def set_autosync (self, autosync):
u"""If "autosync" is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs
- will make a best effort attempt to run "g.sync" when the
- handle is closed (also if the program exits without
- closing handles).
+ will make a best effort attempt to run "g.umount_all"
+ followed by "g.sync" when the handle is closed (also if
+ the program exits without closing handles).
+
+ This is disabled by default (except in guestfish where
+ it is enabled by default).
"""
return libguestfsmod.set_autosync (self._o, autosync)
"""
return libguestfsmod.get_e2uuid (self._o, device)
+ def fsck (self, fstype, device):
+ u"""This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on "device"
+ which should have filesystem type "fstype".
+
+ The returned integer is the status. See fsck(8) for the
+ list of status codes from "fsck", and note that multiple
+ status codes can be summed together.
+
+ It is entirely equivalent to running "fsck -a -t fstype
+ device". Note that checking or repairing NTFS volumes is
+ not supported (by linux-ntfs).
+ """
+ return libguestfsmod.fsck (self._o, fstype, device)
+