X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=guestfish-actions.pod;h=484599019cce936872ab1a64117978c13adcb0cb;hp=ee3f6411c1a9918e40e6c6d5548ac38bc1f4580a;hb=2eda36dbadd4687f7488a86eea9313bbe30cde82;hpb=460d139e6a52da67a4f1947035b1978610349f78 diff --git a/guestfish-actions.pod b/guestfish-actions.pod index ee3f641..4845990 100644 --- a/guestfish-actions.pod +++ b/guestfish-actions.pod @@ -401,7 +401,9 @@ or compatible processor architecture). The single parameter is an argv-style list of arguments. The first element is the name of the program to run. Subsequent elements are parameters. The list must be -non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). +non-empty (ie. must contain a program name). Note that +the command runs directly, and is I invoked via +the shell (see C). The return value is anything printed to I by the command. @@ -432,6 +434,8 @@ FTP. This is the same as C, but splits the result into a list of lines. +See also: C + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use FTP. @@ -679,6 +683,21 @@ For more information on states, see L. This returns the verbose messages flag. +=head2 glob-expand + + glob-expand pattern + +This command searches for all the pathnames matching +C according to the wildcard expansion rules +used by the shell. + +If no paths match, then this returns an empty list +(note: not an error). + +It is just a wrapper around the C L function +with flags C. +See that manual page for more details. + =head2 grub-install grub-install root device @@ -1226,6 +1245,32 @@ This displays the partition table on C, in the human-readable output of the L command. It is not intended to be parsed. +=head2 sh + + sh command + +This call runs a command from the guest filesystem via the +guest's C. + +This is like C, but passes the command to: + + /bin/sh -c "command" + +Depending on the guest's shell, this usually results in +wildcards being expanded, shell expressions being interpolated +and so on. + +All the provisos about C apply to this call. + +=head2 sh-lines + + sh-lines command + +This is the same as C, but splits the result +into a list of lines. + +See also: C + =head2 sleep sleep secs