git] / guestfish.pod

diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod
index 1dc7730..0e9967f 100644 (file)
--- a/guestfish.pod
+++ b/guestfish.pod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Create a new C</etc/motd> file in a guest:
  add disk.img
  run
  mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /
- upload new_motd /etc/motd
+ write_file /etc/motd "Hello users" 0
  _EOF_
 
 List the LVs in a guest:
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ automatically launched.
 Disable autosync.  This is enabled by default.  See the discussion
 of autosync in the L<guestfs(3)> manpage.
 
+=item B<-r> | B<--ro>
+
+This changes the C<-m> option so that mounts are done read-only
+(see C<guestfs_mount_ro> in the L<guestfs(3)> manpage).
+
 =item B<-v> | B<--verbose>
 
 Enable very verbose messages.  This is particularly useful if you find
@@ -172,6 +177,18 @@ a space-separated list, enclosed in quotes.  For example:
 
  vgcreate VG "/dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1"
 
+=head1 COMMENTS
+
+Any line which starts with a I<#> character is treated as a comment
+and ignored.  The I<#> can optionally be preceeded by whitespace,
+but B<not> by a command.  For example:
+
+ # this is a comment
+         # this is a comment
+ foo # NOT a comment
+
+Blank lines are also ignored.
+
 =head1 COMMANDS
 
 =head2 help
@@ -233,6 +250,12 @@ same effect as using the B<-v> option.
 Set the path that guestfish uses to search for kernel and initrd.img.
 See the discussion of paths in L<guestfs(3)>.
 
+=item LIBGUESTFS_QEMU
+
+Set the default qemu binary that libguestfs uses.  If not set, then
+the qemu which was found at compile time by the configure script is
+used.
+
 =item HOME
 
 If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history