X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=guestfish.pod;h=affb83b30818d35d5f22115950d8932bf9ee5fdf;hp=5427b23bf42f5447823ff49727975d9a811b0f9f;hb=acbcbfaf39592b0b9c1864740ff0b3baad053b2e;hpb=8249460acfc0ab7298d125b4ea29c72729a4582b diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod index 5427b23..affb83b 100644 --- a/guestfish.pod +++ b/guestfish.pod @@ -250,9 +250,13 @@ quotes. For example: rm '/"' A few commands require a list of strings to be passed. For these, use -a space-separated list, enclosed in quotes. For example: +a whitespace-separated list, enclosed in quotes. Strings containing whitespace +to be passed through must be enclosed in single quotes. A literal single quote +must be escaped with a backslash. vgcreate VG "/dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1" + command "/bin/echo 'foo bar'" + command "/bin/echo \'foo\'" =head1 WILDCARDS AND GLOBBING @@ -394,13 +398,6 @@ You can have several guestfish listener processes running using: guestfish --remote=$pid1 cmd guestfish --remote=$pid2 cmd -=head2 STANDARD OUTPUT DURING REMOTE CONTROL - -Because of limitations in the C statement, stdout from the -listener is currently redirected to C. - -Stderr is unchanged. - =head2 REMOTE CONTROL DETAILS Remote control happens over a Unix domain socket called @@ -575,6 +572,10 @@ 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 LIBGUESTFS_TRACE + +Set C to enable command traces. + =item PAGER The C command uses C<$PAGER> as the pager. If not