| NotInDocs (* do not add this function to documentation *)
| DeprecatedBy of string (* function is deprecated, use .. instead *)
| Optional of string (* function is part of an optional group *)
+ | Progress (* function can generate progress messages *)
and fish_output_t =
| FishOutputOctal (* for int return, print in octal *)
This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.");
- ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 85, [],
+ ("zero", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 85, [Progress],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
[["umount"; "/dev/sda1"];
["zero"; "/dev/sda1"];
values are possible, although unusual. See C<guestfs_part_init>
for a full list.");
- ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 215, [],
+ ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 215, [Progress],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
[["fill"; "0x63"; "10"; "/test"];
["read_file"; "/test"]], "cccccccccc")],
See also C<guestfs_vgpvuuids>.");
- ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"]), 227, [],
+ ("copy_size", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"; Int64 "size"]), 227, [Progress],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
[["write"; "/src"; "hello, world"];
["copy_size"; "/src"; "/dest"; "5"];
Note this will fail if the source is too short or if the destination
is not large enough.");
- ("zero_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 228, [DangerWillRobinson],
+ ("zero_device", (RErr, [Device "device"]), 228, [DangerWillRobinson; Progress],
[InitBasicFSonLVM, Always, TestRun (
[["zero_device"; "/dev/VG/LV"]])],
"write zeroes to an entire device",
backslash syntax. For more information, see the GNU
coreutils info file.");
- ("fill_pattern", (RErr, [String "pattern"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 245, [],
+ ("fill_pattern", (RErr, [String "pattern"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 245, [Progress],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
[["fill_pattern"; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; "28"; "/test"];
["read_file"; "/test"]], "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab")],
| TestLastFail s -> s
(* Handling for function flags. *)
+let progress_message =
+ "This long-running command can generate progress notification messages
+so that the caller can display a progress bar or indicator.
+To receive these messages, the caller must register a progress
+callback. See L<guestfs(3)/guestfs_set_progress_callback>."
+
let protocol_limit_warning =
"Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit
of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. See L<guestfs(3)/PROTOCOL LIMITS>."
The size of the returned buffer is written to C<*size_r>.
I<The caller must free the returned buffer after use>.\n\n"
);
+ if List.mem Progress flags then
+ pr "%s\n\n" progress_message;
if List.mem ProtocolLimitWarning flags then
pr "%s\n\n" protocol_limit_warning;
if List.mem DangerWillRobinson flags then