+ ("debug_upload", (RErr, [FileIn "filename"; String "tmpname"; Int "mode"]), 241, [],
+ [],
+ "upload a file to the appliance (internal use only)",
+ "\
+The C<guestfs_debug_upload> command uploads a file to
+the libguestfs appliance.
+
+There is no comprehensive help for this command. You have
+to look at the file C<daemon/debug.c> in the libguestfs source
+to find out what it is for.");
+
+ ("base64_in", (RErr, [FileIn "base64file"; Pathname "filename"]), 242, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["base64_in"; "../images/hello.b64"; "/hello"];
+ ["cat"; "/hello"]], "hello\n")],
+ "upload base64-encoded data to file",
+ "\
+This command uploads base64-encoded data from C<base64file>
+to C<filename>.");
+
+ ("base64_out", (RErr, [Pathname "filename"; FileOut "base64file"]), 243, [],
+ [],
+ "download file and encode as base64",
+ "\
+This command downloads the contents of C<filename>, writing
+it out to local file C<base64file> encoded as base64.");
+
+ ("checksums_out", (RErr, [String "csumtype"; Pathname "directory"; FileOut "sumsfile"]), 244, [],
+ [],
+ "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of files in a directory",
+ "\
+This command computes the checksums of all regular files in
+C<directory> and then emits a list of those checksums to
+the local output file C<sumsfile>.
+
+This can be used for verifying the integrity of a virtual
+machine. However to be properly secure you should pay
+attention to the output of the checksum command (it uses
+the ones from GNU coreutils). In particular when the
+filename is not printable, coreutils uses a special
+backslash syntax. For more information, see the GNU
+coreutils info file.");
+
+ ("fill_pattern", (RErr, [String "pattern"; Int "len"; Pathname "path"]), 245, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputBuffer (
+ [["fill_pattern"; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; "28"; "/test"];
+ ["read_file"; "/test"]], "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab")],
+ "fill a file with a repeating pattern of bytes",
+ "\
+This function is like C<guestfs_fill> except that it creates
+a new file of length C<len> containing the repeating pattern
+of bytes in C<pattern>. The pattern is truncated if necessary
+to ensure the length of the file is exactly C<len> bytes.");
+
+ ("write", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"]), 246, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\nnew file contents\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\nnew file contents\n");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\n\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; ""];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\n\n\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n\n\n");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "\n"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "\n")],
+ "create a new file",
+ "\
+This call creates a file called C<path>. The content of the
+file is the string C<content> (which can contain any 8 bit data).");
+
+ ("pwrite", (RInt "nbytes", [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"]), 247, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; "data"; "4"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new data contents");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; "is extended"; "9"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file is extended");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; ""; "4"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
+ "write to part of a file",
+ "\
+This command writes to part of a file. It writes the data
+buffer C<content> to the file C<path> starting at offset C<offset>.
+
+This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
+that system call it may not write the full data requested. The
+return value is the number of bytes that were actually written
+to the file. This could even be 0, although short writes are
+unlikely for regular files in ordinary circumstances.
+
+See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
+
+ ("resize2fs_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 248, [],
+ [],
+ "resize an ext2, ext3 or ext4 filesystem (with size)",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_resize2fs> except that it
+allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
+
+ ("pvresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 249, [Optional "lvm2"],
+ [],
+ "resize an LVM physical volume (with size)",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_pvresize> except that it
+allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
+
+ ("ntfsresize_size", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int64 "size"]), 250, [Optional "ntfsprogs"],
+ [],
+ "resize an NTFS filesystem (with size)",
+ "\
+This command is the same as C<guestfs_ntfsresize> except that it
+allows you to specify the new size (in bytes) explicitly.");
+
+ ("available_all_groups", (RStringList "groups", []), 251, [],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun [["available_all_groups"]]],
+ "return a list of all optional groups",
+ "\
+This command returns a list of all optional groups that this
+daemon knows about. Note this returns both supported and unsupported
+groups. To find out which ones the daemon can actually support
+you have to call C<guestfs_available> on each member of the
+returned list.
+
+See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
+
+ ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"]), 252, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["fallocate64"; "/a"; "1000000"];
+ ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
+ "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
+ "\
+This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
+C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
+is overwritten.
+
+Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
+To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
+
+The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
+but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
+to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
+of files created through that call to 1GB.
+
+Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
+C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
+a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
+
+ ("vfs_label", (RString "label", [Device "device"]), 253, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["set_e2label"; "/dev/sda1"; "LTEST"];
+ ["vfs_label"; "/dev/sda1"]], "LTEST")],
+ "get the filesystem label",
+ "\
+This returns the filesystem label of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem is unlabeled, this returns the empty string.");
+
+ ("vfs_uuid", (RString "uuid", [Device "device"]), 254, [],
+ (let uuid = uuidgen () in
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["set_e2uuid"; "/dev/sda1"; uuid];
+ ["vfs_uuid"; "/dev/sda1"]], uuid)]),
+ "get the filesystem UUID",
+ "\
+This returns the filesystem UUID of the filesystem on
+C<device>.
+
+If the filesystem does not have a UUID, this returns the empty string.");
+
git.annexia.org / libguestfs.git / blobdiff