X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=guestfish.pod;h=b464c717742e0769be7d48c6a04b17110f4865bc;hp=9dadc94128890c3b10df3cc4dc507d759367bf5f;hb=4b382eb8110050cb5b769c6f7d79b0b77eb79719;hpb=43db06ea892cc157324a6b837ca430607441c509 diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod index 9dadc94..b464c71 100644 --- a/guestfish.pod +++ b/guestfish.pod @@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ automatically launched. Disable autosync. This is enabled by default. See the discussion of autosync in the L manpage. +=item B<-r> | B<--ro> + +This changes the C<-m> option so that mounts are done read-only +(see C in the L manpage). + =item B<-v> | B<--verbose> Enable very verbose messages. This is particularly useful if you find @@ -172,6 +177,31 @@ a space-separated list, enclosed in quotes. For example: vgcreate VG "/dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1" +=head1 COMMENTS + +Any line which starts with a I<#> character is treated as a comment +and ignored. The I<#> can optionally be preceeded by whitespace, +but B by a command. For example: + + # this is a comment + # this is a comment + foo # NOT a comment + +Blank lines are also ignored. + +=head1 RUNNING COMMANDS LOCALLY + +Any line which starts with a I character is treated as a command +sent to the local shell (C or whatever L uses). +For example: + + !mkdir local + tgz-out /remote local/remote-data.tar.gz + +will create a directory C on the host, and then export +the contents of C on the mounted filesystem to +C. (See C). + =head1 COMMANDS =head2 help @@ -217,6 +247,26 @@ number of 512 byte sectors =back +=head2 echo + + echo [params ...] + +This echos the parameters to the terminal. + +=head2 edit | vi | emacs + + edit filename + +This is used to edit a file. It downloads the file, edits it +locally using your editor, then uploads the result. + +The editor is C<$EDITOR>. However if you use the alternate +commands C or C you will get those corresponding +editors. + +NOTE: This will not work reliably for large files +(> 2 MB) or binary files containing \0 bytes. + @ACTIONS@ =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES @@ -244,6 +294,11 @@ used. If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish> +=item EDITOR + +The C command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor. If not +set, it uses C. + =back =head1 SEE ALSO