Added notes to the 'fsck' command documentation.

[libguestfs.git] / src / generator.ml

diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 9a9c168..04445ee 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -1632,6 +1632,58 @@ to return the existing UUID of a filesystem.");
 This returns the ext2/3/4 filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
 C<device>.");
 
+  ("fsck", (RInt "status", [String "fstype"; String "device"]), 84, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, TestOutputInt (
+      [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 0);
+    InitBasicFS, TestOutputInt (
+      [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["fsck"; "ext2"; "/dev/sda1"]], 8)],
+   "run the filesystem checker",
+   "\
+This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
+should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
+
+The returned integer is the status.  See L<fsck(8)> for the
+list of status codes from C<fsck>.
+
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Multiple status codes can be summed together.
+
+=item *
+
+A non-zero return code can mean \"success\", for example if
+errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
+
+=item *
+
+Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
+(by linux-ntfs).
+
+=back
+
+This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
+
+  ("zero", (RErr, [String "device"]), 85, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, TestOutput (
+      [["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
+       ["file"; "/dev/sda1"]], "data")],
+   "write zeroes to the device",
+   "\
+This command writes zeroes over the first few blocks of C<device>.
+
+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.");
+
+
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions