X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=po-docs%2Flibguestfs-docs.pot;h=d2a45891eb9585d0a4cb6b6425b45f3ed9c529fa;hp=7320670dd61727e89af7e36aab10ec1e22e7e320;hb=21c118a20e625dccd7cbd454f67a9f9c360c53f1;hpb=573e01e0871324c038bac2fd391c86c8b7fb0247 diff --git a/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot b/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot index 7320670..d2a4589 100644 --- a/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot +++ b/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot @@ -6,37 +6,33 @@ #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" -"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.7.23\n" +"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.11.12\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: libguestfs@redhat.com\n" -"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-12-12 21:33+0000\n" +"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-06-28 19:35+0200\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" +"Language: \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" -"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n" -"Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING" +"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" +"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" -# type: =encoding -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:1 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:1 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:30 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:33 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:38 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:28 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:29 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:33 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:28 -msgid "utf8" -msgstr "" - -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:3 ../fish/guestfish.pod:3 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:3 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:3 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:32 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:35 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:40 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:30 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:31 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:35 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:30 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:3 ../fish/guestfish.pod:3 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:3 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:3 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:35 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:30 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:31 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:35 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:30 msgid "NAME" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:5 msgid "guestfs - Library for accessing and modifying virtual machine images" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:7 ../fish/guestfish.pod:7 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:7 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:7 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:36 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:39 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:44 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:34 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:35 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:39 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:34 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:7 ../fish/guestfish.pod:7 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:7 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:7 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:39 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:34 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:35 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:39 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:34 msgid "SYNOPSIS" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:9 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:11 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:19 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -68,12 +64,12 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:23 ../fish/guestfish.pod:30 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:11 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:20 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:50 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:63 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:50 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:40 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:72 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:47 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:40 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:23 ../fish/guestfish.pod:30 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:11 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:20 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:63 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:40 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:77 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:47 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:40 msgid "DESCRIPTION" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:25 msgid "" "Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying guest disk images. " @@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ msgid "" "registry/UUID/hostname info, and much else besides." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:33 msgid "" "Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of guest " @@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ msgid "" "qcow2, vmdk." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:38 msgid "" "Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions, LVs, " @@ -101,7 +97,7 @@ msgid "" "context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FUSE." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:43 msgid "" "Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management " @@ -110,33 +106,33 @@ msgid "" "line." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:48 msgid "" "You don't need to be root to use libguestfs, although obviously you do need " "enough permissions to access the disk images." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:51 msgid "" "Libguestfs is a large API because it can do many things. For a gentle " "introduction, please read the L section next." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:54 msgid "" "There are also some example programs in the L manual " "page." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 +#. type: =head1 #: ../src/guestfs.pod:57 msgid "API OVERVIEW" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:59 msgid "" "This section provides a gentler overview of the libguestfs API. We also try " @@ -144,12 +140,12 @@ msgid "" "about the individual calls in the main section of this manual." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 +#. type: =head2 #: ../src/guestfs.pod:64 msgid "HANDLES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:66 msgid "" "Before you can use libguestfs calls, you have to create a handle. Then you " @@ -159,12 +155,12 @@ msgid "" "handle variable, although of course you can use any name you want." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:73 msgid "The general structure of all libguestfs-using programs looks like this:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:76 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:78 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:83 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -195,7 +191,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:89 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -206,7 +202,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:94 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -216,7 +212,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:98 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -224,10 +220,10 @@ msgid "" " * disk image.\n" " */\n" " guestfs_touch (g, \"/hello\");\n" -"\n" +" \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:103 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:109 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:112 msgid "" "The code above doesn't include any error checking. In real code you should " @@ -260,12 +256,12 @@ msgid "" "L for fully worked examples." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 +#. type: =head2 #: ../src/guestfs.pod:121 msgid "DISK IMAGES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:123 msgid "" "The image filename (C<\"guest.img\"> in the example above) could be a disk " @@ -275,7 +271,7 @@ msgid "" "of these." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:129 msgid "" "The call you should use in modern code for adding drives is " @@ -283,7 +279,7 @@ msgid "" "specifying that the format is raw, do:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:133 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -293,12 +289,12 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:137 msgid "You can add a disk read-only using:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim +#. type: verbatim #: ../src/guestfs.pod:139 #, no-wrap msgid "" @@ -309,14 +305,14 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:144 msgid "" "or by calling the older function L. In either case " "libguestfs won't modify the file." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:147 msgid "" "Be extremely cautious if the disk image is in use, eg. if it is being used " @@ -324,7 +320,7 @@ msgid "" "corruption, but adding it read-only is safe." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:151 msgid "" "You must add at least one disk image, and you may add multiple disk images. " @@ -332,7 +328,7 @@ msgid "" "first one you added), C (for the second one you added), etc." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:156 msgid "" "Once L has been called you cannot add any more images. You " @@ -340,64 +336,72 @@ msgid "" "order that you added them. See also L below." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 +#. type: =head2 #: ../src/guestfs.pod:161 msgid "MOUNTING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock +#. type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:163 msgid "" "Before you can read or write files, create directories and so on in a disk " "image that contains filesystems, you have to mount those filesystems using " -"L. If you already know that a disk image contains (for " -"example) one partition with a filesystem on that partition, then you can " -"mount it directly:" +"L or L. If you already know that " +"a disk image contains (for example) one partition with a filesystem on that " +"partition, then you can mount it directly:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:169 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:170 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" guestfs_mount (g, \"/dev/sda1\", \"/\");\n" +" guestfs_mount_options (g, \"\", \"/dev/sda1\", \"/\");\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:171 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:172 msgid "" "where C means literally the first partition (C<1>) of the first " "disk image that we added (C). If the disk contains Linux LVM2 " -"logical volumes you could refer to those instead (eg. C)." +"logical volumes you could refer to those instead (eg. C). Note " +"that these are libguestfs virtual devices, and are nothing to do with host " +"devices." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:175 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:178 msgid "" "If you are given a disk image and you don't know what it contains then you " "have to find out. Libguestfs can do that too: use " "L and L to list possible partitions " "and LVs, and either try mounting each to see what is mountable, or else " -"examine them with L or L. Libguestfs also " -"has a set of APIs for inspection of disk images (see L below). " -"But you might find it easier to look at higher level programs built on top " -"of libguestfs, in particular L." +"examine them with L or L. To list just " +"filesystems, use L." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:186 +msgid "" +"Libguestfs also has a set of APIs for inspection of unknown disk images (see " +"L below). But you might find it easier to look at higher level " +"programs built on top of libguestfs, in particular L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:185 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:191 msgid "" -"To mount a disk image read-only, use L. There are " +"To mount a filesystem read-only, use L. There are " "several other variations of the C call." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:188 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:194 msgid "FILESYSTEM ACCESS AND MODIFICATION" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:190 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:196 msgid "" "The majority of the libguestfs API consists of fairly low-level calls for " "accessing and modifying the files, directories, symlinks etc on mounted " @@ -406,58 +410,58 @@ msgid "" "all in this overview." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:196 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:202 msgid "" "Specify filenames as full paths, starting with C<\"/\"> and including the " "mount point." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:199 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:205 msgid "" "For example, if you mounted a filesystem at C<\"/\"> and you want to read " "the file called C<\"etc/passwd\"> then you could do:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:202 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:208 #, no-wrap msgid "" " char *data = guestfs_cat (g, \"/etc/passwd\");\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:204 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:210 msgid "" "This would return C as a newly allocated buffer containing the full " "content of that file (with some conditions: see also L below), " "or C if there was an error." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:208 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:214 msgid "" "As another example, to create a top-level directory on that filesystem " "called C<\"var\"> you would do:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:211 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:217 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_mkdir (g, \"/var\");\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:213 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:219 msgid "To create a symlink you could do:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:215 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:221 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_ln_s (g, \"/etc/init.d/portmap\",\n" @@ -465,15 +469,15 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:218 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:224 msgid "" "Libguestfs will reject attempts to use relative paths and there is no " "concept of a current working directory." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:221 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:227 msgid "" "Libguestfs can return errors in many situations: for example if the " "filesystem isn't writable, or if a file or directory that you requested " @@ -482,34 +486,34 @@ msgid "" "turn these errors into exceptions)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:227 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:233 msgid "" "File writes are affected by the per-handle umask, set by calling " "L and defaulting to 022. See L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:230 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:236 msgid "PARTITIONING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:232 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:238 msgid "" "Libguestfs contains API calls to read, create and modify partition tables on " "disk images." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:235 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:241 msgid "" "In the common case where you want to create a single partition covering the " "whole disk, you should use the L call:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:239 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:245 #, no-wrap msgid "" " const char *parttype = \"mbr\";\n" @@ -519,20 +523,20 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:244 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:250 msgid "" "Obviously this effectively wipes anything that was on that disk image " "before." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:247 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:253 msgid "LVM2" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:249 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:255 msgid "" "Libguestfs provides access to a large part of the LVM2 API, such as " "L and L. It won't make much sense " @@ -540,60 +544,60 @@ msgid "" "volume groups and logical volumes." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:254 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:260 msgid "" "This author strongly recommends reading the LVM HOWTO, online at " "L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:257 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:263 msgid "DOWNLOADING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:259 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:265 msgid "" "Use L to download small, text only files. This call is " "limited to files which are less than 2 MB and which cannot contain any ASCII " -"NUL (C<\\0>) characters. However it has a very simple to use API." +"NUL (C<\\0>) characters. However the API is very simple to use." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:264 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:269 msgid "" "L can be used to read files which contain arbitrary 8 " "bit data, since it returns a (pointer, size) pair. However it is still " "limited to \"small\" files, less than 2 MB." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:268 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:273 msgid "" "L can be used to download any file, with no limits on " "content or size (even files larger than 4 GB)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:271 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:276 msgid "To download multiple files, see L and L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:274 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:279 msgid "UPLOADING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:276 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:281 msgid "" "It's often the case that you want to write a file or files to the disk " "image." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:279 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:284 msgid "" "To write a small file with fixed content, use L. To create " "a file of all zeroes, use L (sparse) or " @@ -602,20 +606,20 @@ msgid "" "L and L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:285 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:290 msgid "" "To upload a single file, use L. This call has no limits on " "file content or size (even files larger than 4 GB)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:288 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:293 msgid "To upload multiple files, see L and L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:290 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:295 msgid "" "However the fastest way to upload I is to " "turn them into a squashfs or CD ISO (see L and " @@ -628,186 +632,230 @@ msgid "" "using a label or UUID, use an ISO image instead." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:301 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:306 msgid "COPYING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:303 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:308 msgid "" "There are various different commands for copying between files and devices " "and in and out of the guest filesystem. These are summarised in the table " "below." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:309 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:314 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:311 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:316 msgid "" "Use L to copy a single file, or L to copy " "directories recursively." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:314 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:319 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:316 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:321 msgid "" "Use L which efficiently uses L to copy between files and " "devices in the guest." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:319 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:324 msgid "Example: duplicate the contents of an LV:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:321 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:326 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_dd (g, \"/dev/VG/Original\", \"/dev/VG/Copy\");\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:323 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:328 msgid "" "The destination (C) must be at least as large as the source " "(C). To copy less than the whole source device, use " "L." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:327 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:332 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:329 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:334 msgid "Use L. See L above." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:331 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:336 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:333 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:338 msgid "Use L. See L above." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:337 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:342 +msgid "UPLOADING AND DOWNLOADING TO PIPES AND FILE DESCRIPTORS" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:344 +msgid "" +"Calls like L, L, L, " +"L etc appear to only take filenames as arguments, so it " +"appears you can only upload and download to files. However many Un*x-like " +"hosts let you use the special device files C, C, " +"C and C to read and write from stdin, stdout, " +"stderr, and arbitrary file descriptor N." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:352 +msgid "For example, L writes its output to stdout by doing:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:355 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" guestfs_download (g, filename, \"/dev/stdout\");\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:357 +msgid "and you can write tar output to a file descriptor C by doing:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:359 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" char devfd[64];\n" +" snprintf (devfd, sizeof devfd, \"/dev/fd/%d\", fd);\n" +" guestfs_tar_out (g, \"/\", devfd);\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:363 msgid "LISTING FILES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:339 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:365 msgid "" "L is just designed for humans to read (mainly when using the " "L-equivalent command C)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:342 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:368 msgid "" "L is a quick way to get a list of files in a directory from " "programs, as a flat list of strings." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:345 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:371 msgid "" "L is a programmatic way to get a list of files in a " "directory, plus additional information about each one. It is more " "equivalent to using the L call on a local filesystem." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:349 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:375 msgid "" "L and L can be used to recursively list " "files." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:352 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:378 msgid "RUNNING COMMANDS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:354 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:380 msgid "" "Although libguestfs is primarily an API for manipulating files inside guest " "images, we also provide some limited facilities for running commands inside " "guests." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:358 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:384 msgid "There are many limitations to this:" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:362 ../src/guestfs.pod:367 ../src/guestfs.pod:372 ../src/guestfs.pod:376 ../src/guestfs.pod:381 ../src/guestfs.pod:385 ../src/guestfs.pod:390 ../src/guestfs.pod:395 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../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1109 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1113 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1203 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1207 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1212 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1217 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1259 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1263 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1268 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:536 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:542 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:548 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:345 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:350 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:360 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:388 ../src/guestfs.pod:393 ../src/guestfs.pod:398 ../src/guestfs.pod:402 ../src/guestfs.pod:407 ../src/guestfs.pod:411 ../src/guestfs.pod:416 ../src/guestfs.pod:421 ../src/guestfs.pod:1064 ../src/guestfs.pod:1068 ../src/guestfs.pod:1072 ../src/guestfs.pod:1077 ../src/guestfs.pod:1085 ../src/guestfs.pod:1104 ../src/guestfs.pod:1112 ../src/guestfs.pod:1134 ../src/guestfs.pod:1138 ../src/guestfs.pod:1142 ../src/guestfs.pod:1146 ../src/guestfs.pod:1150 ../src/guestfs.pod:1154 ../src/guestfs.pod:1643 ../src/guestfs.pod:1648 ../src/guestfs.pod:1652 ../src/guestfs.pod:1754 ../src/guestfs.pod:1759 ../src/guestfs.pod:1763 ../src/guestfs.pod:1773 ../src/guestfs.pod:2008 ../src/guestfs.pod:2013 ../src/guestfs.pod:2019 ../src/guestfs.pod:2027 ../src/guestfs.pod:2381 ../src/guestfs.pod:2387 ../src/guestfs.pod:2392 ../src/guestfs.pod:2398 ../src/guestfs.pod:2967 ../src/guestfs.pod:2971 ../src/guestfs.pod:2975 ../src/guestfs.pod:2979 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:15 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:22 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:583 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:591 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:598 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:605 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1603 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1607 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1611 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1615 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1623 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1627 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1631 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1641 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1645 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1649 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1787 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1791 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1796 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1801 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1862 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1866 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1871 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2783 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2789 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2797 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2804 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2811 ../fish/guestfish.pod:445 ../fish/guestfish.pod:449 ../fish/guestfish.pod:453 ../fish/guestfish.pod:457 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:13 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:20 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:385 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:393 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:400 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:407 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1074 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1078 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1082 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1086 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1094 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1098 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1102 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1112 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1116 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1120 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1210 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1214 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1219 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1224 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1266 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1270 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1275 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1902 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1908 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1916 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1923 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1930 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:195 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:200 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:206 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:708 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:714 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:720 msgid "*" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:364 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:390 msgid "" "The kernel version that the command runs under will be different from what " "it expects." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:369 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:395 msgid "" "If the command needs to communicate with daemons, then most likely they " "won't be running." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:374 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:400 msgid "The command will be running in limited memory." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:378 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:404 msgid "" "The network may not be available unless you enable it (see " "L)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:383 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:409 msgid "Only supports Linux guests (not Windows, BSD, etc)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:387 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:413 msgid "Architecture limitations (eg. won't work for a PPC guest on an X86 host)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:392 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:418 msgid "" "For SELinux guests, you may need to enable SELinux and load policy first. " "See L in this manpage." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:397 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:423 msgid "" "I It is not safe to run commands from untrusted, possibly " "malicious guests. These commands may attempt to exploit your program by " @@ -818,8 +866,8 @@ msgid "" "context of your program to their advantage." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:406 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:432 msgid "" "A secure alternative is to use libguestfs to install a \"firstboot\" script " "(a script which runs when the guest next boots normally), and to have this " @@ -828,27 +876,27 @@ msgid "" "see L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:414 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:440 msgid "" "The two main API calls to run commands are L and " "L (there are also variations)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:417 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:443 msgid "" "The difference is that L runs commands using the shell, so any " "shell globs, redirections, etc will work." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:420 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:446 msgid "CONFIGURATION FILES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:422 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:448 msgid "" "To read and write configuration files in Linux guest filesystems, we " "strongly recommend using Augeas. For example, Augeas understands how to " @@ -856,118 +904,118 @@ msgid "" "file, and so avoids you having to write that code." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:427 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:453 msgid "" "The main Augeas calls are bound through the C APIs. We don't " "document Augeas itself here because there is excellent documentation on the " "L website." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:431 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:457 msgid "" "If you don't want to use Augeas (you fool!) then try calling " "L to get the file as a list of lines which you can " "iterate over." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:435 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:461 msgid "SELINUX" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:437 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:463 msgid "" "We support SELinux guests. To ensure that labeling happens correctly in " "SELinux guests, you need to enable SELinux and load the guest's policy:" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:443 ../src/guestfs.pod:1147 ../src/guestfs.pod:1278 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:469 ../src/guestfs.pod:1257 ../src/guestfs.pod:1395 ../src/guestfs.pod:2426 msgid "1." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:445 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:471 msgid "Before launching, do:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:447 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:473 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_set_selinux (g, 1);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:449 ../src/guestfs.pod:1151 ../src/guestfs.pod:1282 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:475 ../src/guestfs.pod:1261 ../src/guestfs.pod:1399 ../src/guestfs.pod:2451 msgid "2." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:451 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:477 msgid "" "After mounting the guest's filesystem(s), load the policy. This is best " "done by running the L command in the guest itself:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:455 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:481 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_sh (g, \"/usr/sbin/load_policy\");\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:457 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:483 msgid "" "(Older versions of C require you to specify the name of the " "policy file)." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:460 ../src/guestfs.pod:1288 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:486 ../src/guestfs.pod:1405 msgid "3." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:462 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:488 msgid "" "Optionally, set the security context for the API. The correct security " "context to use can only be known by inspecting the guest. As an example:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:466 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:492 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_setcon (g, \"unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0\");\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:470 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:496 msgid "This will work for running commands and editing existing files." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:472 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:498 msgid "" "When new files are created, you may need to label them explicitly, for " "example by running the external command C." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:476 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:502 msgid "UMASK" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:478 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:504 msgid "" "Certain calls are affected by the current file mode creation mask (the " "\"umask\"). In particular ones which create files or directories, such as " @@ -976,33 +1024,33 @@ msgid "" "that you supply." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:484 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:510 msgid "" "The default umask is C<022>, so files are created with modes such as C<0644> " "and directories with C<0755>." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:487 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:513 msgid "" "There are two ways to avoid being affected by umask. Either set umask to 0 " "(call C early after launching). Or call " "L after creating each file or directory." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:491 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:517 msgid "For more information about umask, see L." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:493 ../fish/guestfish.pod:720 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:519 ../fish/guestfish.pod:767 msgid "ENCRYPTED DISKS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:495 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:521 msgid "" "Libguestfs allows you to access Linux guests which have been encrypted using " "whole disk encryption that conforms to the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) " @@ -1010,22 +1058,22 @@ msgid "" "modern Linux guests." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:501 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:527 msgid "" "Use L to identify LUKS-encrypted block devices (it " "returns the string C)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:504 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:530 msgid "" "Then open these devices by calling L. Obviously you " "will require the passphrase!" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:507 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:533 msgid "" "Opening a LUKS device creates a new device mapper device called " "C (where C is the string you supply to " @@ -1033,16 +1081,16 @@ msgid "" "decrypted from and encrypted to the underlying block device respectively." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:513 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:539 msgid "" "LVM volume groups on the device can be made visible by calling " "L followed by L. The logical " "volume(s) can now be mounted in the usual way." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:517 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:543 msgid "" "Use the reverse process to close a LUKS device. Unmount any logical volumes " "on it, deactivate the volume groups by caling C but since version 1.5.3 the most " -"frequently used part of this library has been rewritten in C and moved into " -"the core code)." +"contains operating systems, an install CD or a live CD. (These APIs used to " +"be in a separate Perl-only library called L but since " +"version 1.5.3 the most frequently used part of this library has been " +"rewritten in C and moved into the core code)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:532 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:559 msgid "" "Add all disks belonging to the unknown virtual machine and call " "L in the usual way." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:535 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:562 msgid "" "Then call L. This function uses other libguestfs calls " "and certain heuristics, and returns a list of operating systems that were " @@ -1086,8 +1134,8 @@ msgid "" "libguestfs to deal with it.)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:544 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:571 msgid "" "For each root, you can then call various C functions " "to get additional details about that operating system. For example, call " @@ -1095,8 +1143,8 @@ msgid "" "Windows and Linux-based operating systems respectively." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:550 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:577 msgid "" "Un*x-like and Linux-based operating systems usually consist of several " "filesystems which are mounted at boot time (for example, a separate boot " @@ -1106,8 +1154,8 @@ msgid "" "hash table like this example:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:557 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:584 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /boot => /dev/sda1\n" @@ -1116,39 +1164,39 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:561 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:588 msgid "" "The caller can then make calls to L to mount the " "filesystems as suggested." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:564 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:591 msgid "" "Be careful to mount filesystems in the right order (eg. C before " "C). Sorting the keys of the hash by length, shortest first, should " "work." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:568 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:595 msgid "" "Inspection currently only works for some common operating systems. " "Contributors are welcome to send patches for other operating systems that we " "currently cannot detect." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:572 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:599 msgid "" "Encrypted disks must be opened before inspection. See L " "for more details. The L function just ignores any " "encrypted devices." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:576 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:603 msgid "" "A note on the implementation: The call L performs " "inspection and caches the results in the guest handle. Subsequent calls to " @@ -1160,20 +1208,62 @@ msgid "" "for details)." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:585 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:612 +msgid "INSPECTING INSTALL DISKS" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:614 +msgid "" +"Libguestfs (since 1.9.4) can detect some install disks, install CDs, live " +"CDs and more." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:617 +msgid "" +"Call L to return the format of the operating " +"system, which currently can be C (a regular operating system) or " +"C (some sort of install disk)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:621 +msgid "" +"Further information is available about the operating system that can be " +"installed using the regular inspection APIs like " +"L, L " +"etc." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:626 +msgid "" +"Some additional information specific to installer disks is also available " +"from the L, L and " +"L calls." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:631 msgid "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WINDOWS GUESTS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:587 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:633 msgid "" "Libguestfs can mount NTFS partitions. It does this using the " "L driver." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:590 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:636 +msgid "DRIVE LETTERS AND PATHS" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:638 msgid "" "DOS and Windows still use drive letters, and the filesystems are always " "treated as case insensitive by Windows itself, and therefore you might find " @@ -1182,31 +1272,35 @@ msgid "" "that directory might be referred to as C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:596 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:644 msgid "" -"Drive letter mappings are outside the scope of libguestfs. You have to use " -"libguestfs to read the appropriate Windows Registry and configuration files, " -"to determine yourself how drives are mapped (see also L and " -"L)." +"Drive letter mappings can be found using inspection (see L and " +"L)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:601 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:647 msgid "" -"Replacing backslash characters with forward slash characters is also outside " -"the scope of libguestfs, but something that you can easily do." +"Dealing with separator characters (backslash vs forward slash) is outside " +"the scope of libguestfs, but usually a simple character replacement will " +"work." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:604 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:651 msgid "" -"Where we can help is in resolving the case insensitivity of paths. For " -"this, call L." +"To resolve the case insensitivity of paths, call " +"L." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:654 +msgid "ACCESSING THE WINDOWS REGISTRY" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:607 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:656 msgid "" "Libguestfs also provides some help for decoding Windows Registry \"hive\" " "files, through the library C which is part of the libguestfs project " @@ -1216,173 +1310,228 @@ msgid "" "L for more help on this issue." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:615 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:664 +msgid "SYMLINKS ON NTFS-3G FILESYSTEMS" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:666 +msgid "" +"Ntfs-3g tries to rewrite \"Junction Points\" and NTFS \"symbolic links\" to " +"provide something which looks like a Linux symlink. The way it tries to do " +"the rewriting is described here:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:670 +msgid "L" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:672 +msgid "" +"The essential problem is that ntfs-3g simply does not have enough " +"information to do a correct job. NTFS links can contain drive letters and " +"references to external device GUIDs that ntfs-3g has no way of resolving. " +"It is almost certainly the case that libguestfs callers should ignore what " +"ntfs-3g does (ie. don't use L on NTFS volumes)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:679 +msgid "" +"Instead if you encounter a symbolic link on an ntfs-3g filesystem, use " +"L to read the C extended " +"attribute, and read the raw reparse data from that (you can find the format " +"documented in various places around the web)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:684 +msgid "EXTENDED ATTRIBUTES ON NTFS-3G FILESYSTEMS" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:686 +msgid "" +"There are other useful extended attributes that can be read from ntfs-3g " +"filesystems (using L). See:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:689 +msgid "L" +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:691 msgid "USING LIBGUESTFS WITH OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:617 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:693 msgid "" "Although we don't want to discourage you from using the C API, we will " "mention here that the same API is also available in other languages." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:620 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:696 msgid "" "The API is broadly identical in all supported languages. This means that " -"the C call C is C<$g-Emount($path)> in Perl, " -"C in Python, and C in OCaml. In other " -"words, a straightforward, predictable isomorphism between each language." +"the C call C is C<$g-Eadd_drive_ro($file)> " +"in Perl, C in Python, and C in " +"OCaml. In other words, a straightforward, predictable isomorphism between " +"each language." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:626 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:702 msgid "" "Error messages are automatically transformed into exceptions if the language " "supports it." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:629 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:705 msgid "" "We don't try to \"object orientify\" parts of the API in OO languages, " "although contributors are welcome to write higher level APIs above what we " "provide in their favourite languages if they wish." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:635 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:711 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:637 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:713 msgid "" "You can use the I header file from C++ programs. The C++ API is " "identical to the C API. C++ classes and exceptions are not used." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:641 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:717 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:643 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:719 msgid "" "The C# bindings are highly experimental. Please read the warnings at the " "top of C." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:646 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:722 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:648 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:724 msgid "" "This is the only language binding that is working but incomplete. Only " "calls which return simple integers have been bound in Haskell, and we are " "looking for help to complete this binding." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:652 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:728 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:654 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:730 msgid "" "Full documentation is contained in the Javadoc which is distributed with " "libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:657 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:733 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:659 -msgid "For documentation see L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:735 +msgid "See L." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:661 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:737 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:663 -msgid "For documentation see L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:739 +msgid "See L and L." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:665 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:741 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:667 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:743 msgid "" "For documentation see C supplied with libguestfs sources or in " "the php-libguestfs package for your distribution." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:670 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:746 msgid "The PHP binding only works correctly on 64 bit machines." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:672 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:748 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:674 -msgid "For documentation see L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:750 +msgid "See L." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:676 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:752 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:678 -msgid "For documentation see L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:754 +msgid "See L." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:680 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:756 msgid "B" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:682 -msgid "For documentation see L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:758 +msgid "See L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:686 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:762 msgid "LIBGUESTFS GOTCHAS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:688 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:764 msgid "" "L: \"A feature of a " "system [...] that works in the way it is documented but is counterintuitive " "and almost invites mistakes.\"" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:692 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:768 msgid "" "Since we developed libguestfs and the associated tools, there are several " "things we would have designed differently, but are now stuck with for " @@ -1390,110 +1539,110 @@ msgid "" "release, you can expect these to change. Beware of them." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:700 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:776 msgid "Autosync / forgetting to sync." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:702 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:778 +msgid "" +"I Autosync is enabled by default for all API users starting from " +"libguestfs 1.5.24. This section only applies to older versions." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:781 msgid "" "When modifying a filesystem from C or another language, you B unmount " "all filesystems and call L explicitly before you close the " "libguestfs handle. You can also call:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:706 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:785 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_set_autosync (g, 1);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:708 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:787 msgid "" "to have the unmount/sync done automatically for you when the handle 'g' is " "closed. (This feature is called \"autosync\", L " "q.v.)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:712 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:791 msgid "" "If you forget to do this, then it is entirely possible that your changes " "won't be written out, or will be partially written, or (very rarely) that " "you'll get disk corruption." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:716 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:795 msgid "" "Note that in L autosync is the default. So quick and dirty " "guestfish scripts that forget to sync will work just fine, which can make " "this very puzzling if you are trying to debug a problem." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:720 -msgid "" -"Update: Autosync is enabled by default for all API users starting from " -"libguestfs 1.5.24." -msgstr "" - -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:723 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:799 msgid "Mount option C<-o sync> should not be the default." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:725 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:801 msgid "" "If you use L, then C<-o sync,noatime> are added implicitly. " "However C<-o sync> does not add any reliability benefit, but does have a " "very large performance impact." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:729 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:805 msgid "" "The work around is to use L and set the mount " "options that you actually want to use." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:732 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:808 msgid "Read-only should be the default." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:734 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:810 msgid "" "In L, I<--ro> should be the default, and you should have to " "specify I<--rw> if you want to make changes to the image." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:737 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:813 msgid "This would reduce the potential to corrupt live VM images." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:739 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:815 msgid "" "Note that many filesystems change the disk when you just mount and unmount, " "even if you didn't perform any writes. You need to use " "L to guarantee that the disk is not changed." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:743 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:819 msgid "guestfish command line is hard to use." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:745 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:821 msgid "" "C doesn't do what people expect (open C for " "examination). It tries to run a guestfish command C which doesn't " @@ -1502,13 +1651,13 @@ msgid "" "we should have used C to run commands." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:752 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:828 msgid "guestfish megabyte modifiers don't work right on all commands" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:754 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:830 msgid "" "In recent guestfish you can use C<1M> to mean 1 megabyte (and similarly for " "other modifiers). What guestfish actually does is to multiply the number " @@ -1517,21 +1666,21 @@ msgid "" "expecting some other unit (eg. megabytes)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:761 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:837 msgid "The most common is L. The guestfish command:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:763 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:839 #, no-wrap msgid "" " lvcreate LV VG 100M\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:765 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:841 msgid "" "does not do what you might expect. Instead because L is " "already expecting megabytes, this tries to create a 100 I (100 " @@ -1539,28 +1688,28 @@ msgid "" "is also a little obscure." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:770 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:846 msgid "" "This could be fixed in the generator by specially marking parameters and " "return values which take bytes or other units." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:773 +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:849 msgid "Ambiguity between devices and paths" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:775 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:851 msgid "" "There is a subtle ambiguity in the API between a device name " "(eg. C) and a similar pathname. A file might just happen to be " "called C in the directory C (consider some non-Unix VM image)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:780 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:856 msgid "" "In the current API we usually resolve this ambiguity by having two separate " "calls, for example L and L. " @@ -1568,8 +1717,8 @@ msgid "" "detecting if the path supplied begins with C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:786 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:862 msgid "" "To avoid both the ambiguity and the need to duplicate some calls, we could " "make paths/devices into structured names. One way to do this would be to " @@ -1578,21 +1727,21 @@ msgid "" "to this OCaml type:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:792 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:868 #, no-wrap msgid "" " type path = Path of string | Device of int | Partition of int * int\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:794 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:870 msgid "which would allow you to pass arguments like:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:796 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:872 #, no-wrap msgid "" " Path \"/foo/bar\"\n" @@ -1602,67 +1751,27 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:801 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:877 msgid "" "As you can see there are still problems to resolve even with this " "representation. Also consider how it might work in guestfish." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:806 -msgid "PROTOCOL LIMITS" -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:808 -msgid "" -"Internally libguestfs uses a message-based protocol to pass API calls and " -"their responses to and from a small \"appliance\" (see L for " -"plenty more detail about this). The maximum message size used by the " -"protocol is slightly less than 4 MB. For some API calls you may need to be " -"aware of this limit. The API calls which may be affected are individually " -"documented, with a link back to this section of the documentation." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:816 -msgid "" -"A simple call such as L returns its result (the file data) in " -"a simple string. Because this string is at some point internally encoded as " -"a message, the maximum size that it can return is slightly under 4 MB. If " -"the requested file is larger than this then you will get an error." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:822 -msgid "" -"In order to transfer large files into and out of the guest filesystem, you " -"need to use particular calls that support this. The sections L " -"and L document how to do this." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:826 -msgid "" -"You might also consider mounting the disk image using our FUSE filesystem " -"support (L)." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:829 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:882 msgid "KEYS AND PASSPHRASES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:831 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:884 msgid "" "Certain libguestfs calls take a parameter that contains sensitive key " "material, passed in as a C string." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:834 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:887 msgid "" "In the future we would hope to change the libguestfs implementation so that " "keys are L-ed into physical RAM, and thus can never end up in " @@ -1670,62 +1779,62 @@ msgid "" "of such an implementation." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:839 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:892 msgid "" "Therefore you should be aware that any key parameter you pass to libguestfs " "might end up being written out to the swap partition. If this is a concern, " "scrub the swap partition or don't use libguestfs on encrypted devices." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:844 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:897 msgid "MULTIPLE HANDLES AND MULTIPLE THREADS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:846 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:899 msgid "" "All high-level libguestfs actions are synchronous. If you want to use " "libguestfs asynchronously then you must create a thread." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:849 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:902 msgid "" "Only use the handle from a single thread. Either use the handle exclusively " "from one thread, or provide your own mutex so that two threads cannot issue " "calls on the same handle at the same time." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:853 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:906 msgid "" "See the graphical program guestfs-browser for one possible architecture for " "multithreaded programs using libvirt and libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:856 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:909 msgid "PATH" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:858 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:911 msgid "" -"Libguestfs needs a kernel and initrd.img, which it finds by looking along an " +"Libguestfs needs a supermin appliance, which it finds by looking along an " "internal path." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:861 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:914 msgid "" "By default it looks for these in the directory C<$libdir/guestfs> " "(eg. C or C)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:864 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:917 msgid "" "Use L or set the environment variable L " "to change the directories that libguestfs will search in. The value is a " @@ -1735,21 +1844,21 @@ msgid "" "then C." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:871 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:924 msgid "QEMU WRAPPERS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:873 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:926 msgid "" "If you want to compile your own qemu, run qemu from a non-standard location, " "or pass extra arguments to qemu, then you can write a shell-script wrapper " "around qemu." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:877 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:930 msgid "" "There is one important rule to remember: you I> as the " "last command in the shell script (so that qemu replaces the shell and " @@ -1757,15 +1866,15 @@ msgid "" "this, then the qemu process won't be cleaned up correctly." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:882 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:935 msgid "" "Here is an example of a wrapper, where I have built my own copy of qemu from " "source:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:885 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:938 #, no-wrap msgid "" " #!/bin/sh -\n" @@ -1775,36 +1884,146 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:889 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:942 msgid "" "Save this script as C (or wherever), C, and " "then use it by setting the LIBGUESTFS_QEMU environment variable. For " "example:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:893 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:946 #, no-wrap msgid "" " LIBGUESTFS_QEMU=/tmp/qemu.wrapper guestfish\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:895 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:948 msgid "" "Note that libguestfs also calls qemu with the -help and -version options in " "order to determine features." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:898 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:951 +msgid "ATTACHING TO RUNNING DAEMONS" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:953 +msgid "" +"I This is B and has a tendency to eat " +"babies. Use with caution." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:956 +msgid "" +"I This section explains how to attach to a running daemon from a " +"low level perspective. For most users, simply using virt tools such as " +"L with the I<--live> option will \"just work\"." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:960 +msgid "Using guestfs_set_attach_method" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:962 +msgid "" +"By calling L you can change how the library " +"connects to the C daemon in L (read " +"L for some background)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:966 +msgid "" +"The normal attach method is C, where a small appliance is created " +"containing the daemon, and then the library connects to this." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:969 +msgid "" +"Setting attach method to C> (where I is the path of a " +"Unix domain socket) causes L to connect to an existing " +"daemon over the Unix domain socket." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:973 +msgid "" +"The normal use for this is to connect to a running virtual machine that " +"contains a C daemon, and send commands so you can read and write " +"files inside the live virtual machine." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:977 +msgid "Using guestfs_add_domain with live flag" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:979 +msgid "" +"L provides some help for getting the correct attach " +"method. If you pass the C option to this function, then (if the " +"virtual machine is running) it will examine the libvirt XML looking for a " +"virtio-serial channel to connect to:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:985 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" \n" +" ...\n" +" \n" +" ...\n" +" \n" +" \n" +" \n" +" \n" +" ...\n" +" \n" +" \n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:997 +msgid "" +"L extracts C and sets the attach " +"method to C." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1000 +msgid "" +"Some of the libguestfs tools (including guestfish) support a I<--live> " +"option which is passed through to L thus allowing you " +"to attach to and modify live virtual machines." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1004 +msgid "" +"The virtual machine needs to have been set up beforehand so that it has the " +"virtio-serial channel and so that guestfsd is running inside it." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1008 msgid "ABI GUARANTEE" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:900 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1010 msgid "" "We guarantee the libguestfs ABI (binary interface), for public, high-level " "actions as outlined in this section. Although we will deprecate some " @@ -1813,13 +2032,13 @@ msgid "" "against the libguestfs API." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:906 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1016 msgid "BLOCK DEVICE NAMING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:908 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1018 msgid "" "In the kernel there is now quite a profusion of schemata for naming block " "devices (in this context, by I I mean a physical or virtual " @@ -1833,24 +2052,24 @@ msgid "" "Xen PV disks." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:920 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1030 msgid "" "As discussed above, libguestfs uses a qemu appliance running an embedded " "Linux kernel to access block devices. We can run a variety of appliances " "based on a variety of Linux kernels." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:924 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1034 msgid "" "This causes a problem for libguestfs because many API calls use device or " "partition names. Working scripts and the recipe (example) scripts that we " "make available over the internet could fail if the naming scheme changes." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:929 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1039 msgid "" "Therefore libguestfs defines C as the I. " "Internally C names are translated, if necessary, to other names as " @@ -1858,21 +2077,21 @@ msgid "" "device parameter C is translated to C transparently." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:935 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1045 msgid "" "Note that this I applies to parameters. The L, " "L and similar calls return the true names of the " "devices and partitions as known to the appliance." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:940 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1050 msgid "ALGORITHM FOR BLOCK DEVICE NAME TRANSLATION" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:942 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1052 msgid "" "Usually this translation is transparent. However in some (very rare) cases " "you may need to know the exact algorithm. Such cases include where you use " @@ -1881,114 +2100,114 @@ msgid "" "devices." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:948 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1058 msgid "" "The algorithm is applied only to I which are known to be either " "device or partition names. Return values from functions such as " "L are never changed." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:956 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1066 msgid "Is the string a parameter which is a device or partition name?" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:960 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1070 msgid "Does the string begin with C?" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:964 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1074 msgid "" "Does the named device exist? If so, we use that device. However if I " "then we continue with this algorithm." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:969 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1079 msgid "Replace initial C string with C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:971 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1081 msgid "For example, change C to C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:973 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1083 msgid "If that named device exists, use it. If not, continue." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:977 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1087 msgid "Replace initial C string with C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:979 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1089 msgid "If that named device exists, use it. If not, return an error." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:983 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1093 msgid "PORTABILITY CONCERNS WITH BLOCK DEVICE NAMING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:985 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1095 msgid "" "Although the standard naming scheme and automatic translation is useful for " "simple programs and guestfish scripts, for larger programs it is best not to " "rely on this mechanism." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:989 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1099 msgid "" "Where possible for maximum future portability programs using libguestfs " "should use these future-proof techniques:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:996 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1106 msgid "" "Use L or L to list actual " "device names, and then use those names directly." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:999 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1109 msgid "Since those device names exist by definition, they will never be translated." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1004 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1114 msgid "" "Use higher level ways to identify filesystems, such as LVM names, UUIDs and " "filesystem labels." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1009 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1119 msgid "SECURITY" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1011 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1121 msgid "" "This section discusses security implications of using libguestfs, " "particularly with untrusted or malicious guests or disk images." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1014 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1124 msgid "GENERAL SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1016 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1126 msgid "" "Be careful with any files or data that you download from a guest (by " "\"download\" we mean not just the L command but any " @@ -1997,43 +2216,43 @@ msgid "" "into doing the wrong thing. Consider cases such as:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1026 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1136 msgid "the data (file etc) not being present" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1030 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1140 msgid "being present but empty" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1034 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1144 msgid "being much larger than normal" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1038 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1148 msgid "containing arbitrary 8 bit data" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1042 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1152 msgid "being in an unexpected character encoding" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1046 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1156 msgid "containing homoglyphs." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1050 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1160 msgid "SECURITY OF MOUNTING FILESYSTEMS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1052 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1162 msgid "" "When you mount a filesystem under Linux, mistakes in the kernel filesystem " "(VFS) module can sometimes be escalated into exploits by deliberately " @@ -2048,8 +2267,8 @@ msgid "" "system right down to the hardware level." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1065 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1175 msgid "" "That explains why you should never mount a filesystem from an untrusted " "guest on your host kernel. How about libguestfs? We run a Linux kernel " @@ -2062,20 +2281,20 @@ msgid "" "hard to do, although we never say 'never' about security issues." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1076 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1186 msgid "" "In any case callers can reduce the attack surface by forcing the filesystem " "type when mounting (use L)." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1079 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1189 msgid "PROTOCOL SECURITY" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1081 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1191 msgid "" "The protocol is designed to be secure, being based on RFC 4506 (XDR) with a " "defined upper message size. However a program that uses libguestfs must " @@ -2084,13 +2303,13 @@ msgid "" "security will save you from the consequences." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1087 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1197 msgid "INSPECTION SECURITY" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1089 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1199 msgid "" "Parts of the inspection API (see L) return untrusted strings " "directly from the guest, and these could contain any 8 bit data. Callers " @@ -2098,8 +2317,8 @@ msgid "" "(for example, use HTML escaping if creating a web page)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1095 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1205 msgid "" "Guest configuration may be altered in unusual ways by the administrator of " "the virtual machine, and may not reflect reality (particularly for untrusted " @@ -2109,8 +2328,8 @@ msgid "" "provide the wrong hostname." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1103 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1213 msgid "" "The inspection API parses guest configuration using two external libraries: " "Augeas (Linux configuration) and hivex (Windows Registry). Both are " @@ -2119,13 +2338,13 @@ msgid "" "files." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1109 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1219 msgid "RUNNING UNTRUSTED GUEST COMMANDS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1111 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1221 msgid "" "Be very cautious about running commands from the guest. By running a " "command in the guest, you are giving CPU time to a binary that you do not " @@ -2134,25 +2353,25 @@ msgid "" "section L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1117 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1227 msgid "CVE-2010-3851" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1119 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1229 msgid "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/642934" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1121 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1231 msgid "" "This security bug concerns the automatic disk format detection that qemu " "does on disk images." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1124 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1234 msgid "" "A raw disk image is just the raw bytes, there is no header. Other disk " "images like qcow2 contain a special header. Qemu deals with this by looking " @@ -2160,8 +2379,8 @@ msgid "" "image must be raw." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1129 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1239 msgid "" "This allows a guest which has been given a raw disk image to write some " "other header. At next boot (or when the disk image is accessed by " @@ -2169,8 +2388,8 @@ msgid "" "say, qcow2 based on the header written by the guest." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1134 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1244 msgid "" "This in itself would not be a problem, but qcow2 offers many features, one " "of which is to allow a disk image to refer to another image (called the " @@ -2181,25 +2400,25 @@ msgid "" "control of the attacker." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1142 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1252 msgid "In libguestfs this is rather hard to exploit except under two circumstances:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1149 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1259 msgid "You have enabled the network or have opened the disk in write mode." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1153 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1263 msgid "" "You are also running untrusted code from the guest (see L)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1158 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1268 msgid "" "The way to avoid this is to specify the expected disk format when adding " "disks (the optional C option to L). You " @@ -2207,145 +2426,159 @@ msgid "" "other cases too." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1163 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1273 msgid "" "For disks added from libvirt using calls like L, the " "format is fetched from libvirt and passed through." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1166 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1276 msgid "" "For libguestfs tools, use the I<--format> command line parameter as " "appropriate." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1169 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1279 msgid "CONNECTION MANAGEMENT" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1171 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1281 msgid "guestfs_h *" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1173 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1283 msgid "" "C is the opaque type representing a connection handle. Create a " "handle by calling L. Call L to free the " "handle and release all resources used." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1177 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1287 msgid "" "For information on using multiple handles and threads, see the section " -"L below." +"L above." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1180 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1290 msgid "guestfs_create" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1182 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1292 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_h *guestfs_create (void);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1184 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1294 msgid "Create a connection handle." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1186 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1296 msgid "" -"You have to call L (or one of the equivalent calls) " -"on the handle at least once." +"On success this returns a non-NULL pointer to a handle. On error it returns " +"NULL." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1189 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1299 msgid "" -"This function returns a non-NULL pointer to a handle on success or NULL on " -"error." +"You have to \"configure\" the handle after creating it. This includes " +"calling L (or one of the equivalent calls) on the " +"handle at least once." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1192 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1303 msgid "After configuring the handle, you have to call L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1194 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1305 msgid "" -"You may also want to configure error handling for the handle. See L section below." +"You may also want to configure error handling for the handle. See the " +"L section below." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1197 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1308 msgid "guestfs_close" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1199 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1310 #, no-wrap msgid "" " void guestfs_close (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1201 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1312 msgid "This closes the connection handle and frees up all resources used." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1203 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1314 +msgid "" +"If autosync was set on the handle and the handle was launched, then this " +"implicitly calls various functions to unmount filesystems and sync the " +"disk. See L for more details." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1318 +msgid "If a close callback was set on the handle, then it is called." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1320 msgid "ERROR HANDLING" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1205 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1322 msgid "" "API functions can return errors. For example, almost all functions that " "return C will return C<-1> to indicate an error." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1208 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1325 msgid "" "Additional information is available for errors: an error message string and " "optionally an error number (errno) if the thing that failed was a system " "call." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1212 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1329 msgid "" "You can get at the additional information about the last error on the handle " "by calling L, L, and/or by setting " "up an error handler with L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1217 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1334 msgid "" "When the handle is created, a default error handler is installed which " "prints the error message string to C. For small short-running " "command line programs it is sufficient to do:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1221 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1338 #, no-wrap msgid "" " if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1)\n" @@ -2353,30 +2586,30 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1224 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1341 msgid "" "since the default error handler will ensure that an error message has been " "printed to C before the program exits." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1227 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1344 msgid "" "For other programs the caller will almost certainly want to install an " "alternate error handler or do error handling in-line like this:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1230 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1347 #, no-wrap msgid "" " g = guestfs_create ();\n" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1232 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1349 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* This disables the default behaviour of printing errors\n" @@ -2385,8 +2618,8 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1236 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1353 #, no-wrap msgid "" " if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1) {\n" @@ -2399,16 +2632,16 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1244 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1361 msgid "" "Out of memory errors are handled differently. The default action is to call " "L. If this is undesirable, then you can set a handler using " "L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1248 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1365 msgid "" "L returns C if the handle cannot be created, and " "because there is no handle if this happens there is no way to get additional " @@ -2417,83 +2650,83 @@ msgid "" "returns NULL in this case)." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1254 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1371 msgid "guestfs_last_error" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1256 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1373 #, no-wrap msgid "" " const char *guestfs_last_error (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1258 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1375 msgid "" "This returns the last error message that happened on C. If there has not " "been an error since the handle was created, then this returns C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1262 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1379 msgid "" "The lifetime of the returned string is until the next error occurs, or " "L is called." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1265 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1382 msgid "guestfs_last_errno" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1267 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1384 #, no-wrap msgid "" " int guestfs_last_errno (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1269 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1386 msgid "This returns the last error number (errno) that happened on C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1271 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1388 msgid "If successful, an errno integer not equal to zero is returned." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1273 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1390 msgid "If no error, this returns 0. This call can return 0 in three situations:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1280 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1397 msgid "There has not been any error on the handle." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1284 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1401 msgid "" "There has been an error but the errno was meaningless. This corresponds to " "the case where the error did not come from a failed system call, but for " "some other reason." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1290 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1407 msgid "" "There was an error from a failed system call, but for some reason the errno " "was not captured and returned. This usually indicates a bug in libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1296 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1413 msgid "" "Libguestfs tries to convert the errno from inside the applicance into a " "corresponding errno for the caller (not entirely trivial: the appliance " @@ -2503,13 +2736,13 @@ msgid "" "only happen in very rare circumstances." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1304 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1421 msgid "guestfs_set_error_handler" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1306 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1423 #, no-wrap msgid "" " typedef void (*guestfs_error_handler_cb) (guestfs_h *g,\n" @@ -2521,46 +2754,46 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1313 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1430 msgid "" "The callback C will be called if there is an error. The parameters " "passed to the callback are an opaque data pointer and the error message " "string." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1317 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1434 msgid "" "C is not passed to the callback. To get that the callback must call " "L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1320 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1437 msgid "" "Note that the message string C is freed as soon as the callback " "function returns, so if you want to stash it somewhere you must make your " "own copy." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1324 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1441 msgid "The default handler prints messages on C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1326 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1443 msgid "If you set C to C then I handler is called." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1328 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1445 msgid "guestfs_get_error_handler" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1330 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1447 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_error_handler_cb guestfs_get_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" @@ -2568,18 +2801,18 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1333 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1450 msgid "Returns the current error handler callback." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1335 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1452 msgid "guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1337 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1454 #, no-wrap msgid "" " typedef void (*guestfs_abort_cb) (void);\n" @@ -2588,132 +2821,132 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1341 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1458 msgid "" "The callback C will be called if there is an out of memory situation. " "I." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1344 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1461 msgid "The default is to call L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1346 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1463 msgid "You cannot set C to C. You can't ignore out of memory situations." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1349 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1466 msgid "guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1351 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1468 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_abort_fn guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1353 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1470 msgid "This returns the current out of memory handler." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1355 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1472 msgid "API CALLS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1357 ../fish/guestfish.pod:958 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1474 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1010 msgid "@ACTIONS@" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1359 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1476 msgid "STRUCTURES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1361 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1478 msgid "@STRUCTS@" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1363 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1480 msgid "AVAILABILITY" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1365 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1482 msgid "GROUPS OF FUNCTIONALITY IN THE APPLIANCE" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1367 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1484 msgid "" "Using L you can test availability of the following " "groups of functions. This test queries the appliance to see if the " "appliance you are currently using supports the functionality." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1372 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1489 msgid "@AVAILABILITY@" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1374 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1491 msgid "GUESTFISH supported COMMAND" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1376 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1493 msgid "" "In L there is a handy interactive command C which " "prints out the available groups and whether they are supported by this build " "of libguestfs. Note however that you have to do C first." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1381 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1498 msgid "SINGLE CALLS AT COMPILE TIME" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1383 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1500 msgid "" "Since version 1.5.8, Cguestfs.hE> defines symbols for each C API " "function, such as:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1386 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1503 #, no-wrap msgid "" " #define LIBGUESTFS_HAVE_DD 1\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1388 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1505 msgid "if L is available." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1390 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1507 msgid "" "Before version 1.5.8, if you needed to test whether a single libguestfs " "function is available at compile time, we recommended using build tools such " "as autoconf or cmake. For example in autotools you could use:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1395 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1512 #, no-wrap msgid "" " AC_CHECK_LIB([guestfs],[guestfs_create])\n" @@ -2721,20 +2954,20 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1398 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1515 msgid "" "which would result in C being either defined or not defined " "in your program." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1401 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1518 msgid "SINGLE CALLS AT RUN TIME" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1403 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1520 msgid "" "Testing at compile time doesn't guarantee that a function really exists in " "the library. The reason is that you might be dynamically linked against a " @@ -2743,16 +2976,16 @@ msgid "" "shortcoming of the C dynamic linking system itself." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1410 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1527 msgid "" "You can use L to test if a function is available at run time, as " "in this example program (note that you still need the compile time check as " "well):" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1414 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1531 #, no-wrap msgid "" " #include \n" @@ -2763,8 +2996,8 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1420 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1537 #, no-wrap msgid "" " main ()\n" @@ -2775,8 +3008,8 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1426 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1543 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* Test if the function guestfs_dd is really available. */\n" @@ -2790,8 +3023,8 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1435 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1552 #, no-wrap msgid "" " if (!has_function)\n" @@ -2809,65 +3042,65 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1448 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1565 msgid "" "You may think the above is an awful lot of hassle, and it is. There are " "other ways outside of the C linking system to ensure that this kind of " "incompatibility never arises, such as using package versioning:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1453 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1570 #, no-wrap msgid "" " Requires: libguestfs >= 1.0.80\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1455 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1572 msgid "CALLS WITH OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1457 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1574 msgid "" "A recent feature of the API is the introduction of calls which take optional " "arguments. In C these are declared 3 ways. The main way is as a call which " "takes variable arguments (ie. C<...>), as in this example:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1462 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1579 #, no-wrap msgid "" " int guestfs_add_drive_opts (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename, ...);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1464 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1581 msgid "" "Call this with a list of optional arguments, terminated by C<-1>. So to " "call with no optional arguments specified:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1467 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1584 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename, -1);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1469 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1586 msgid "With a single optional argument:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1471 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1588 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" @@ -2876,13 +3109,13 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1475 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1592 msgid "With two:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1477 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1594 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" @@ -2892,28 +3125,28 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1482 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1599 msgid "" "and so forth. Don't forget the terminating C<-1> otherwise Bad Things will " "happen!" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1485 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1602 msgid "USING va_list FOR OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1487 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1604 msgid "" "The second variant has the same name with the suffix C<_va>, which works the " "same way but takes a C. See the C manual for details. For the " "example function, this is declared:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1491 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1608 #, no-wrap msgid "" " int guestfs_add_drive_opts_va (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename,\n" @@ -2921,13 +3154,13 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1494 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1611 msgid "CONSTRUCTING OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1496 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1613 msgid "" "The third variant is useful where you need to construct these calls. You " "pass in a structure where you fill in the optional fields. The structure " @@ -2936,8 +3169,8 @@ msgid "" "are declared:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1502 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1619 #, no-wrap msgid "" " struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv {\n" @@ -2951,13 +3184,13 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1511 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1628 msgid "You could call it like this:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1513 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1630 #, no-wrap msgid "" " struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv optargs = {\n" @@ -2969,220 +3202,172 @@ msgid "" " \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1520 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1637 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (g, filename, &optargs);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1522 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:11 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1844 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:9 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1255 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:532 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1639 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:11 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1858 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2779 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:9 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1262 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1898 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:704 msgid "Notes:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1528 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1645 msgid "The C<_BITMASK> suffix on each option name when specifying the bitmask." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1533 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1650 msgid "You do not need to fill in all fields of the structure." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1537 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1654 msgid "" "There must be a one-to-one correspondence between fields of the structure " "that are filled in, and bits set in the bitmask." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1542 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1659 msgid "OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1544 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1661 msgid "" "In other languages, optional arguments are expressed in the way that is " "natural for that language. We refer you to the language-specific " "documentation for more details on that." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1548 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1665 msgid "For guestfish, see L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1550 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1667 msgid "SETTING CALLBACKS TO HANDLE EVENTS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1552 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1669 msgid "" -"The child process generates events in some situations. Current events " -"include: receiving a log message, the child process exits." +"B This section documents the generic event mechanism introduced in " +"libguestfs 1.10, which you should use in new code if possible. The old " +"functions C, " +"C, " +"C, C and " +"C are no longer documented in this manual " +"page. Because of the ABI guarantee, the old functions continue to work." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1555 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1678 msgid "" -"Use the C functions to set a callback for different " -"types of events." +"Handles generate events when certain things happen, such as log messages " +"being generated, progress messages during long-running operations, or the " +"handle being closed. The API calls described below let you register a " +"callback to be called when events happen. You can register multiple " +"callbacks (for the same, different or overlapping sets of events), and " +"individually remove callbacks. If callbacks are not removed, then they " +"remain in force until the handle is closed." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1558 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1686 msgid "" -"Only I can be registered for each handle. " -"Calling C again overwrites the previous callback of " -"that type. Cancel all callbacks of this type by calling this function with " -"C set to C." +"In the current implementation, events are only generated synchronously: that " +"means that events (and hence callbacks) can only happen while you are in the " +"middle of making another libguestfs call. The callback is called in the " +"same thread." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1563 -msgid "guestfs_set_log_message_callback" -msgstr "" - -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1565 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1691 msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_log_message_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque,\n" -" char *buf, int len);\n" -" void guestfs_set_log_message_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_log_message_cb cb,\n" -" void *opaque);\n" -"\n" +"Events may contain a payload, usually nothing (void), an array of 64 bit " +"unsigned integers, or a message buffer. Payloads are discussed later on." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1571 -msgid "" -"The callback function C will be called whenever qemu or the guest writes " -"anything to the console." +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1695 +msgid "CLASSES OF EVENTS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1574 -msgid "Use this function to capture kernel messages and similar." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1699 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_CLOSE (payload type: void)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1576 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1702 msgid "" -"Normally there is no log message handler, and log messages are just " -"discarded." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1579 -msgid "guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback" +"The callback function will be called while the handle is being closed " +"(synchronously from L)." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1581 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1705 msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_subprocess_quit_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque);\n" -" void guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_subprocess_quit_cb cb,\n" -" void *opaque);\n" -"\n" +"Note that libguestfs installs an L handler to try to clean up " +"handles that are open when the program exits. This means that this callback " +"might be called indirectly from L, which can cause unexpected " +"problems in higher-level languages (eg. if your HLL interpreter has already " +"been cleaned up by the time this is called, and if your callback then jumps " +"into some HLL function)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1586 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1712 msgid "" -"The callback function C will be called when the child process quits, " -"either asynchronously or if killed by L. (This " -"corresponds to a transition from any state to the CONFIG state)." +"If no callback is registered: the handle is closed without any callback " +"being invoked." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1591 -msgid "guestfs_set_launch_done_callback" -msgstr "" - -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1593 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_launch_done_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque);\n" -" void guestfs_set_launch_done_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_launch_done_cb cb,\n" -" void *opaque);\n" -"\n" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1715 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_SUBPROCESS_QUIT (payload type: void)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1598 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1718 msgid "" -"The callback function C will be called when the child process becomes " -"ready first time after it has been launched. (This corresponds to a " -"transition from LAUNCHING to the READY state)." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1602 -msgid "guestfs_set_close_callback" +"The callback function will be called when the child process quits, either " +"asynchronously or if killed by L. (This " +"corresponds to a transition from any state to the CONFIG state)." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1604 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_close_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque);\n" -" void guestfs_set_close_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_close_cb cb,\n" -" void *opaque);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1722 ../src/guestfs.pod:1731 +msgid "If no callback is registered: the event is ignored." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1609 -msgid "" -"The callback function C will be called while the handle is being closed " -"(synchronously from L)." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1724 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_LAUNCH_DONE (payload type: void)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1612 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1727 msgid "" -"Note that libguestfs installs an L handler to try to clean up " -"handles that are open when the program exits. This means that this callback " -"might be called indirectly from L, which can cause unexpected " -"problems in higher-level languages (eg. if your HLL interpreter has already " -"been cleaned up by the time this is called, and if your callback then jumps " -"into some HLL function)." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1620 -msgid "guestfs_set_progress_callback" +"The callback function will be called when the child process becomes ready " +"first time after it has been launched. (This corresponds to a transition " +"from LAUNCHING to the READY state)." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1622 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_progress_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque,\n" -" int proc_nr, int serial,\n" -" uint64_t position, uint64_t total);\n" -" void guestfs_set_progress_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_progress_cb cb,\n" -" void *opaque);\n" -"\n" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1733 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_PROGRESS (payload type: array of 4 x uint64_t)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1629 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1736 msgid "" "Some long-running operations can generate progress messages. If this " "callback is registered, then it will be called each time a progress message " @@ -3191,232 +3376,715 @@ msgid "" "change in future versions)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1635 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1742 +msgid "" +"The callback receives in the payload four unsigned 64 bit numbers which are " +"(in order): C, C, C, C." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1745 msgid "" -"The callback receives two numbers: C and C. The units of " -"C are not defined, although for some operations C may relate " -"in some way to the amount of data to be transferred (eg. in bytes or " -"megabytes), and C may be the portion which has been transferred." +"The units of C are not defined, although for some operations C " +"may relate in some way to the amount of data to be transferred (eg. in bytes " +"or megabytes), and C may be the portion which has been " +"transferred." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1641 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1750 msgid "The only defined and stable parts of the API are:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1647 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1756 msgid "" "The callback can display to the user some type of progress bar or indicator " "which shows the ratio of C:C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1652 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1761 msgid "0 E= C E= C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1656 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1765 msgid "" "If any progress notification is sent during a call, then a final progress " -"notification is always sent when C = C." +"notification is always sent when C = C (I the call " +"fails with an error)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1659 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1769 msgid "" "This is to simplify caller code, so callers can easily set the progress " "indicator to \"100%\" at the end of the operation, without requiring special " "code to detect this case." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1665 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1775 msgid "" -"The callback also receives the procedure number and serial number of the " -"call. These are only useful for debugging protocol issues, and the callback " -"can normally ignore them. The callback may want to print these numbers in " -"error messages or debugging messages." +"For some calls we are unable to estimate the progress of the call, but we " +"can still generate progress messages to indicate activity. This is known as " +"\"pulse mode\", and is directly supported by certain progress bar " +"implementations (eg. GtkProgressBar)." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1670 -msgid "PRIVATE DATA AREA" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1780 +msgid "" +"For these calls, zero or more progress messages are generated with " +"C and C, followed by a final message with " +"C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1672 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1784 msgid "" -"You can attach named pieces of private data to the libguestfs handle, and " -"fetch them by name for the lifetime of the handle. This is called the " -"private data area and is only available from the C API." +"As noted above, if the call fails with an error then the final message may " +"not be generated." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1676 -msgid "To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1789 +msgid "" +"The callback also receives the procedure number (C) and serial " +"number (C) of the call. These are only useful for debugging " +"protocol issues, and the callback can normally ignore them. The callback " +"may want to print these numbers in error messages or debugging messages." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1678 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1795 +msgid "If no callback is registered: progress messages are discarded." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1797 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE (payload type: message buffer)" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1800 msgid "" -" void guestfs_set_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key, void *data);\n" -"\n" +"The callback function is called whenever a log message is generated by qemu, " +"the appliance kernel, guestfsd (daemon), or utility programs." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1680 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1803 msgid "" -"C is the name to associate with this data, and C is an arbitrary " -"pointer (which can be C). Any previous item with the same name is " -"overwritten." +"If the verbose flag (L) is set before launch " +"(L) then additional debug messages are generated." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1684 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1806 ../src/guestfs.pod:1820 msgid "" -"You can use any C you want, but names beginning with an underscore " -"character are reserved for internal libguestfs purposes (for implementing " -"language bindings). It is recommended to prefix the name with some unique " -"string to avoid collisions with other users." +"If no callback is registered: the messages are discarded unless the verbose " +"flag is set in which case they are sent to stderr. You can override the " +"printing of verbose messages to stderr by setting up a callback." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1689 -msgid "To retrieve the pointer, use:" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1811 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_LIBRARY (payload type: message buffer)" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1691 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1814 +msgid "" +"The callback function is called whenever a log message is generated by the " +"library part of libguestfs." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1817 +msgid "" +"If the verbose flag (L) is set then additional debug " +"messages are generated." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1825 +msgid "GUESTFS_EVENT_TRACE (payload type: message buffer)" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1828 +msgid "" +"The callback function is called whenever a trace message is generated. This " +"only applies if the trace flag (L) is set." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1831 +msgid "" +"If no callback is registered: the messages are sent to stderr. You can " +"override the printing of trace messages to stderr by setting up a callback." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1837 +msgid "guestfs_set_event_callback" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1839 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" void *guestfs_get_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key);\n" +" int guestfs_set_event_callback (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" guestfs_event_callback cb,\n" +" uint64_t event_bitmask,\n" +" int flags,\n" +" void *opaque);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1693 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1845 msgid "" -"This function returns C if either no data is found associated with " -"C, or if the user previously set the C's C pointer to " -"C." +"This function registers a callback (C) for all event classes in the " +"C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1697 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1848 msgid "" -"Libguestfs does not try to look at or interpret the C pointer in any " -"way. As far as libguestfs is concerned, it need not be a valid pointer at " -"all. In particular, libguestfs does I try to free the data when the " -"handle is closed. If the data must be freed, then the caller must either " -"free it before calling L or must set up a close callback to " -"do it (see L, and note that only one callback " -"can be registered for a handle)." +"For example, to register for all log message events, you could call this " +"function with the bitmask C. " +"To register a single callback for all possible classes of events, use " +"C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1705 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1854 +msgid "C should always be passed as 0." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1856 msgid "" -"The private data area is implemented using a hash table, and should be " -"reasonably efficient for moderate numbers of keys." +"C is an opaque pointer which is passed to the callback. You can use " +"it for any purpose." msgstr "" -# type: =end -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1708 ../src/guestfs.pod:1713 -msgid "html" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1859 +msgid "" +"The return value is the event handle (an integer) which you can use to " +"delete the callback (see below)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1710 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1862 msgid "" -" " +"If there is an error, this function returns C<-1>, and sets the error in the " +"handle in the usual way (see L etc.)" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1715 -msgid "ARCHITECTURE" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1865 +msgid "" +"Callbacks remain in effect until they are deleted, or until the handle is " +"closed." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1717 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1868 msgid "" -"Internally, libguestfs is implemented by running an appliance (a special " -"type of small virtual machine) using L. Qemu runs as a child " -"process of the main program." +"In the case where multiple callbacks are registered for a particular event " +"class, all of the callbacks are called. The order in which multiple " +"callbacks are called is not defined." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1721 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1872 +msgid "guestfs_delete_event_callback" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1874 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" ___________________\n" -" / \\\n" -" | main program |\n" -" | |\n" -" | | child process / appliance\n" -" | | __________________________\n" -" | | / qemu \\\n" -" +-------------------+ RPC | +-----------------+ |\n" -" | libguestfs <--------------------> guestfsd | |\n" -" | | | +-----------------+ |\n" -" \\___________________/ | | Linux kernel | |\n" -" | +--^--------------+ |\n" -" \\_________|________________/\n" -" |\n" -" _______v______\n" -" / \\\n" -" | Device or |\n" -" | disk image |\n" -" \\______________/\n" +" void guestfs_delete_event_callback (guestfs_h *g, int event_handle);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1741 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1876 msgid "" -"The library, linked to the main program, creates the child process and hence " -"the appliance in the L function." +"Delete a callback that was previously registered. C should be " +"the integer that was returned by a previous call to " +"C on the same handle." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1744 -msgid "" -"Inside the appliance is a Linux kernel and a complete stack of userspace " -"tools (such as LVM and ext2 programs) and a small controlling daemon called " -"L. The library talks to L using remote procedure " -"calls (RPC). There is a mostly one-to-one correspondence between libguestfs " -"API calls and RPC calls to the daemon. Lastly the disk image(s) are " -"attached to the qemu process which translates device access by the " -"appliance's Linux kernel into accesses to the image." +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1880 +msgid "guestfs_event_callback" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1753 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1882 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"A common misunderstanding is that the appliance \"is\" the virtual machine. " -"Although the disk image you are attached to might also be used by some " -"virtual machine, libguestfs doesn't know or care about this. (But you will " -"care if both libguestfs's qemu process and your virtual machine are trying " -"to update the disk image at the same time, since these usually results in " -"massive disk corruption)." +" typedef void (*guestfs_event_callback) (\n" +" guestfs_h *g,\n" +" void *opaque,\n" +" uint64_t event,\n" +" int event_handle,\n" +" int flags,\n" +" const char *buf, size_t buf_len,\n" +" const uint64_t *array, size_t array_len);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1760 -msgid "STATE MACHINE" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1891 +msgid "This is the type of the event callback function that you have to provide." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1762 -msgid "libguestfs uses a state machine to model the child process:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1894 +msgid "" +"The basic parameters are: the handle (C), the opaque user pointer " +"(C), the event class (eg. C), the event " +"handle, and C which in the current API you should ignore." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1764 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1898 +msgid "" +"The remaining parameters contain the event payload (if any). Each event may " +"contain a payload, which usually relates to the event class, but for future " +"proofing your code should be written to handle any payload for any event " +"class." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1903 +msgid "" +"C and C contain a message buffer (if C, then " +"there is no message buffer). Note that this message buffer can contain " +"arbitrary 8 bit data, including NUL bytes." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1907 +msgid "" +"C and C is an array of 64 bit unsigned integers. At the " +"moment this is only used for progress messages." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1910 +msgid "EXAMPLE: CAPTURING LOG MESSAGES" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1912 +msgid "" +"One motivation for the generic event API was to allow GUI programs to " +"capture debug and other messages. In libguestfs E 1.8 these were sent " +"unconditionally to C." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1916 +msgid "" +"Events associated with log messages are: C, " +"C and C. (Note that error " +"messages are not events; you must capture error messages separately)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1921 +msgid "" +"Programs have to set up a callback to capture the classes of events of " +"interest:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1924 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" int eh =\n" +" guestfs_set_event_callback\n" +" (g, message_callback,\n" +" GUESTFS_EVENT_LIBRARY|GUESTFS_EVENT_APPLIANCE|\n" +" GUESTFS_EVENT_TRACE,\n" +" 0, NULL) == -1)\n" +" if (eh == -1) {\n" +" // handle error in the usual way\n" +" }\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1934 +msgid "" +"The callback can then direct messages to the appropriate place. In this " +"example, messages are directed to syslog:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1937 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" static void\n" +" message_callback (\n" +" guestfs_h *g,\n" +" void *opaque,\n" +" uint64_t event,\n" +" int event_handle,\n" +" int flags,\n" +" const char *buf, size_t buf_len,\n" +" const uint64_t *array, size_t array_len)\n" +" {\n" +" const int priority = LOG_USER|LOG_INFO;\n" +" if (buf_len > 0)\n" +" syslog (priority, \"event 0x%lx: %s\", event, buf);\n" +" }\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1952 +msgid "PRIVATE DATA AREA" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1954 +msgid "" +"You can attach named pieces of private data to the libguestfs handle, fetch " +"them by name, and walk over them, for the lifetime of the handle. This is " +"called the private data area and is only available from the C API." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1959 +msgid "To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1961 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" void guestfs_set_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key, void *data);\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1963 +msgid "" +"C is the name to associate with this data, and C is an arbitrary " +"pointer (which can be C). Any previous item with the same key is " +"overwritten." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1967 +msgid "" +"You can use any C you want, but your key should I start with an " +"underscore character. Keys beginning with an underscore character are " +"reserved for internal libguestfs purposes (eg. for implementing language " +"bindings). It is recommended that you prefix the key with some unique " +"string to avoid collisions with other users." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1973 +msgid "To retrieve the pointer, use:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1975 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" void *guestfs_get_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key);\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1977 +msgid "" +"This function returns C if either no data is found associated with " +"C, or if the user previously set the C's C pointer to " +"C." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1981 +msgid "" +"Libguestfs does not try to look at or interpret the C pointer in any " +"way. As far as libguestfs is concerned, it need not be a valid pointer at " +"all. In particular, libguestfs does I try to free the data when the " +"handle is closed. If the data must be freed, then the caller must either " +"free it before calling L or must set up a close callback to " +"do it (see L)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1988 +msgid "To walk over all entries, use these two functions:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1990 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" void *guestfs_first_private (guestfs_h *g, const char **key_rtn);\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1992 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" void *guestfs_next_private (guestfs_h *g, const char **key_rtn);\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1994 +msgid "" +"C returns the first key, pointer pair (\"first\" does " +"not have any particular meaning -- keys are not returned in any defined " +"order). A pointer to the key is returned in C<*key_rtn> and the " +"corresponding data pointer is returned from the function. C is " +"returned if there are no keys stored in the handle." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2000 +msgid "" +"C returns the next key, pointer pair. The return " +"value of this function is also C is there are no further entries to " +"return." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2004 +msgid "Notes about walking over entries:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2010 +msgid "You must not call C while walking over the entries." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2015 +msgid "" +"The handle maintains an internal iterator which is reset when you call " +"C. This internal iterator is invalidated when you " +"call C." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2021 +msgid "If you have set the data pointer associated with a key to C, ie:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2023 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" guestfs_set_private (g, key, NULL);\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2025 +msgid "then that C is not returned when walking." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2029 +msgid "" +"C<*key_rtn> is only valid until the next call to C, " +"C or C." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2035 +msgid "" +"The following example code shows how to print all keys and data pointers " +"that are associated with the handle C:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2038 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" const char *key;\n" +" void *data = guestfs_first_private (g, &key);\n" +" while (data != NULL)\n" +" {\n" +" printf (\"key = %s, data = %p\\n\", key, data);\n" +" data = guestfs_next_private (g, &key);\n" +" }\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2046 +msgid "" +"More commonly you are only interested in keys that begin with an " +"application-specific prefix C. Modify the loop like so:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2049 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" const char *key;\n" +" void *data = guestfs_first_private (g, &key);\n" +" while (data != NULL)\n" +" {\n" +" if (strncmp (key, \"foo_\", strlen (\"foo_\")) == 0)\n" +" printf (\"key = %s, data = %p\\n\", key, data);\n" +" data = guestfs_next_private (g, &key);\n" +" }\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2058 +msgid "" +"If you need to modify keys while walking, then you have to jump back to the " +"beginning of the loop. For example, to delete all keys prefixed with " +"C:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2062 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" const char *key;\n" +" void *data;\n" +" again:\n" +" data = guestfs_first_private (g, &key);\n" +" while (data != NULL)\n" +" {\n" +" if (strncmp (key, \"foo_\", strlen (\"foo_\")) == 0)\n" +" {\n" +" guestfs_set_private (g, key, NULL);\n" +" /* note that 'key' pointer is now invalid, and so is\n" +" the internal iterator */\n" +" goto again;\n" +" }\n" +" data = guestfs_next_private (g, &key);\n" +" }\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2078 +msgid "" +"Note that the above loop is guaranteed to terminate because the keys are " +"being deleted, but other manipulations of keys within the loop might not " +"terminate unless you also maintain an indication of which keys have been " +"visited." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =end +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2083 ../src/guestfs.pod:2088 +msgid "html" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2085 +msgid "" +" " +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2090 +msgid "ARCHITECTURE" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2092 +msgid "" +"Internally, libguestfs is implemented by running an appliance (a special " +"type of small virtual machine) using L. Qemu runs as a child " +"process of the main program." +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2096 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" ___________________\n" +" / \\\n" +" | main program |\n" +" | |\n" +" | | child process / appliance\n" +" | | __________________________\n" +" | | / qemu \\\n" +" +-------------------+ RPC | +-----------------+ |\n" +" | libguestfs <--------------------> guestfsd | |\n" +" | | | +-----------------+ |\n" +" \\___________________/ | | Linux kernel | |\n" +" | +--^--------------+ |\n" +" \\_________|________________/\n" +" |\n" +" _______v______\n" +" / \\\n" +" | Device or |\n" +" | disk image |\n" +" \\______________/\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2116 +msgid "" +"The library, linked to the main program, creates the child process and hence " +"the appliance in the L function." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2119 +msgid "" +"Inside the appliance is a Linux kernel and a complete stack of userspace " +"tools (such as LVM and ext2 programs) and a small controlling daemon called " +"L. The library talks to L using remote procedure " +"calls (RPC). There is a mostly one-to-one correspondence between libguestfs " +"API calls and RPC calls to the daemon. Lastly the disk image(s) are " +"attached to the qemu process which translates device access by the " +"appliance's Linux kernel into accesses to the image." +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2128 +msgid "" +"A common misunderstanding is that the appliance \"is\" the virtual machine. " +"Although the disk image you are attached to might also be used by some " +"virtual machine, libguestfs doesn't know or care about this. (But you will " +"care if both libguestfs's qemu process and your virtual machine are trying " +"to update the disk image at the same time, since these usually results in " +"massive disk corruption)." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2135 +msgid "STATE MACHINE" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2137 +msgid "libguestfs uses a state machine to model the child process:" +msgstr "" + +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2139 #, no-wrap msgid "" " |\n" @@ -3443,8 +4111,8 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1786 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2161 msgid "" "The normal transitions are (1) CONFIG (when the handle is created, but there " "is no child process), (2) LAUNCHING (when the child process is booting up), " @@ -3452,23 +4120,23 @@ msgid "" "carried out by, the child process." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1791 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2166 msgid "" "The guest may be killed by L, or may die " "asynchronously at any time (eg. due to some internal error), and that causes " "the state to transition back to CONFIG." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1795 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2170 msgid "" "Configuration commands for qemu such as L can only be " "issued when in the CONFIG state." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1798 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2173 msgid "" "The API offers one call that goes from CONFIG through LAUNCHING to READY. " "L blocks until the child process is READY to accept " @@ -3476,8 +4144,8 @@ msgid "" "moves the state from CONFIG to LAUNCHING while it is running." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1804 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2179 msgid "" "API actions such as L can only be issued when in the READY " "state. These API calls block waiting for the command to be carried out " @@ -3486,48 +4154,48 @@ msgid "" "at the same time." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1810 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2185 msgid "" "Finally, the child process sends asynchronous messages back to the main " "program, such as kernel log messages. You can register a callback to " "receive these messages." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1814 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2189 msgid "INTERNALS" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1816 +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2191 msgid "COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1818 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2193 msgid "" "Don't rely on using this protocol directly. This section documents how it " "currently works, but it may change at any time." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1821 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2196 msgid "" "The protocol used to talk between the library and the daemon running inside " "the qemu virtual machine is a simple RPC mechanism built on top of XDR (RFC " "1014, RFC 1832, RFC 4506)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1825 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2200 msgid "" "The detailed format of structures is in C (note: " "this file is automatically generated)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1828 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2203 msgid "" "There are two broad cases, ordinary functions that don't have any C " "and C parameters, which are handled with very simple request/reply " @@ -3536,18 +4204,18 @@ msgid "" "be followed by files sent using a chunked encoding." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1835 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2210 msgid "ORDINARY FUNCTIONS (NO FILEIN/FILEOUT PARAMS)" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1837 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2212 msgid "For ordinary functions, the request message is:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1839 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2214 #, no-wrap msgid "" " total length (header + arguments,\n" @@ -3557,8 +4225,8 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1844 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2219 msgid "" "The total length field allows the daemon to allocate a fixed size buffer " "into which it slurps the rest of the message. As a result, the total length " @@ -3566,22 +4234,22 @@ msgid "" "effective size of any request is limited to somewhere under this size." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1850 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2225 msgid "" "Note also that many functions don't take any arguments, in which case the " "C_args> is completely omitted." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1853 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2228 msgid "" "The header contains the procedure number (C) which is how the " "receiver knows what type of args structure to expect, or none at all." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1857 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2232 msgid "" "For functions that take optional arguments, the optional arguments are " "encoded in the C_args> structure in the same way as ordinary " @@ -3592,13 +4260,13 @@ msgid "" "rejected." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1865 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2240 msgid "The reply message for ordinary functions is:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1867 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2242 #, no-wrap msgid "" " total length (header + ret,\n" @@ -3608,27 +4276,27 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1872 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2247 msgid "" "As above the C_ret> structure may be completely omitted for " "functions that return no formal return values." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1875 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2250 msgid "As above the total length of the reply is limited to C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1878 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2253 msgid "" "In the case of an error, a flag is set in the header, and the reply message " "is slightly changed:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1881 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2256 #, no-wrap msgid "" " total length (header + error,\n" @@ -3638,28 +4306,28 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1886 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2261 msgid "" "The C structure contains the error message as a " "string." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1889 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2264 msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEIN PARAMETERS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1891 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2266 msgid "" "A C parameter indicates that we transfer a file I the guest. " "The normal request message is sent (see above). However this is followed by " "a sequence of file chunks." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1895 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2270 #, no-wrap msgid "" " total length (header + arguments,\n" @@ -3672,13 +4340,13 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1903 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2278 msgid "The \"sequence of chunks\" is:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1905 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2280 #, no-wrap msgid "" " length of chunk (not including length word itself)\n" @@ -3691,16 +4359,16 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1913 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2288 msgid "" "The final chunk has the C field set to zero. Additionally a flag " "is set in the final chunk to indicate either successful completion or early " "cancellation." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1917 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2292 msgid "" "At time of writing there are no functions that have more than one FileIn " "parameter. However this is (theoretically) supported, by sending the " @@ -3708,8 +4376,8 @@ msgid "" "right)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1922 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2297 msgid "" "Both the library (sender) I the daemon (receiver) may cancel the " "transfer. The library does this by sending a chunk with a special flag set " @@ -3717,8 +4385,8 @@ msgid "" "RPC, does I send any reply, and goes back to reading the next request." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1928 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2303 msgid "" "The daemon may also cancel. It does this by writing a special word " "C to the socket. The library listens for this during " @@ -3729,8 +4397,8 @@ msgid "" "flag will not be confused with the reply message." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1937 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2312 msgid "" "This protocol allows the transfer of arbitrary sized files (no 32 bit " "limit), and also files where the size is not known in advance (eg. from " @@ -3739,20 +4407,20 @@ msgid "" "to keep much in memory." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1943 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2318 msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEOUT PARAMETERS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1945 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2320 msgid "" "The protocol for FileOut parameters is exactly the same as for FileIn " "parameters, but with the roles of daemon and library reversed." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1948 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2323 #, no-wrap msgid "" " total length (header + ret,\n" @@ -3765,63 +4433,63 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1956 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2331 msgid "INITIAL MESSAGE" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1958 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2333 msgid "" "When the daemon launches it sends an initial word (C) " "which indicates that the guest and daemon is alive. This is what " "L waits for." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1962 +#. type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2337 msgid "PROGRESS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1964 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2339 msgid "" "The daemon may send progress notification messages at any time. These are " "distinguished by the normal length word being replaced by " "C, followed by a fixed size progress message." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1968 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2343 msgid "" "The library turns them into progress callbacks (see " -"C) if there is a callback registered, or " -"discards them if not." +"L) if there is a callback registered, or discards " +"them if not." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1972 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2347 msgid "" "The daemon self-limits the frequency of progress messages it sends (see " "C). Not all calls generate progress " "messages." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1976 +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2351 msgid "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1978 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2353 msgid "" "Since April 2010, libguestfs has started to make separate development and " "stable releases, along with corresponding branches in our git repository. " "These separate releases can be identified by version number:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1983 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2358 #, no-wrap msgid "" " even numbers for stable: 1.2.x, 1.4.x, ...\n" @@ -3837,13 +4505,13 @@ msgid "" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1994 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2369 msgid "Thus \"1.3.5\" is the 5th update to the development branch \"1.3\"." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1996 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2371 msgid "" "As time passes we cherry pick fixes from the development branch and backport " "those into the stable branch, the effect being that the stable branch should " @@ -3852,43 +4520,43 @@ msgid "" "work." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2002 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2377 msgid "Our criteria for backporting changes are:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2008 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2383 msgid "" "Documentation changes which don't affect any code are backported unless the " "documentation refers to a future feature which is not in stable." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2014 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2389 msgid "" "Bug fixes which are not controversial, fix obvious problems, and have been " "well tested are backported." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2019 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2394 msgid "" "Simple rearrangements of code which shouldn't affect how it works get " "backported. This is so that the code in the two branches doesn't get too " "far out of step, allowing us to backport future fixes more easily." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2025 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2400 msgid "" "We I backport new features, new APIs, new tools etc, except in one " "exceptional case: the new feature is required in order to implement an " "important bug fix." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2031 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2406 msgid "" "A new stable branch starts when we think the new features in development are " "substantial and compelling enough over the current stable branch to warrant " @@ -3898,23885 +4566,24986 @@ msgid "" "will stabilize over time." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2039 ../fish/guestfish.pod:965 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:104 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:330 -msgid "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2414 +msgid "EXTENDING LIBGUESTFS" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2043 ../fish/guestfish.pod:991 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_APPEND" +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2416 +msgid "ADDING A NEW API ACTION" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2045 ../fish/guestfish.pod:993 -msgid "Pass additional options to the guest kernel." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2418 +msgid "" +"Large amounts of boilerplate code in libguestfs (RPC, bindings, " +"documentation) are generated, and this makes it easy to extend the " +"libguestfs API." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2047 ../fish/guestfish.pod:995 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2422 +msgid "To add a new API action there are two changes:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2049 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2428 msgid "" -"Set C to enable verbose messages. This has the same " -"effect as calling C." +"You need to add a description of the call (name, parameters, return type, " +"tests, documentation) to C." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2052 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1000 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2431 +msgid "" +"There are two sorts of API action, depending on whether the call goes " +"through to the daemon in the appliance, or is serviced entirely by the " +"library (see L above). L is an example of the " +"former, since the sync is done in the appliance. L is " +"an example of the latter, since a trace flag is maintained in the handle and " +"all tracing is done on the library side." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2054 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1002 -msgid "Set the memory allocated to the qemu process, in megabytes. For example:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2439 +msgid "" +"Most new actions are of the first type, and get added to the " +"C list. Each function has a unique procedure number used " +"in the RPC protocol which is assigned to that action when we publish " +"libguestfs and cannot be reused. Take the latest procedure number and " +"increment it." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2057 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1005 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2445 msgid "" -" LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE=700\n" -"\n" +"For library-only actions of the second type, add to the " +"C list. Since these functions are serviced by the " +"library and do not travel over the RPC mechanism to the daemon, these " +"functions do not need a procedure number, and so the procedure number is set " +"to C<-1>." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2059 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1007 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_PATH" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2453 +msgid "Implement the action (in C):" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2061 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2455 msgid "" -"Set the path that libguestfs uses to search for kernel and initrd.img. See " -"the discussion of paths in section PATH above." +"For daemon actions, implement the function CnameE> in the " +"C directory." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2064 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1012 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_QEMU" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2458 +msgid "" +"For library actions, implement the function CnameE> " +"(note: double underscore) in the C directory." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2066 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1014 -msgid "" -"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." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2070 -msgid "See also L above." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2461 +msgid "In either case, use another function as an example of what to do." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2072 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1018 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_TRACE" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2465 +msgid "After making these changes, use C to compile." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2074 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2467 msgid "" -"Set C to enable command traces. This has the same " -"effect as calling C." -msgstr "" - -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2077 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1027 -msgid "TMPDIR" +"Note that you don't need to implement the RPC, language bindings, manual " +"pages or anything else. It's all automatically generated from the OCaml " +"description." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2079 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1029 -msgid "Location of temporary directory, defaults to C." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2471 +msgid "ADDING TESTS FOR AN API ACTION" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2081 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1031 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2473 msgid "" -"If libguestfs was compiled to use the supermin appliance then the real " -"appliance is cached in this directory, shared between all handles belonging " -"to the same EUID. You can use C<$TMPDIR> to configure another directory to " -"use in case C is not large enough." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2089 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1089 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:109 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:233 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:350 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:572 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1483 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:189 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:281 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:534 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:257 -msgid "SEE ALSO" +"You can supply zero or as many tests as you want per API call. The tests " +"can either be added as part of the API description " +"(C), or in some rarer cases you may want to " +"drop a script into C. Note that adding a script to " +"C is slower, so if possible use the first method." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2091 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2479 msgid "" -"L, L, L, " -"L, L, L, L, " -"L, L, L, " -"L, L, " -"L, L, L, " -"L, L, L, L, " -"L, L, L." +"The following describes the test environment used when you add an API test " +"in C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2114 -msgid "" -"Tools with a similar purpose: L, L, L, " -"L, L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2482 +msgid "The test environment has 4 block devices:" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2121 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:587 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:548 -msgid "BUGS" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2486 +msgid "C 500MB" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2123 -msgid "To get a list of bugs against libguestfs use this link:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2488 +msgid "General block device for testing." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2125 -msgid "L" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2490 +msgid "C 50MB" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2127 -msgid "To report a new bug against libguestfs use this link:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2492 +msgid "" +"C is an ext2 filesystem used for testing filesystem write " +"operations." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2129 -msgid "L" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2495 +msgid "C 10MB" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2131 -msgid "When reporting a bug, please check:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2497 +msgid "Used in a few tests where two block devices are needed." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2137 -msgid "That the bug hasn't been reported already." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2499 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2141 -msgid "That you are testing a recent version." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2501 +msgid "ISO with fixed content (see C)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2145 -msgid "Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2505 +msgid "" +"To be able to run the tests in a reasonable amount of time, the libguestfs " +"appliance and block devices are reused between tests. So don't try testing " +"L :-x" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2149 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2509 msgid "" -"Run libguestfs-test-tool and paste the B output into the " -"bug report." +"Each test starts with an initial scenario, selected using one of the " +"C expressions, described in C. These " +"initialize the disks mentioned above in a particular way as documented in " +"C. You should not assume anything about the previous " +"contents of other disks that are not initialized." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2154 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1108 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:115 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:244 -msgid "AUTHORS" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2515 +msgid "" +"You can add a prerequisite clause to any individual test. This is a " +"run-time check, which, if it fails, causes the test to be skipped. Useful " +"if testing a command which might not work on all variations of libguestfs " +"builds. A test that has prerequisite of C means to run " +"unconditionally." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2156 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1110 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:117 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:246 -msgid "Richard W.M. Jones (C)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2521 +msgid "" +"In addition, packagers can skip individual tests by setting environment " +"variables before running C." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2158 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1112 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:119 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:248 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:366 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:602 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1508 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:206 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:296 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:563 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:273 -msgid "COPYRIGHT" +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2524 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" SKIP_TEST__=1\n" +"\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2160 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1114 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:250 -msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc. L" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2526 +msgid "eg: C skips test #3 of L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2163 -msgid "" -"This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it " -"under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the " -"Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your " -"option) any later version." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2528 +msgid "or:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2168 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2530 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT " -"ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or " -"FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License " -"for more details." +" SKIP_TEST_=1\n" +"\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2173 -msgid "" -"You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License " -"along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, " -"Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2532 +msgid "eg: C skips all L tests." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1 -msgid "guestfs_add_cdrom" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2534 +msgid "Packagers can run only certain tests by setting for example:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2536 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_cdrom (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename);\n" +" TEST_ONLY=\"vfs_type zerofree\"\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:7 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:5 -msgid "This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2538 +msgid "" +"See C for more details of how these environment variables " +"work." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:9 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:7 -msgid "This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2541 +msgid "DEBUGGING NEW API ACTIONS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:17 -msgid "" -"This call checks for the existence of C. This stops you from " -"specifying other types of drive which are supported by qemu such as C " -"and C URLs. To specify those, use the general C call " -"instead." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2543 +msgid "Test new actions work before submitting them." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:24 -msgid "" -"If you just want to add an ISO file (often you use this as an efficient way " -"to transfer large files into the guest), then you should probably use " -"C instead." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2545 +msgid "You can use guestfish to try out new commands." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:30 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:128 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:189 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:226 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:240 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:261 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:281 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:295 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:410 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:430 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:444 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:489 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:517 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:535 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:602 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../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6967 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6986 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:7015 -msgid "This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2547 +msgid "" +"Debugging the daemon is a problem because it runs inside a minimal " +"environment. However you can fprintf messages in the daemon to stderr, and " +"they will show up if you use C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:32 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:242 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:263 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:28 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:153 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:167 -msgid "" -"This function is deprecated. In new code, use the C call " -"instead." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2551 +msgid "FORMATTING CODE AND OTHER CONVENTIONS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:35 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:245 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:266 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1437 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1923 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1944 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4129 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6909 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:7078 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:31 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:156 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:170 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:951 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1308 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1322 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:2778 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:4580 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:4677 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2553 msgid "" -"Deprecated functions will not be removed from the API, but the fact that " -"they are deprecated indicates that there are problems with correct use of " -"these functions." +"Our C source code generally adheres to some basic code-formatting " +"conventions. The existing code base is not totally consistent on this " +"front, but we do prefer that contributed code be formatted similarly. In " +"short, use spaces-not-TABs for indentation, use 2 spaces for each " +"indentation level, and other than that, follow the K&R style." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:39 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:130 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1094 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1895 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1993 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2096 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3196 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3211 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4417 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5486 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5603 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5713 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6176 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6301 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6823 -msgid "(Added in 0.3)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2559 +msgid "" +"If you use Emacs, add the following to one of one of your start-up files " +"(e.g., ~/.emacs), to help ensure that you get indentation right:" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:41 -msgid "guestfs_add_domain" +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2562 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" ;;; In libguestfs, indent with spaces everywhere (not TABs).\n" +" ;;; Exceptions: Makefile and ChangeLog modes.\n" +" (add-hook 'find-file-hook\n" +" '(lambda () (if (and buffer-file-name\n" +" (string-match \"/libguestfs\\\\>\"\n" +" (buffer-file-name))\n" +" (not (string-equal mode-name \"Change Log\"))\n" +" (not (string-equal mode-name \"Makefile\")))\n" +" (setq indent-tabs-mode nil))))\n" +" \n" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:43 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2572 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_domain (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *dom,\n" -" ...);\n" +" ;;; When editing C sources in libguestfs, use this style.\n" +" (defun libguestfs-c-mode ()\n" +" \"C mode with adjusted defaults for use with libguestfs.\"\n" +" (interactive)\n" +" (c-set-style \"K&R\")\n" +" (setq c-indent-level 2)\n" +" (setq c-basic-offset 2))\n" +" (add-hook 'c-mode-hook\n" +" '(lambda () (if (string-match \"/libguestfs\\\\>\"\n" +" (buffer-file-name))\n" +" (libguestfs-c-mode))))\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:48 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:139 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4143 -msgid "" -"You may supply a list of optional arguments to this call. Use zero or more " -"of the following pairs of parameters, and terminate the list with C<-1> on " -"its own. See L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2584 +msgid "Enable warnings when compiling (and fix any problems this finds):" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:53 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2587 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DOMAIN_LIBVIRTURI, const char *libvirturi,\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DOMAIN_READONLY, int readonly,\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DOMAIN_IFACE, const char *iface,\n" +" ./configure --enable-gcc-warnings\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:57 -msgid "" -"This function adds the disk(s) attached to the named libvirt domain C. " -"It works by connecting to libvirt, requesting the domain and domain XML from " -"libvirt, parsing it for disks, and calling C on each " -"one." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2589 +msgid "Useful targets are:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:62 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:46 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2591 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic: if an " -"error is returned, then no disks are added." +" make syntax-check # checks the syntax of the C code\n" +" make check # runs the test suite\n" +"\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:65 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:49 -msgid "" -"This function does some minimal checks to make sure the libvirt domain is " -"not running (unless C is true). In a future version we will try " -"to acquire the libvirt lock on each disk." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2594 +msgid "DAEMON CUSTOM PRINTF FORMATTERS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:69 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:53 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2596 msgid "" -"Disks must be accessible locally. This often means that adding disks from a " -"remote libvirt connection (see L) will fail " -"unless those disks are accessible via the same device path locally too." +"In the daemon code we have created custom printf formatters C<%Q> and C<%R>, " +"which are used to do shell quoting." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:74 -msgid "" -"The optional C parameter sets the libvirt URI (see " -"L). If this is not set then we connect to the " -"default libvirt URI (or one set through an environment variable, see the " -"libvirt documentation for full details). If you are using the C API " -"directly then it is more flexible to create the libvirt connection object " -"yourself, get the domain object, and call C." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2601 +msgid "%Q" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:82 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2603 msgid "" -"The other optional parameters are passed directly through to " -"C." +"Simple shell quoted string. Any spaces or other shell characters are " +"escaped for you." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:85 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:338 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:503 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:681 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:712 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:730 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:749 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1309 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1663 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1866 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1965 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2005 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2060 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2083 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2346 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2634 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2655 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4553 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4681 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5087 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5113 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6409 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6834 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6847 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6860 -msgid "On error this function returns -1." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2606 +msgid "%R" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:87 -msgid "(Added in 1.7.4)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2608 +msgid "" +"Same as C<%Q> except the string is treated as a path which is prefixed by " +"the sysroot." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:89 -msgid "guestfs_add_domain_va" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2613 ../fish/guestfish.pod:242 ../fish/guestfish.pod:615 +msgid "For example:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:91 +#. type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2615 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_domain_va (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *dom,\n" -" va_list args);\n" +" asprintf (&cmd, \"cat %R\", path);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:96 -msgid "This is the \"va_list variant\" of L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2617 +msgid "would produce C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:98 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:109 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:202 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:213 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4180 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4192 -msgid "See L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2619 +msgid "" +"I Do I use these when you are passing parameters to the " +"C functions. These parameters do NOT need to be quoted " +"because they are not passed via the shell (instead, straight to exec). You " +"probably want to use the C function however." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:100 -msgid "guestfs_add_domain_argv" +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2625 +msgid "SUBMITTING YOUR NEW API ACTIONS" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:102 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2627 msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_domain_argv (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *dom,\n" -" const struct guestfs_add_domain_argv *optargs);\n" -"\n" +"Submit patches to the mailing list: " +"L and CC to " +"L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:107 -msgid "This is the \"argv variant\" of L." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2631 +msgid "INTERNATIONALIZATION (I18N) SUPPORT" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:111 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2633 +msgid "We support i18n (gettext anyhow) in the library." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:113 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2635 msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename);\n" -"\n" +"However many messages come from the daemon, and we don't translate those at " +"the moment. One reason is that the appliance generally has all locale files " +"removed from it, because they take up a lot of space. So we'd have to readd " +"some of those, as well as copying our PO files into the appliance." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:117 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2641 msgid "" -"This function is the equivalent of calling C with no " -"optional parameters, so the disk is added writable, with the format being " -"detected automatically." +"Debugging messages are never translated, since they are intended for the " +"programmers." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:121 -msgid "" -"Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential security hole " -"when dealing with untrusted raw-format images. See CVE-2010-3851 and " -"RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes this security hole. Therefore " -"you should think about replacing calls to this function with calls to " -"C, and specifying the format." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2644 +msgid "SOURCE CODE SUBDIRECTORIES" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:132 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2648 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5951 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:3958 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:134 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename,\n" -" ...);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2650 +msgid "The libguestfs appliance, build scripts and so on." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:144 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY, int readonly,\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT, const char *format,\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_IFACE, const char *iface,\n" -"\n" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2652 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:148 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:92 -msgid "" -"This function adds a virtual machine disk image C to libguestfs. " -"The first time you call this function, the disk appears as C, the " -"second time as C, and so on." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2654 +msgid "Automated tests of the C API." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2656 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:153 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:97 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2658 msgid "" -"You don't necessarily need to be root when using libguestfs. However you " -"obviously do need sufficient permissions to access the filename for whatever " -"operations you want to perform (ie. read access if you just want to read the " -"image or write access if you want to modify the image)." +"The L, L and L commands and " +"documentation." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:159 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:103 -msgid "This call checks that C exists." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2661 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:161 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4153 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:105 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:2789 -msgid "The optional arguments are:" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2663 +msgid "Outside contributions, experimental parts." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:165 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:109 -msgid "C" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2665 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:167 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:111 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2667 msgid "" -"If true then the image is treated as read-only. Writes are still allowed, " -"but they are stored in a temporary snapshot overlay which is discarded at " -"the end. The disk that you add is not modified." +"The daemon that runs inside the libguestfs appliance and carries out " +"actions." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:171 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:115 -msgid "C" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2670 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:173 -msgid "" -"This forces the image format. If you omit this (or use C " -"or C) then the format is automatically detected. " -"Possible formats include C and C." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2672 +msgid "L command and documentation." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:177 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:121 -msgid "" -"Automatic detection of the format opens you up to a potential security hole " -"when dealing with untrusted raw-format images. See CVE-2010-3851 and " -"RHBZ#642934. Specifying the format closes this security hole." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2674 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:182 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:126 -msgid "C" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2676 +msgid "L command and documentation." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:184 -msgid "" -"This rarely-used option lets you emulate the behaviour of the deprecated " -"C call (q.v.)" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2678 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:191 -msgid "(Added in 1.5.23)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2680 +msgid "C API example code." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:193 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts_va" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2682 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:195 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2684 msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts_va (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename,\n" -" va_list args);\n" -"\n" +"L, the command-line shell, and various shell scripts built on " +"top such as L, L, L, " +"L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:200 -msgid "This is the \"va_list variant\" of L." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2688 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:204 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2690 +msgid "L, FUSE (userspace filesystem) built on top of libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:206 -#, no-wrap +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2692 +msgid "C" +msgstr "" + +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2694 msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename,\n" -" const struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv " -"*optargs);\n" -"\n" +"The crucially important generator, used to automatically generate large " +"amounts of boilerplate C code for things like RPC and bindings." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:211 -msgid "This is the \"argv variant\" of L." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2697 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:215 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_ro" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2699 +msgid "Files used by the test suite." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:217 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive_ro (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2701 +msgid "Some \"phony\" guest images which we test against." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:221 -msgid "" -"This function is the equivalent of calling C with " -"the optional parameter C set to 1, so the " -"disk is added read-only, with the format being detected automatically." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2703 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:228 -msgid "(Added in 1.0.38)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2705 +msgid "L, the virtual machine image inspector." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:230 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2707 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:232 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename,\n" -" const char *iface);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2709 +msgid "Logo used on the website. The fish is called Arthur by the way." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:237 -msgid "" -"This is the same as C but it allows you to specify the " -"QEMU interface emulation to use at run time." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2711 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:249 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:270 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2305 -msgid "(Added in 1.0.84)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2713 +msgid "M4 macros used by autoconf." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:251 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_with_if" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2715 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:253 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_add_drive_with_if (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *filename,\n" -" const char *iface);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2717 +msgid "Translations of simple gettext strings." +msgstr "" + +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2719 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:258 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2721 msgid "" -"This is the same as C but it allows you to specify the " -"QEMU interface emulation to use at run time." +"The build infrastructure and PO files for translations of manpages and POD " +"files. Eventually this will be combined with the C directory, but that " +"is rather complicated." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:272 -msgid "guestfs_aug_clear" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2725 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:274 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_aug_clear (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *augpath);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2727 +msgid "Regression tests." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:278 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:178 -msgid "" -"Set the value associated with C to C. This is the same as the " -"L C command." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2729 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:283 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2085 -msgid "(Added in 1.3.4)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2731 +msgid "L command and documentation." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:285 -msgid "guestfs_aug_close" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2733 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:287 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_aug_close (guestfs_h *g);\n" -"\n" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2735 +msgid "Source code to the C library." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:290 -msgid "" -"Close the current Augeas handle and free up any resources used by it. After " -"calling this, you have to call C again before you can use " -"any other Augeas functions." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2737 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:297 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:322 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:340 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:354 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:412 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:432 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:446 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:477 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:491 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:505 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:519 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:537 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5164 -msgid "(Added in 0.7)" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2739 +msgid "Command line tools written in Perl (L and many others)." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:299 -msgid "guestfs_aug_defnode" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2741 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:301 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2743 msgid "" -" struct guestfs_int_bool *\n" -" guestfs_aug_defnode (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *name,\n" -" const char *expr,\n" -" const char *val);\n" -"\n" +"Test tool for end users to test if their qemu/kernel combination will work " +"with libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:307 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:194 -msgid "Defines a variable C whose value is the result of evaluating C." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2746 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:310 -msgid "" -"If C evaluates to an empty nodeset, a node is created, equivalent to " -"calling C C, C. C will be the nodeset " -"containing that single node." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2748 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:314 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:201 -msgid "" -"On success this returns a pair containing the number of nodes in the " -"nodeset, and a boolean flag if a node was created." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2750 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:318 -msgid "" -"This function returns a C, or NULL if there was " -"an error. I after use>." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2752 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:324 -msgid "guestfs_aug_defvar" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2754 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:326 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_aug_defvar (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *name,\n" -" const char *expr);\n" -"\n" +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2756 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:331 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:209 -msgid "" -"Defines an Augeas variable C whose value is the result of evaluating " -"C. If C is NULL, then C is undefined." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2758 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:335 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:213 -msgid "" -"On success this returns the number of nodes in C, or C<0> if C " -"evaluates to something which is not a nodeset." +#. type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2760 +msgid "C" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:342 -msgid "guestfs_aug_get" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2762 +msgid "Language bindings." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:344 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" char *\n" -" guestfs_aug_get (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *augpath);\n" -"\n" +#. type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2766 +msgid "LIMITS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:348 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:220 -msgid "" -"Look up the value associated with C. If C matches exactly one " -"node, the C is returned." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2768 +msgid "PROTOCOL LIMITS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:351 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:851 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:869 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:929 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:945 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1048 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1178 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1195 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1214 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1343 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1534 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1646 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1809 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1826 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1917 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1938 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2108 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2270 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2477 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2558 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2606 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2716 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2747 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2771 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2833 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2856 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3340 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3690 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3860 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3970 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4699 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4892 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5062 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5240 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5289 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5852 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5868 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5885 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5909 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6583 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6602 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6620 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6800 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:7072 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2770 msgid "" -"This function returns a string, or NULL on error. I." +"Internally libguestfs uses a message-based protocol to pass API calls and " +"their responses to and from a small \"appliance\" (see L for " +"plenty more detail about this). The maximum message size used by the " +"protocol is slightly less than 4 MB. For some API calls you may need to be " +"aware of this limit. The API calls which may be affected are individually " +"documented, with a link back to this section of the documentation." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:356 -msgid "guestfs_aug_init" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2778 +msgid "" +"A simple call such as L returns its result (the file data) in " +"a simple string. Because this string is at some point internally encoded as " +"a message, the maximum size that it can return is slightly under 4 MB. If " +"the requested file is larger than this then you will get an error." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:358 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2784 msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_aug_init (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *root,\n" -" int flags);\n" -"\n" +"In order to transfer large files into and out of the guest filesystem, you " +"need to use particular calls that support this. The sections L " +"and L document how to do this." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:363 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:227 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2788 msgid "" -"Create a new Augeas handle for editing configuration files. If there was " -"any previous Augeas handle associated with this guestfs session, then it is " -"closed." +"You might also consider mounting the disk image using our FUSE filesystem " +"support (L)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:367 -msgid "You must call this before using any other C commands." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2791 +msgid "MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISKS" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:370 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:234 -msgid "C is the filesystem root. C must not be NULL, use C instead." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2793 +msgid "When using virtio disks (the default) the current limit is B<25> disks." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:373 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:237 +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2796 msgid "" -"The flags are the same as the flags defined in Eaugeas.hE, the " -"logical I of the following integers:" +"Virtio itself consumes 1 virtual PCI slot per disk, and PCI is limited to 31 " +"slots. However febootstrap only understands disks with names C " +"through C (26 letters) and it reserves one disk for its own " +"purposes." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:379 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:243 -msgid "C = 1" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2801 +msgid "" +"We are working to substantially raise this limit in future versions but it " +"requires complex changes to qemu." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:381 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:245 -msgid "Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2804 +msgid "" +"In future versions of libguestfs it should also be possible to \"hot plug\" " +"disks (add and remove disks after calling L). This also " +"requires changes to qemu." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:383 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:247 -msgid "C = 2" +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2808 +msgid "MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTITIONS PER DISK" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:385 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:249 -msgid "" -"Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and do not overwrite " -"original. Overrides C." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2810 +msgid "Virtio limits the maximum number of partitions per disk to B<15>." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:388 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:252 -msgid "C = 4" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2812 +msgid "" +"This is because it reserves 4 bits for the minor device number (thus " +"C, and C through C)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:390 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:254 -msgid "Typecheck lenses (can be expensive)." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2815 +msgid "" +"If you attach a disk with more than 15 partitions, the extra partitions are " +"ignored by libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:392 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:256 -msgid "C = 8" +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2818 +msgid "MAXIMUM SIZE OF A DISK" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:394 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:258 -msgid "Do not use standard load path for modules." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2820 +msgid "Probably the limit is between 2**63-1 and 2**64-1 bytes." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:396 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:260 -msgid "C = 16" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2822 +msgid "" +"We have tested block devices up to 1 exabyte (2**60 or " +"1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes) using sparse files backed by an XFS host " +"filesystem." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:398 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:262 -msgid "Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2826 +msgid "" +"Although libguestfs probably does not impose any limit, the underlying host " +"storage will. If you store disk images on a host ext4 filesystem, then the " +"maximum size will be limited by the maximum ext4 file size (currently 16 " +"TB). If you store disk images as host logical volumes then you are limited " +"by the maximum size of an LV." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:400 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:264 -msgid "C = 32" +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2832 +msgid "" +"For the hugest disk image files, we recommend using XFS on the host for " +"storage." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:402 -msgid "Do not load the tree in C." +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2835 +msgid "MAXIMUM SIZE OF A PARTITION" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:406 -msgid "To close the handle, you can call C." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2837 +msgid "" +"The MBR (ie. classic MS-DOS) partitioning scheme uses 32 bit sector " +"numbers. Assuming a 512 byte sector size, this means that MBR cannot " +"address a partition located beyond 2 TB on the disk." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:408 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:272 -msgid "To find out more about Augeas, see L." +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2841 +msgid "" +"It is recommended that you use GPT partitions on disks which are larger than " +"this size. GPT uses 64 bit sector numbers and so can address partitions " +"which are theoretically larger than the largest disk we could support." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:414 -msgid "guestfs_aug_insert" +#. type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2846 +msgid "MAXIMUM SIZE OF A FILESYSTEM, FILES, DIRECTORIES" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:416 -#, no-wrap +#. type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2848 msgid "" -" int\n" -" guestfs_aug_insert (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" const char *augpath,\n" -" const char *label,\n" -" int before);\n" -"\n" +"This depends on the filesystem type. libguestfs itself does not impose any " +"known limit. Consult Wikipedia or the filesystem documentation to find out " +"what these limits are." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:422 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:278 -msgid "" -"Create a new sibling C