X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=perl%2Flib%2FSys%2FGuestfs.pm;h=0e4dde4d855c89efc7800b9952666a0eb583eac3;hp=116f7163a58a9b310ad69728cc668f495fba46bb;hb=85ed8cef99c19b4143844991d14e0b848fecc5da;hpb=0cad78b28d48dfcc31f53292d0424ba5ded7fe12 diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm index 116f716..0e4dde4 100644 --- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm +++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm @@ -405,6 +405,13 @@ 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). +The return value is anything printed to I by +the command. + +If the command returns a non-zero exit status, then +this function returns an error message. The error message +string is the content of I from the command. + The C<$PATH> environment variable will contain at least C and C. If you require a program from another location, you should provide the full path in the @@ -416,11 +423,19 @@ correct places. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure all filesystems that are needed are mounted at the right locations. +Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit +of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use +FTP. + =item @lines = $h->command_lines (\@arguments); This is the same as C<$h-Ecommand>, but splits the result into a list of lines. +Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit +of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use +FTP. + =item $h->config ($qemuparam, $qemuvalue); This can be used to add arbitrary qemu command line parameters @@ -484,6 +499,14 @@ Setting C to 3 should drop everything. This automatically calls L before the operation, so that the maximum guest memory is freed. +=item $h->end_busy (); + +This sets the state to C, or if in C then it leaves the +state as is. This is only used when implementing +actions using the low-level API. + +For more information on states, see L. + =item $equality = $h->equal ($file1, $file2); This compares the two files C and C and returns @@ -538,6 +561,13 @@ Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported This command is entirely equivalent to running C. +=item $append = $h->get_append (); + +Return the additional kernel options which are added to the +guest kernel command line. + +If C then no options are added. + =item $autosync = $h->get_autosync (); Get the autosync flag. @@ -582,6 +612,15 @@ This returns the verbose messages flag. This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on C, with the root directory being C. +=item $dump = $h->hexdump ($path); + +This runs C on the given C. The result is +the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file. + +Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit +of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use +FTP. + =item $busy = $h->is_busy (); This returns true iff this handle is busy processing a command @@ -801,6 +840,11 @@ The implementation uses the C command which refuses to wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have to remove those first. +=item $h->pvresize ($device); + +This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical +volume to match the new size of the underlying device. + =item @physvols = $h->pvs (); List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent @@ -842,6 +886,17 @@ command. Remove the single directory C. +=item $h->set_append ($append); + +This function is used to add additional options to the +guest kernel command line. + +The default is C unless overridden by setting +C environment variable. + +Setting C to C means I additional options +are passed (libguestfs always adds a few of its own). + =item $h->set_autosync ($autosync); If C is true, this enables autosync. Libguestfs will make a @@ -885,9 +940,6 @@ Set the path that libguestfs searches for kernel and initrd.img. The default is C<$libdir/guestfs> unless overridden by setting C environment variable. -The string C is stashed in the libguestfs handle, so the caller -must make sure it remains valid for the lifetime of the handle. - Setting C to C restores the default path. =item $h->set_qemu ($qemu); @@ -900,9 +952,6 @@ configure script. You can also override this by setting the C environment variable. -The string C is stashed in the libguestfs handle, so the caller -must make sure it remains valid for the lifetime of the handle. - Setting C to C restores the default qemu binary. =item $h->set_ready (); @@ -941,9 +990,45 @@ To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would pass C as a single element list, when the single element being the string C<,> (comma). +See also: C<$h-Esfdisk_l>, C<$h-Esfdisk_N> + +B. + +=item $h->sfdisk_N ($device, $n, $cyls, $heads, $sectors, $line); + +This runs L option to modify just the single +partition C (note: C counts from 1). + +For other parameters, see C<$h-Esfdisk>. You should usually +pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters. + B. +=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_disk_geometry ($device); + +This displays the disk geometry of C read from the +partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying +block device has been resized, this can be different from the +kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<$h-Esfdisk_kernel_geometry>). + +The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to +be parsed. + +=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_kernel_geometry ($device); + +This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C. + +The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to +be parsed. + +=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_l ($device); + +This displays the partition table on C, in the +human-readable output of the L command. It is +not intended to be parsed. + =item %statbuf = $h->stat ($path); Returns file information for the given C. @@ -958,6 +1043,31 @@ C should be a file or directory in the mounted file system This is the same as the C system call. +=item @stringsout = $h->strings ($path); + +This runs the L command on a file and returns +the list of printable strings found. + +Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit +of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use +FTP. + +=item @stringsout = $h->strings_e ($encoding, $path); + +This is like the C<$h-Estrings> command, but allows you to +specify the encoding. + +See the L manpage for the full list of encodings. + +Commonly useful encodings are C (lower case L) which will +show strings inside Windows/x86 files. + +The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8. + +Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit +of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use +FTP. + =item $h->sync (); This syncs the disk, so that any writes are flushed through to the @@ -1031,6 +1141,29 @@ C can also be a named pipe. See also C<$h-Edownload>. +=item $h->vg_activate ($activate, \@volgroups); + +This command activates or (if C is false) deactivates +all logical volumes in the listed volume groups C. +If activated, then they are made known to the +kernel, ie. they appear as C devices. If deactivated, +then those devices disappear. + +This command is the same as running C + +Note that if C is an empty list then B volume groups +are activated or deactivated. + +=item $h->vg_activate_all ($activate); + +This command activates or (if C is false) deactivates +all logical volumes in all volume groups. +If activated, then they are made known to the +kernel, ie. they appear as C devices. If deactivated, +then those devices disappear. + +This command is the same as running C + =item $h->vgcreate ($volgroup, \@physvols); This creates an LVM volume group called C @@ -1076,6 +1209,11 @@ As a special case, if C is C<0> then the length is calculated using C (so in this case the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs). +I Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII NUL +characters does I work, even if the length is specified. +We hope to resolve this bug in a future version. In the meantime +use C<$h-Eupload>. + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use FTP. @@ -1088,6 +1226,19 @@ How many blocks are zeroed isn't specified (but it's I enough to securely wipe the device). It should be sufficient to remove any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on. +=item $h->zerofree ($device); + +This runs the I program on C. This program +claims to zero unused inodes and disk blocks on an ext2/3 +filesystem, thus making it possible to compress the filesystem +more effectively. + +You should B run this program if the filesystem is +mounted. + +It is possible that using this program can damage the filesystem +or data on the filesystem. + =cut 1;