X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=guestfish.pod;h=4341e2aea4a89047361fc341c32eb1db0c6caa21;hp=afa151d43703d925c8c0adba2eff478c2a7c7797;hb=745f1d9ee8480b3a38f778fcc4506ce86da473a6;hpb=ad0e5d67c2b3e55fadda37cef816702f1d8d643b diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod index afa151d..4341e2a 100644 --- a/guestfish.pod +++ b/guestfish.pod @@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ Remove C (in reality not such a great idea): =head2 As an interactive shell $ guestfish - + Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems. - + Type: 'help' for help with commands 'quit' to quit the shell - + > help =head2 As a script interpreter @@ -419,6 +419,13 @@ NOTE: This will not work reliably for large files This exits guestfish. You can also use C<^D> key. +=head2 time + + time command args... + +Run the command as usual, but print the elapsed time afterwards. This +can be useful for benchmarking operations. + =head1 COMMANDS @ACTIONS@ @@ -427,26 +434,25 @@ This exits guestfish. You can also use C<^D> key. =over 4 -=item LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG - -Set C to enable verbose messages. This has the -same effect as using the B<-v> option. - -=item LIBGUESTFS_PATH +=item EDITOR -Set the path that guestfish uses to search for kernel and initrd.img. -See the discussion of paths in L. +The C command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor. If not +set, it uses C. -=item LIBGUESTFS_QEMU +=item HOME -Set the default qemu binary that libguestfs uses. If not set, then -the qemu which was found at compile time by the configure script is -used. +If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history +is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish> =item LIBGUESTFS_APPEND Pass additional options to the guest kernel. +=item LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG + +Set C to enable verbose messages. This has the +same effect as using the B<-v> option. + =item LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE Set the memory allocated to the qemu process, in megabytes. For @@ -454,15 +460,16 @@ example: LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE=700 -=item HOME +=item LIBGUESTFS_PATH -If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history -is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish> +Set the path that guestfish uses to search for kernel and initrd.img. +See the discussion of paths in L. -=item EDITOR +=item LIBGUESTFS_QEMU -The C command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor. If not -set, it uses C. +Set the default qemu binary that libguestfs uses. If not set, then +the qemu which was found at compile time by the configure script is +used. =item PAGER