daemon: Typo generator_build -> generator_built

[libguestfs.git] / guestfish.pod

diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod
index cf45c6e..876b988 100644 (file)
--- a/guestfish.pod
+++ b/guestfish.pod
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ Remove C</boot/grub/menu.lst> (in reality not such a great idea):
 =head2 As an interactive shell
 
  $ guestfish
 =head2 As an interactive shell
 
  $ guestfish

-
+ 

  Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for
  editing virtual machine filesystems.
  Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for
  editing virtual machine filesystems.

-
+ 

  Type: 'help' for help with commands
        'quit' to quit the shell
  Type: 'help' for help with commands
        'quit' to quit the shell

-
+ 

  ><fs> help
 
 =head2 As a script interpreter
  ><fs> help
 
 =head2 As a script interpreter


@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Remove C</boot/grub/menu.lst> (in reality not such a great idea):
  #!/usr/bin/guestfish -f
  alloc /tmp/output.img 10M
  run
  #!/usr/bin/guestfish -f
  alloc /tmp/output.img 10M
  run

- sfdisk /dev/sda 0 0 0 ,
+ part-disk /dev/sda mbr

  mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1
 
 =head2 Remote control
  mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1
 
 =head2 Remote control


@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ You have to mount something on C</> before most commands will work.
 If any C<-m> or C<--mount> options are given, the guest is
 automatically launched.
 
 If any C<-m> or C<--mount> options are given, the guest is
 automatically launched.
 

+If you don't know what filesystems a disk image contains, you
+can either run guestfish without this option, then list the partitions
+and LVs available (see L</list-partitions> and L</lvs> commands),
+or you can use the L<virt-list-filesystems(1)> program.
+

 =item B<-n> | B<--no-sync>
 
 Disable autosync.  This is enabled by default.  See the discussion
 =item B<-n> | B<--no-sync>
 
 Disable autosync.  This is enabled by default.  See the discussion


@@ -350,6 +355,23 @@ it, eg:
 
  echo "~"
 
 
  echo "~"
 

+=head1 WINDOWS PATHS
+
+If a path is prefixed with C<win:> then you can use Windows-style
+paths (with some limitations).  The following commands are equivalent:
+
+ file /WINDOWS/system32/config/system.LOG
+
+ file win:/windows/system32/config/system.log
+
+ file win:\windows\system32\config\system.log
+
+ file WIN:C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\conFIG\SYSTEM.LOG
+
+This syntax implicitly calls C<case-sensitive-path> (q.v.) so it also
+handles case insensitivity like Windows would.  This only works in
+argument positions that expect a path.
+

 =head1 EXIT ON ERROR BEHAVIOUR
 
 By default, guestfish will ignore any errors when in interactive mode
 =head1 EXIT ON ERROR BEHAVIOUR
 
 By default, guestfish will ignore any errors when in interactive mode


@@ -436,6 +458,18 @@ number of megabytes
 
 number of gigabytes
 
 
 number of gigabytes
 

+=item C<nn>T or C<nn>TB
+
+number of terabytes
+
+=item C<nn>P or C<nn>PB
+
+number of petabytes
+
+=item C<nn>E or C<nn>EB
+
+number of exabytes
+

 =item C<nn>sects
 
 number of 512 byte sectors
 =item C<nn>sects
 
 number of 512 byte sectors


@@ -514,6 +548,55 @@ Close and reopen the libguestfs handle.  It is not necessary to use
 this normally, because the handle is closed properly when guestfish
 exits.  However this is occasionally useful for testing.
 
 this normally, because the handle is closed properly when guestfish
 exits.  However this is occasionally useful for testing.
 

+=head2 sparse
+
+ sparse filename size
+
+This creates an empty sparse file of the given size, and then adds
+so it can be further examined.
+
+In all respects it works the same as the C<alloc> command, except that
+the image file is allocated sparsely, which means that disk blocks are
+not assigned to the file until they are needed.  Sparse disk files
+only use space when written to, but they are slower and there is a
+danger you could run out of real disk space during a write operation.
+
+For more advanced image creation, see L<qemu-img(1)> utility.
+
+Size can be specified (where C<nn> means a number):
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<nn> or C<nn>K or C<nn>KB
+
+number of kilobytes, eg: C<1440> = standard 3.5in floppy
+
+=item C<nn>M or C<nn>MB
+
+number of megabytes
+
+=item C<nn>G or C<nn>GB
+
+number of gigabytes
+
+=item C<nn>T or C<nn>TB
+
+number of terabytes
+
+=item C<nn>P or C<nn>PB
+
+number of petabytes
+
+=item C<nn>E or C<nn>EB
+
+number of exabytes
+
+=item C<nn>sects
+
+number of 512 byte sectors
+
+=back
+

 =head2 time
 
  time command args...
 =head2 time
 
  time command args...


@@ -604,7 +687,10 @@ L<guestfs(3)>,
 L<http://libguestfs.org/>,
 L<virt-cat(1)>,
 L<virt-edit(1)>,
 L<http://libguestfs.org/>,
 L<virt-cat(1)>,
 L<virt-edit(1)>,

-L<virt-rescue(1)>.
+L<virt-list-filesystems(1)>,
+L<virt-ls(1)>,
+L<virt-rescue(1)>,
+L<virt-tar(1)>.

 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
 
 =head1 AUTHORS