+ ("truncate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"]), 199, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["write_file"; "/test"; "some stuff so size is not zero"; "0"];
+ ["truncate"; "/test"];
+ ["stat"; "/test"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 0)])],
+ "truncate a file to zero size",
+ "\
+This command truncates C<path> to a zero-length file. The
+file must exist already.");
+
+ ("truncate_size", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "size"]), 200, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["touch"; "/test"];
+ ["truncate_size"; "/test"; "1000"];
+ ["stat"; "/test"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1000)])],
+ "truncate a file to a particular size",
+ "\
+This command truncates C<path> to size C<size> bytes. The file
+must exist already. If the file is smaller than C<size> then
+the file is extended to the required size with null bytes.");
+
+ ("utimens", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "atsecs"; Int64 "atnsecs"; Int64 "mtsecs"; Int64 "mtnsecs"]), 201, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["touch"; "/test"];
+ ["utimens"; "/test"; "12345"; "67890"; "9876"; "5432"];
+ ["stat"; "/test"]], [CompareWithInt ("mtime", 9876)])],
+ "set timestamp of a file with nanosecond precision",
+ "\
+This command sets the timestamps of a file with nanosecond
+precision.
+
+C<atsecs, atnsecs> are the last access time (atime) in secs and
+nanoseconds from the epoch.
+
+C<mtsecs, mtnsecs> are the last modification time (mtime) in
+secs and nanoseconds from the epoch.
+
+If the C<*nsecs> field contains the special value C<-1> then
+the corresponding timestamp is set to the current time. (The
+C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).
+
+If the C<*nsecs> field contains the special value C<-2> then
+the corresponding timestamp is left unchanged. (The
+C<*secs> field is ignored in this case).");
+
+ ("mkdir_mode", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "mode"]), 202, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["mkdir_mode"; "/test"; "0o111"];
+ ["stat"; "/test"]], [CompareWithInt ("mode", 0o40111)])],
+ "create a directory with a particular mode",
+ "\
+This command creates a directory, setting the initial permissions
+of the directory to C<mode>. See also C<guestfs_mkdir>.");
+
+ ("lchown", (RErr, [Int "owner"; Int "group"; Pathname "path"]), 203, [],
+ [], (* XXX *)
+ "change file owner and group",
+ "\
+Change the file owner to C<owner> and group to C<group>.
+This is like C<guestfs_chown> but if C<path> is a symlink then
+the link itself is changed, not the target.
+
+Only numeric uid and gid are supported. If you want to use
+names, you will need to locate and parse the password file
+yourself (Augeas support makes this relatively easy).");
+
+ ("lstatlist", (RStructList ("statbufs", "stat"), [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"]), 204, [],
+ [], (* XXX *)
+ "lstat on multiple files",
+ "\
+This call allows you to perform the C<guestfs_lstat> operation
+on multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
+C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
+
+On return you get a list of stat structs, with a one-to-one
+correspondence to the C<names> list. If any name did not exist
+or could not be lstat'd, then the C<ino> field of that structure
+is set to C<-1>.
+
+This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
+list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
+See also C<guestfs_lxattrlist> for a similarly efficient call
+for getting extended attributes. Very long directory listings
+might cause the protocol message size to be exceeded, causing
+this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
+into smaller groups of names.");
+
+ ("lxattrlist", (RStructList ("xattrs", "xattr"), [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"]), 205, [Optional "linuxxattrs"],
+ [], (* XXX *)
+ "lgetxattr on multiple files",
+ "\
+This call allows you to get the extended attributes
+of multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
+C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
+
+On return you get a flat list of xattr structs which must be
+interpreted sequentially. The first xattr struct always has a zero-length
+C<attrname>. C<attrval> in this struct is zero-length
+to indicate there was an error doing C<lgetxattr> for this
+file, I<or> is a C string which is a decimal number
+(the number of following attributes for this file, which could
+be C<\"0\">). Then after the first xattr struct are the
+zero or more attributes for the first named file.
+This repeats for the second and subsequent files.
+
+This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
+list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
+See also C<guestfs_lstatlist> for a similarly efficient call
+for getting standard stats. Very long directory listings
+might cause the protocol message size to be exceeded, causing
+this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
+into smaller groups of names.");
+
+ ("readlinklist", (RStringList "links", [Pathname "path"; StringList "names"]), 206, [],
+ [], (* XXX *)
+ "readlink on multiple files",
+ "\
+This call allows you to do a C<readlink> operation
+on multiple files, where all files are in the directory C<path>.
+C<names> is the list of files from this directory.
+
+On return you get a list of strings, with a one-to-one
+correspondence to the C<names> list. Each string is the
+value of the symbol link.
+
+If the C<readlink(2)> operation fails on any name, then
+the corresponding result string is the empty string C<\"\">.
+However the whole operation is completed even if there
+were C<readlink(2)> errors, and so you can call this
+function with names where you don't know if they are
+symbolic links already (albeit slightly less efficient).
+
+This call is intended for programs that want to efficiently
+list a directory contents without making many round-trips.
+Very long directory listings might cause the protocol
+message size to be exceeded, causing
+this call to fail. The caller must split up such requests
+into smaller groups of names.");
+
+ ("pread", (RBufferOut "content", [Pathname "path"; Int "count"; Int64 "offset"]), 207, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["pread"; "/known-4"; "1"; "3"]], "\n");
+ InitISOFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["pread"; "/empty"; "0"; "100"]], "")],
+ "read part of a file",
+ "\
+This command lets you read part of a file. It reads C<count>
+bytes of the file, starting at C<offset>, from file C<path>.
+
+This may read fewer bytes than requested. For further details
+see the L<pread(2)> system call.");
+
+ ("part_init", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 208, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
+ "create an empty partition table",
+ "\
+This creates an empty partition table on C<device> of one of the
+partition types listed below. Usually C<parttype> should be
+either C<msdos> or C<gpt> (for large disks).
+
+Initially there are no partitions. Following this, you should
+call C<guestfs_part_add> for each partition required.
+
+Possible values for C<parttype> are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<efi> | B<gpt>
+
+Intel EFI / GPT partition table.
+
+This is recommended for >= 2 TB partitions that will be accessed
+from Linux and Intel-based Mac OS X. It also has limited backwards
+compatibility with the C<mbr> format.
+
+=item B<mbr> | B<msdos>
+
+The standard PC \"Master Boot Record\" (MBR) format used
+by MS-DOS and Windows. This partition type will B<only> work
+for device sizes up to 2 TB. For large disks we recommend
+using C<gpt>.
+
+=back
+
+Other partition table types that may work but are not
+supported include:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<aix>
+
+AIX disk labels.
+
+=item B<amiga> | B<rdb>
+
+Amiga \"Rigid Disk Block\" format.
+
+=item B<bsd>
+
+BSD disk labels.
+
+=item B<dasd>
+
+DASD, used on IBM mainframes.
+
+=item B<dvh>
+
+MIPS/SGI volumes.
+
+=item B<mac>
+
+Old Mac partition format. Modern Macs use C<gpt>.
+
+=item B<pc98>
+
+NEC PC-98 format, common in Japan apparently.
+
+=item B<sun>
+
+Sun disk labels.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("part_add", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "prlogex"; Int64 "startsect"; Int64 "endsect"]), 209, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "34"; "127"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "-34"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "32"; "127"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "128"; "255"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "256"; "511"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "512"; "-1"]])],
+ "add a partition to the device",
+ "\
+This command adds a partition to C<device>. If there is no partition
+table on the device, call C<guestfs_part_init> first.
+
+The C<prlogex> parameter is the type of partition. Normally you
+should pass C<p> or C<primary> here, but MBR partition tables also
+support C<l> (or C<logical>) and C<e> (or C<extended>) partition
+types.
+
+C<startsect> and C<endsect> are the start and end of the partition
+in I<sectors>. C<endsect> may be negative, which means it counts
+backwards from the end of the disk (C<-1> is the last sector).
+
+Creating a partition which covers the whole disk is not so easy.
+Use C<guestfs_part_disk> to do that.");
+
+ ("part_disk", (RErr, [Device "device"; String "parttype"]), 210, [DangerWillRobinson],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"]]);
+ InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"]])],
+ "partition whole disk with a single primary partition",
+ "\
+This command is simply a combination of C<guestfs_part_init>
+followed by C<guestfs_part_add> to create a single primary partition
+covering the whole disk.
+
+C<parttype> is the partition table type, usually C<mbr> or C<gpt>,
+but other possible values are described in C<guestfs_part_init>.");
+
+ ("part_set_bootable", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Bool "bootable"]), 211, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"]])],
+ "make a partition bootable",
+ "\
+This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
+device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
+
+The bootable flag is used by some PC BIOSes to determine which
+partition to boot from. It is by no means universally recognized,
+and in any case if your operating system installed a boot
+sector on the device itself, then that takes precedence.");
+
+ ("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"]), 212, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_set_name"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "thepartname"]])],
+ "set partition name",
+ "\
+This sets the partition name on partition numbered C<partnum> on
+device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
+
+The partition name can only be set on certain types of partition
+table. This works on C<gpt> but not on C<mbr> partitions.");
+
+ ("part_list", (RStructList ("partitions", "partition"), [Device "device"]), 213, [],
+ [], (* XXX Add a regression test for this. *)
+ "list partitions on a device",
+ "\
+This command parses the partition table on C<device> and
+returns the list of partitions found.
+
+The fields in the returned structure are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<part_num>
+
+Partition number, counting from 1.
+
+=item B<part_start>
+
+Start of the partition I<in bytes>. To get sectors you have to
+divide by the device's sector size, see C<guestfs_blockdev_getss>.
+
+=item B<part_end>
+
+End of the partition in bytes.
+
+=item B<part_size>
+
+Size of the partition in bytes.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("part_get_parttype", (RString "parttype", [Device "device"]), 214, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "gpt"];
+ ["part_get_parttype"; "/dev/sda"]], "gpt")],
+ "get the partition table type",
+ "\
+This command examines the partition table on C<device> and
+returns the partition table type (format) being used.
+
+Common return values include: C<msdos> (a DOS/Windows style MBR
+partition table), C<gpt> (a GPT/EFI-style partition table). Other
+values are possible, although unusual. See C<guestfs_part_init>
+for a full list.");
+
+ ("fill", (RErr, [Int "c"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 215, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["fill"; "0x63"; "10"; "/test"];
+ ["read_file"; "/test"]], "cccccccccc")],
+ "fill a file with octets",
+ "\
+This command creates a new file called C<path>. The initial
+content of the file is C<len> octets of C<c>, where C<c>
+must be a number in the range C<[0..255]>.
+
+To fill a file with zero bytes (sparsely), it is
+much more efficient to use C<guestfs_truncate_size>.");
+
+ ("available", (RErr, [StringList "groups"]), 216, [],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available"; ""]]],
+ "test availability of some parts of the API",
+ "\
+This command is used to check the availability of some
+groups of functionality in the appliance, which not all builds of
+the libguestfs appliance will be able to provide.
+
+The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those
+groups correspond to, are listed in L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.
+
+The argument C<groups> is a list of group names, eg:
+C<[\"inotify\", \"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of
+the Linux inotify functions and Augeas (configuration file
+editing) functions.
+
+The command returns no error if I<all> requested groups are available.
+
+It fails with an error if one or more of the requested
+groups is unavailable in the appliance.
+
+If an unknown group name is included in the
+list of groups then an error is always returned.
+
+I<Notes:>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+You must call C<guestfs_launch> before calling this function.
+
+The reason is because we don't know what groups are
+supported by the appliance/daemon until it is running and can
+be queried.
+
+=item *
+
+If a group of functions is available, this does not necessarily
+mean that they will work. You still have to check for errors
+when calling individual API functions even if they are
+available.
+
+=item *
+
+It is usually the job of distro packagers to build
+complete functionality into the libguestfs appliance.
+Upstream libguestfs, if built from source with all
+requirements satisfied, will support everything.
+
+=item *
+
+This call was added in version C<1.0.80>. In previous
+versions of libguestfs all you could do would be to speculatively
+execute a command to find out if the daemon implemented it.
+See also C<guestfs_version>.
+
+=back");
+
+ ("dd", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "src"; Dev_or_Path "dest"]), 217, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["write_file"; "/src"; "hello, world"; "0"];
+ ["dd"; "/src"; "/dest"];
+ ["read_file"; "/dest"]], "hello, world")],
+ "copy from source to destination using dd",
+ "\
+This command copies from one source device or file C<src>
+to another destination device or file C<dest>. Normally you
+would use this to copy to or from a device or partition, for
+example to duplicate a filesystem.
+
+If the destination is a device, it must be as large or larger
+than the source file or device, otherwise the copy will fail.
+This command cannot do partial copies.");
+
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