Implement 'strings' and 'hexdump' commands.

[libguestfs.git] / guestfish.pod

diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod
index d5a7e5a..b464c71 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 /
  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:
  _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.
 
 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
 =item B<-v> | B<--verbose>
 
 Enable very verbose messages.  This is particularly useful if you find


@@ -156,6 +161,47 @@ The only exception is that if the C<-m> or C<--mount> option was
 given, the guest is automatically run for you (simply because
 guestfish can't mount the disks you asked for without doing this).
 
 given, the guest is automatically run for you (simply because
 guestfish can't mount the disks you asked for without doing this).
 

+=head1 QUOTING
+
+You can quote ordinary parameters using either single or double
+quotes.  For example:
+
+ add "file with a space.img"
+
+ rm '/file name'
+
+ rm '/"'
+
+A few commands require a list of strings to be passed.  For these, use
+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 RUNNING COMMANDS LOCALLY
+
+Any line which starts with a I<!> character is treated as a command
+sent to the local shell (C</bin/sh> or whatever L<system(3)> uses).
+For example:
+
+ !mkdir local
+ tgz-out /remote local/remote-data.tar.gz
+
+will create a directory C<local> on the host, and then export
+the contents of C</remote> on the mounted filesystem to
+C<local/remote-data.tar.gz>.  (See C<tgz-out>).
+

 =head1 COMMANDS
 
 =head2 help
 =head1 COMMANDS
 
 =head2 help


@@ -183,14 +229,10 @@ Size can be specified (where C<nn> means a number):
 
 =over 4
 
 
 =over 4
 

-=item C<nn>
+=item C<nn> or C<nn>K or C<nn>KB

 
 number of kilobytes, eg: C<1440> = standard 3.5in floppy
 
 
 number of kilobytes, eg: C<1440> = standard 3.5in floppy
 

-=item C<nn>K or C<nn>KB
-
-number of kilobytes
-

 =item C<nn>M or C<nn>MB
 
 number of megabytes
 =item C<nn>M or C<nn>MB
 
 number of megabytes


@@ -205,6 +247,26 @@ number of 512 byte sectors
 
 =back
 
 
 =back
 

+=head2 echo
+
+ echo [params ...]
+
+This echos the parameters to the terminal.
+
+=head2 edit | vi | emacs
+
+ edit filename
+
+This is used to edit a file.  It downloads the file, edits it
+locally using your editor, then uploads the result.
+
+The editor is C<$EDITOR>.  However if you use the alternate
+commands C<vi> or C<emacs> you will get those corresponding
+editors.
+
+NOTE: This will not work reliably for large files
+(> 2 MB) or binary files containing \0 bytes.
+

 @ACTIONS@
 
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 @ACTIONS@
 
 =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES


@@ -221,6 +283,22 @@ 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)>.
 
 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
+is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish>
+
+=item EDITOR
+
+The C<edit> command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor.  If not
+set, it uses C<vi>.
+

 =back
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 =back
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO