| 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 *)
See also C<guestfs_download>.");
- ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [],
+ ("download", (RErr, [Dev_or_Path "remotefilename"; FileOut "filename"]), 67, [Progress],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
(* Pick a file from cwd which isn't likely to change. *)
[["upload"; "../COPYING.LIB"; "/COPYING.LIB"];
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
"guestfs_close";
"guestfs_get_error_handler";
"guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler";
+ "guestfs_get_private";
"guestfs_last_error";
"guestfs_set_close_callback";
"guestfs_set_error_handler";
"guestfs_set_launch_done_callback";
"guestfs_set_log_message_callback";
"guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler";
+ "guestfs_set_private";
"guestfs_set_progress_callback";
"guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback";
unreferenced, but callers can call this in order to provide
predictable cleanup. *)
+type progress_cb = int -> int -> int64 -> int64 -> unit
+
+val set_progress_callback : t -> progress_cb -> unit
+(** [set_progress_callback g f] sets [f] as the progress callback function.
+ For some long-running functions, [f] will be called repeatedly
+ during the function with progress updates.
+
+ The callback is [f proc_nr serial position total]. See
+ the description of [guestfs_set_progress_callback] in guestfs(3)
+ for the meaning of these four numbers.
+
+ Note that if the closure captures a reference to the handle,
+ this reference will prevent the handle from being
+ automatically closed by the garbage collector. There are
+ three ways to avoid this: be careful not to capture the handle
+ in the closure, or use a weak reference, or call
+ {!Guestfs.clear_progress_callback} to remove the reference. *)
+
+val clear_progress_callback : t -> unit
+(** [clear_progress_callback g] removes any progress callback function
+ associated with the handle. See {!Guestfs.set_progress_callback}. *)
+
";
generate_ocaml_structure_decls ();
external create : unit -> t = \"ocaml_guestfs_create\"
external close : t -> unit = \"ocaml_guestfs_close\"
+type progress_cb = int -> int -> int64 -> int64 -> unit
+
+external set_progress_callback : t -> progress_cb -> unit
+ = \"ocaml_guestfs_set_progress_callback\"
+external clear_progress_callback : t -> unit
+ = \"ocaml_guestfs_clear_progress_callback\"
+
(* Give the exceptions names, so they can be raised from the C code. *)
let () =
Callback.register_exception \"ocaml_guestfs_error\" (Error \"\");