X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=po-docs%2Flibguestfs-docs.pot;h=eb5867c76068ba4a2c7281ff533fdc667236c664;hp=2c39639d14f53676e86808be10d41f1c6cd648e0;hb=52c6b0d96d26ae056759222fe0ac029ca2d60bbf;hpb=0e896a490c46825e2ef998143d338dda5736223e diff --git a/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot b/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot index 2c39639..eb5867c 100644 --- a/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot +++ b/po-docs/libguestfs-docs.pot @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" -"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.5.24\n" +"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.7.22\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: libguestfs@redhat.com\n" -"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-10-27 12:50+0200\n" +"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-12-11 17:52+0000\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ msgstr "" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING" # type: =encoding -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:1 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:1 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:36 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:31 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:34 ../tools/virt-df.pl:32 ../tools/virt-ls.pl:31 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:38 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:28 ../tools/virt-cat.pl:30 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:30 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:29 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:33 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:28 +#: ../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 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:38 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:33 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:36 ../tools/virt-df.pl:34 ../tools/virt-ls.pl:33 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:40 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:30 ../tools/virt-cat.pl:32 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:32 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:31 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:35 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:30 +#: ../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 msgid "NAME" msgstr "" @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 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 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:42 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:37 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:40 ../tools/virt-df.pl:38 ../tools/virt-ls.pl:37 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:44 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:34 ../tools/virt-cat.pl:36 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:36 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:35 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:39 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:34 +#: ../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 msgid "SYNOPSIS" msgstr "" @@ -54,13 +54,12 @@ msgid "" " guestfs_mount (g, \"/dev/sda1\", \"/\");\n" " guestfs_touch (g, \"/hello\");\n" " guestfs_umount (g, \"/\");\n" -" guestfs_sync (g);\n" " guestfs_close (g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:20 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:19 #, no-wrap msgid "" " cc prog.c -o prog -lguestfs\n" @@ -70,12 +69,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:24 ../fish/guestfish.pod:30 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:11 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:20 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:48 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:51 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:64 ../tools/virt-df.pl:46 ../tools/virt-ls.pl:43 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:50 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:40 ../tools/virt-cat.pl:42 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:73 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:51 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:47 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:40 +#: ../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 msgid "DESCRIPTION" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:26 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:25 msgid "" "Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying guest disk images. " "Amongst the things this is good for: making batch configuration changes to " @@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:34 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:33 msgid "" "Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of guest " "filesystem that Linux and qemu can, including but not limited to: ext2/3/4, " @@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:39 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:38 msgid "" "Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions, LVs, " "what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands in the " @@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:44 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:43 msgid "" "Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management " "programs (or management programs written in OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, " @@ -112,26 +111,33 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:49 +#: ../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 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:52 +#: ../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 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:54 +msgid "" +"There are also some example programs in the L manual " +"page." +msgstr "" + # type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:55 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:57 msgid "API OVERVIEW" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:57 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:59 msgid "" "This section provides a gentler overview of the libguestfs API. We also try " "to group API calls together, where that may not be obvious from reading " @@ -139,12 +145,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:62 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:64 msgid "HANDLES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:64 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:66 msgid "" "Before you can use libguestfs calls, you have to create a handle. Then you " "must add at least one disk image to the handle, followed by launching the " @@ -154,12 +160,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:71 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:73 msgid "The general structure of all libguestfs-using programs looks like this:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:74 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:76 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_h *g = guestfs_create ();\n" @@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:76 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:78 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* Call guestfs_add_drive additional times if there are\n" @@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:81 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:83 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* Most manipulation calls won't work until you've launched\n" @@ -190,7 +196,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:87 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:89 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* Now you can examine what partitions, LVs etc are available.\n" @@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:92 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:94 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* To access a filesystem in the image, you must mount it.\n" @@ -211,31 +217,30 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:96 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:98 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* Now you can perform filesystem actions on the guest\n" " * disk image.\n" " */\n" " guestfs_touch (g, \"/hello\");\n" -" \n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:101 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:103 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" /* You only need to call guestfs_sync if you have made\n" -" * changes to the guest image. (But if you've made changes\n" -" * then you *must* sync). See also: guestfs_umount and\n" -" * guestfs_umount_all calls.\n" +" /* This is only needed for libguestfs < 1.5.24. Since then\n" +" * it is done automatically when you close the handle. See\n" +" * discussion of autosync in this page.\n" " */\n" " guestfs_sync (g);\n" " \n" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:108 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:109 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /* Close the handle 'g'. */\n" @@ -244,23 +249,24 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:111 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:112 msgid "" "The code above doesn't include any error checking. In real code you should " "check return values carefully for errors. In general all functions that " "return integers return C<-1> on error, and all functions that return " "pointers return C on error. See section L below for " "how to handle errors, and consult the documentation for each function call " -"below to see precisely how they return error indications." +"below to see precisely how they return error indications. See " +"L for fully worked examples." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:119 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:121 msgid "DISK IMAGES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:121 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:123 msgid "" "The image filename (C<\"guest.img\"> in the example above) could be a disk " "image from a virtual machine, a L copy of a physical hard disk, an " @@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:127 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:129 msgid "" "The call you should use in modern code for adding drives is " "L. To add a disk image, allowing writes, and " @@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:131 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:133 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" @@ -288,12 +294,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:135 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:137 msgid "You can add a disk read-only using:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:137 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:139 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" @@ -304,14 +310,14 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:142 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:144 msgid "" "or by calling the older function L. In either case " "libguestfs won't modify the file." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:145 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:147 msgid "" "Be extremely cautious if the disk image is in use, eg. if it is being used " "by a virtual machine. Adding it read-write will almost certainly cause disk " @@ -319,7 +325,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:149 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:151 msgid "" "You must add at least one disk image, and you may add multiple disk images. " "In the API, the disk images are usually referred to as C (for the " @@ -327,7 +333,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:154 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:156 msgid "" "Once L has been called you cannot add any more images. You " "can call L to get a list of the device names, in the " @@ -335,12 +341,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:159 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:161 msgid "MOUNTING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:161 +#: ../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 " @@ -350,7 +356,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:167 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:169 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_mount (g, \"/dev/sda1\", \"/\");\n" @@ -358,7 +364,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:169 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:171 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 " @@ -366,7 +372,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:173 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:175 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 " @@ -379,19 +385,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:183 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:185 msgid "" "To mount a disk image read-only, use L. There are " "several other variations of the C call." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:186 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:188 msgid "FILESYSTEM ACCESS AND MODIFICATION" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:188 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:190 msgid "" "The majority of the libguestfs API consists of fairly low-level calls for " "accessing and modifying the files, directories, symlinks etc on mounted " @@ -401,21 +407,21 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:194 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:196 msgid "" "Specify filenames as full paths, starting with C<\"/\"> and including the " "mount point." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:197 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:199 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:200 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:202 #, no-wrap msgid "" " char *data = guestfs_cat (g, \"/etc/passwd\");\n" @@ -423,7 +429,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:202 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:204 msgid "" "This would return C as a newly allocated buffer containing the full " "content of that file (with some conditions: see also L below), " @@ -431,14 +437,14 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:206 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:208 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:209 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:211 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_mkdir (g, \"/var\");\n" @@ -446,12 +452,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:211 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:213 msgid "To create a symlink you could do:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:213 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:215 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_ln_s (g, \"/etc/init.d/portmap\",\n" @@ -460,14 +466,14 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:216 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:218 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:219 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:221 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 " @@ -477,33 +483,33 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:225 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:227 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:228 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:230 msgid "PARTITIONING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:230 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:232 msgid "" "Libguestfs contains API calls to read, create and modify partition tables on " "disk images." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:233 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:235 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:237 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:239 #, no-wrap msgid "" " const char *parttype = \"mbr\";\n" @@ -514,19 +520,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:242 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:244 msgid "" "Obviously this effectively wipes anything that was on that disk image " "before." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:245 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:247 msgid "LVM2" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:247 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:249 msgid "" "Libguestfs provides access to a large part of the LVM2 API, such as " "L and L. It won't make much sense " @@ -535,19 +541,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:252 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:254 msgid "" "This author strongly recommends reading the LVM HOWTO, online at " "L." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:255 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:257 msgid "DOWNLOADING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:257 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:259 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 " @@ -555,7 +561,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:262 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:264 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 " @@ -563,31 +569,31 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:266 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:268 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:269 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:271 msgid "To download multiple files, see L and L." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:272 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:274 msgid "UPLOADING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:274 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:276 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:277 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:279 msgid "" "To write a small file with fixed content, use L. To create " "a file of all zeroes, use L (sparse) or " @@ -597,19 +603,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:283 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:285 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:286 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:288 msgid "To upload multiple files, see L and L." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:288 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:290 msgid "" "However the fastest way to upload I is to " "turn them into a squashfs or CD ISO (see L and " @@ -623,12 +629,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:299 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:301 msgid "COPYING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:301 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:303 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 " @@ -636,36 +642,36 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:307 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:309 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:309 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:311 msgid "" "Use L to copy a single file, or L to copy " "directories recursively." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:312 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:314 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:314 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:316 msgid "" "Use L which efficiently uses L to copy between files and " "devices in the guest." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:317 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:319 msgid "Example: duplicate the contents of an LV:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:319 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:321 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_dd (g, \"/dev/VG/Original\", \"/dev/VG/Copy\");\n" @@ -673,7 +679,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:321 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:323 msgid "" "The destination (C) must be at least as large as the source " "(C). To copy less than the whole source device, use " @@ -681,46 +687,46 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:325 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:327 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:327 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:329 msgid "Use L. See L above." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:329 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:331 msgid "B to B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:331 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:333 msgid "Use L. See L above." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:335 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:337 msgid "LISTING FILES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:337 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:339 msgid "" "L is just designed for humans to read (mainly when using the " "L-equivalent command C)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:340 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:342 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:343 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:345 msgid "" "L is a programmatic way to get a list of files in a " "directory, plus additional information about each one. It is more " @@ -728,19 +734,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:347 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:349 msgid "" "L and L can be used to recursively list " "files." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:350 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:352 msgid "RUNNING COMMANDS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:352 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:354 msgid "" "Although libguestfs is primarily an API for manipulating files inside guest " "images, we also provide some limited facilities for running commands inside " @@ -748,79 +754,101 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:356 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:358 msgid "There are many limitations to this:" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:360 ../src/guestfs.pod:365 ../src/guestfs.pod:370 ../src/guestfs.pod:374 ../src/guestfs.pod:379 ../src/guestfs.pod:383 ../src/guestfs.pod:388 ../src/guestfs.pod:1143 ../src/guestfs.pod:1148 ../src/guestfs.pod:1152 ../src/guestfs.pod:1368 ../src/guestfs.pod:1373 ../src/guestfs.pod:1377 ../src/guestfs.pod:1479 ../src/guestfs.pod:1483 ../src/guestfs.pod:1487 ../src/guestfs.pod:1492 ../src/guestfs.pod:1500 ../src/guestfs.pod:1519 ../src/guestfs.pod:1527 ../src/guestfs.pod:1757 ../src/guestfs.pod:1763 ../src/guestfs.pod:1768 ../src/guestfs.pod:1774 ../src/guestfs.pod:1881 ../src/guestfs.pod:1885 ../src/guestfs.pod:1889 ../src/guestfs.pod:1893 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:14 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:21 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:438 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:446 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:453 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:460 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1351 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1355 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1359 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1363 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1371 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1375 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1379 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1389 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1393 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1397 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1520 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1524 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1529 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1534 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1586 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1590 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1595 ../fish/guestfish.pod:364 ../fish/guestfish.pod:368 ../fish/guestfish.pod:372 ../fish/guestfish.pod:376 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:13 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:20 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:339 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:347 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:354 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:361 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1056 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1060 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1064 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1068 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1076 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1080 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1084 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1094 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1098 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1102 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1192 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1196 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1201 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1206 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1248 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1252 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1257 ../tools/virt-df.pl:161 ../tools/virt-df.pl:167 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:348 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:353 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:363 +#: ../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 ../src/guestfs.pod:954 ../src/guestfs.pod:958 ../src/guestfs.pod:962 ../src/guestfs.pod:967 ../src/guestfs.pod:975 ../src/guestfs.pod:994 ../src/guestfs.pod:1002 ../src/guestfs.pod:1024 ../src/guestfs.pod:1028 ../src/guestfs.pod:1032 ../src/guestfs.pod:1036 ../src/guestfs.pod:1040 ../src/guestfs.pod:1044 ../src/guestfs.pod:1526 ../src/guestfs.pod:1531 ../src/guestfs.pod:1535 ../src/guestfs.pod:1645 ../src/guestfs.pod:1650 ../src/guestfs.pod:1654 ../src/guestfs.pod:2006 ../src/guestfs.pod:2012 ../src/guestfs.pod:2017 ../src/guestfs.pod:2023 ../src/guestfs.pod:2135 ../src/guestfs.pod:2139 ../src/guestfs.pod:2143 ../src/guestfs.pod:2147 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:15 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:22 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:571 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:579 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:586 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:593 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1589 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1593 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1597 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1601 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1609 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1613 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1617 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1627 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1631 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1635 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1773 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1777 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1782 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1787 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1848 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1852 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1857 ../fish/guestfish.pod:377 ../fish/guestfish.pod:381 ../fish/guestfish.pod:385 ../fish/guestfish.pod:389 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:13 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:20 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:375 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:383 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:390 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:397 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1067 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1071 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1075 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1079 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1087 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1091 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1095 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1105 ../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 msgid "*" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:362 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:364 msgid "" "The kernel version that the command runs under will be different from what " "it expects." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:367 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:369 msgid "" "If the command needs to communicate with daemons, then most likely they " "won't be running." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:372 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:374 msgid "The command will be running in limited memory." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:376 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:378 msgid "" "The network may not be available unless you enable it (see " "L)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:381 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:383 msgid "Only supports Linux guests (not Windows, BSD, etc)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:385 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:387 msgid "Architecture limitations (eg. won't work for a PPC guest on an X86 host)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:390 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:392 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:395 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:397 +msgid "" +"I It is not safe to run commands from untrusted, possibly " +"malicious guests. These commands may attempt to exploit your program by " +"sending unexpected output. They could also try to exploit the Linux kernel " +"or qemu provided by the libguestfs appliance. They could use the network " +"provided by the libguestfs appliance to bypass ordinary network partitions " +"and firewalls. They could use the elevated privileges or different SELinux " +"context of your program to their advantage." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:406 +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 " +"script run the commands you want in the normal context of the running guest, " +"network security and so on. For information about other security issues, " +"see L." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:414 msgid "" "The two main API calls to run commands are L and " "L (there are also variations)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:398 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:417 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:401 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:420 msgid "CONFIGURATION FILES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:403 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:422 msgid "" "To read and write configuration files in Linux guest filesystems, we " "strongly recommend using Augeas. For example, Augeas understands how to " @@ -829,7 +857,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:408 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:427 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 " @@ -837,7 +865,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:412 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:431 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 " @@ -845,29 +873,29 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:416 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:435 msgid "SELINUX" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:418 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:437 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:424 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:443 ../src/guestfs.pod:1147 ../src/guestfs.pod:1278 msgid "1." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:426 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:445 msgid "Before launching, do:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:428 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:447 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_set_selinux (g, 1);\n" @@ -875,19 +903,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:430 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:449 ../src/guestfs.pod:1151 ../src/guestfs.pod:1282 msgid "2." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:432 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:451 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:436 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:455 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_sh (g, \"/usr/sbin/load_policy\");\n" @@ -895,26 +923,26 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:438 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:457 msgid "" "(Older versions of C require you to specify the name of the " "policy file)." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:441 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:460 ../src/guestfs.pod:1288 msgid "3." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:443 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:462 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:447 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:466 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_setcon (g, \"unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0\");\n" @@ -922,24 +950,24 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:451 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:470 msgid "This will work for running commands and editing existing files." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:453 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:472 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:457 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:476 msgid "UMASK" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:459 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:478 msgid "" "Certain calls are affected by the current file mode creation mask (the " "\"umask\"). In particular ones which create files or directories, such as " @@ -949,14 +977,14 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:465 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:484 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:468 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:487 msgid "" "There are two ways to avoid being affected by umask. Either set umask to 0 " "(call C early after launching). Or call " @@ -964,17 +992,17 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:472 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:491 msgid "For more information about umask, see L." msgstr "" # type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:474 ../fish/guestfish.pod:630 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:493 ../fish/guestfish.pod:670 msgid "ENCRYPTED DISKS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:476 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:495 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) " @@ -983,21 +1011,21 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:482 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:501 msgid "" "Use L to identify LUKS-encrypted block devices (it " "returns the string C)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:485 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:504 msgid "" "Then open these devices by calling L. Obviously you " "will require the passphrase!" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:488 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:507 msgid "" "Opening a LUKS device creates a new device mapper device called " "C (where C is the string you supply to " @@ -1006,7 +1034,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:494 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:513 msgid "" "LVM volume groups on the device can be made visible by calling " "L followed by L. The logical " @@ -1014,7 +1042,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:498 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:517 msgid "" "Use the reverse process to close a LUKS device. Unmount any logical volumes " "on it, deactivate the volume groups by caling C in the usual way." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:516 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:535 msgid "" "Then call L. This function uses other libguestfs calls " "and certain heuristics, and returns a list of operating systems that were " @@ -1059,7 +1087,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:525 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:544 msgid "" "For each root, you can then call various C functions " "to get additional details about that operating system. For example, call " @@ -1068,7 +1096,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:531 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:550 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 " @@ -1079,7 +1107,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:538 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:557 #, no-wrap msgid "" " /boot => /dev/sda1\n" @@ -1089,14 +1117,14 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:542 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:561 msgid "" "The caller can then make calls to L to mount the " "filesystems as suggested." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:545 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:564 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 " @@ -1104,7 +1132,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:549 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:568 msgid "" "Inspection currently only works for some common operating systems. " "Contributors are welcome to send patches for other operating systems that we " @@ -1112,7 +1140,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:553 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:572 msgid "" "Encrypted disks must be opened before inspection. See L " "for more details. The L function just ignores any " @@ -1120,29 +1148,32 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:557 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:576 msgid "" "A note on the implementation: The call L performs " "inspection and caches the results in the guest handle. Subsequent calls to " "C return this cached information, but I " "re-read the disks. If you change the content of the guest disks, you can " -"redo inspection by calling L again." +"redo inspection by calling L again. " +"(L works a little differently from the " +"other calls and does read the disks. See documentation for that function " +"for details)." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:564 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:585 msgid "SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WINDOWS GUESTS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:566 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:587 msgid "" "Libguestfs can mount NTFS partitions. It does this using the " "L driver." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:569 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:590 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 " @@ -1152,7 +1183,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:575 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:596 msgid "" "Drive letter mappings are outside the scope of libguestfs. You have to use " "libguestfs to read the appropriate Windows Registry and configuration files, " @@ -1161,21 +1192,21 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:580 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:601 msgid "" "Replacing backslash characters with forward slash characters is also outside " "the scope of libguestfs, but something that you can easily do." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:583 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:604 msgid "" "Where we can help is in resolving the case insensitivity of paths. For " "this, call L." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:586 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:607 msgid "" "Libguestfs also provides some help for decoding Windows Registry \"hive\" " "files, through the library C which is part of the libguestfs project " @@ -1186,19 +1217,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:594 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:615 msgid "USING LIBGUESTFS WITH OTHER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:596 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:617 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:599 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:620 msgid "" "The API is broadly identical in all supported languages. This means that " "the C call C is C<$g-Emount($path)> in Perl, " @@ -1207,14 +1238,14 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:605 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:626 msgid "" "Error messages are automatically transformed into exceptions if the language " "supports it." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:608 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:629 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 " @@ -1222,36 +1253,36 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:614 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:635 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:616 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:637 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:620 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:641 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:622 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:643 msgid "" "The C# bindings are highly experimental. Please read the warnings at the " "top of C." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:625 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:646 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:627 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:648 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 " @@ -1259,103 +1290,91 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:631 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:652 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:633 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:654 msgid "" "Full documentation is contained in the Javadoc which is distributed with " "libguestfs." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:636 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:657 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:638 -msgid "For documentation see the file C." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:659 +msgid "For documentation see L." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:640 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:661 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:642 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:663 msgid "For documentation see L." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:644 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:665 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:646 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:667 msgid "" "For documentation see C supplied with libguestfs sources or in " "the php-libguestfs package for your distribution." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:649 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:670 msgid "The PHP binding only works correctly on 64 bit machines." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:651 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:672 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:653 -msgid "For documentation do:" -msgstr "" - -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:655 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" $ python\n" -" >>> import guestfs\n" -" >>> help (guestfs)\n" -"\n" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:674 +msgid "For documentation see L." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:659 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:676 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:661 -msgid "" -"Use the Guestfs module. There is no Ruby-specific documentation, but you " -"can find examples written in Ruby in the libguestfs source." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:678 +msgid "For documentation see L." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:664 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:680 msgid "B" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:666 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:682 msgid "For documentation see L." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:670 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:686 msgid "LIBGUESTFS GOTCHAS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:672 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:688 msgid "" "L: \"A feature of a " "system [...] that works in the way it is documented but is counterintuitive " @@ -1363,7 +1382,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:676 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:692 msgid "" "Since we developed libguestfs and the associated tools, there are several " "things we would have designed differently, but are now stuck with for " @@ -1372,12 +1391,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:684 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:700 msgid "Autosync / forgetting to sync." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:686 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:702 msgid "" "When modifying a filesystem from C or another language, you B unmount " "all filesystems and call L explicitly before you close the " @@ -1385,7 +1404,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:690 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:706 #, no-wrap msgid "" " guestfs_set_autosync (g, 1);\n" @@ -1393,7 +1412,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:692 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:708 msgid "" "to have the unmount/sync done automatically for you when the handle 'g' is " "closed. (This feature is called \"autosync\", L " @@ -1401,7 +1420,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:696 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:712 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 " @@ -1409,7 +1428,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:700 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:716 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 " @@ -1417,19 +1436,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:704 +#: ../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:707 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:723 msgid "Mount option C<-o sync> should not be the default." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:709 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:725 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 " @@ -1437,31 +1456,31 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:713 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:729 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:716 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:732 msgid "Read-only should be the default." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:718 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:734 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:721 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:737 msgid "This would reduce the potential to corrupt live VM images." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:723 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:739 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 " @@ -1469,12 +1488,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:727 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:743 msgid "guestfish command line is hard to use." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:729 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:745 msgid "" "C doesn't do what people expect (open C for " "examination). It tries to run a guestfish command C which doesn't " @@ -1484,12 +1503,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:736 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:752 msgid "guestfish megabyte modifiers don't work right on all commands" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:738 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:754 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 " @@ -1499,12 +1518,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:745 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:761 msgid "The most common is L. The guestfish command:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:747 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:763 #, no-wrap msgid "" " lvcreate LV VG 100M\n" @@ -1512,7 +1531,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:749 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:765 msgid "" "does not do what you might expect. Instead because L is " "already expecting megabytes, this tries to create a 100 I (100 " @@ -1521,40 +1540,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:754 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:770 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:757 -msgid "Library should return errno with error messages." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:759 -msgid "" -"It would be a nice-to-have to be able to get the original value of 'errno' " -"from inside the appliance along error paths (where set). Currently " -"L goes through hoops to try to reverse the error message " -"string into an errno, see the function error() in fuse/guestmount.c." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:765 -msgid "" -"In libguestfs 1.5.4, the protocol was changed so that the Linux errno is " -"sent back from the daemon." -msgstr "" - -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:768 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:773 msgid "Ambiguity between devices and paths" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:770 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:775 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 " @@ -1562,7 +1560,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:775 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:780 msgid "" "In the current API we usually resolve this ambiguity by having two separate " "calls, for example L and L. " @@ -1571,7 +1569,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:781 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:786 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 " @@ -1581,7 +1579,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:787 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:792 #, no-wrap msgid "" " type path = Path of string | Device of int | Partition of int * int\n" @@ -1589,12 +1587,12 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:789 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:794 msgid "which would allow you to pass arguments like:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:791 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:796 #, no-wrap msgid "" " Path \"/foo/bar\"\n" @@ -1605,19 +1603,19 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:796 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:801 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:801 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:806 msgid "PROTOCOL LIMITS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:803 +#: ../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 " @@ -1628,7 +1626,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:811 +#: ../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 " @@ -1637,7 +1635,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:817 +#: ../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 " @@ -1645,26 +1643,26 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:821 +#: ../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:824 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:829 msgid "KEYS AND PASSPHRASES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:826 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:831 msgid "" "Certain libguestfs calls take a parameter that contains sensitive key " "material, passed in as a C string." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:829 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:834 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 " @@ -1673,22504 +1671,23988 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:834 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:839 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: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:839 -msgid "CONNECTION MANAGEMENT" -msgstr "" - # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:841 -msgid "guestfs_h *" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:844 +msgid "MULTIPLE HANDLES AND MULTIPLE THREADS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:843 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:846 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." +"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:847 -msgid "" -"For information on using multiple handles and threads, see the section " -"L below." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:850 -msgid "guestfs_create" -msgstr "" - -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:852 -#, no-wrap +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:849 msgid "" -" guestfs_h *guestfs_create (void);\n" -"\n" +"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:854 -msgid "Create a connection handle." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:853 +msgid "" +"See the graphical program guestfs-browser for one possible architecture for " +"multithreaded programs using libvirt and libguestfs." msgstr "" -# type: textblock +# type: =head2 #: ../src/guestfs.pod:856 -msgid "" -"You have to call L (or one of the equivalent calls) " -"on the handle at least once." +msgid "PATH" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:859 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:858 msgid "" -"This function returns a non-NULL pointer to a handle on success or NULL on " -"error." +"Libguestfs needs a kernel and initrd.img, which it finds by looking along an " +"internal path." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:862 -msgid "After configuring the handle, you have to call L." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:861 +msgid "" +"By default it looks for these in the directory C<$libdir/guestfs> " +"(eg. C or C)." msgstr "" # type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:864 msgid "" -"You may also want to configure error handling for the handle. See L section below." +"Use L or set the environment variable L " +"to change the directories that libguestfs will search in. The value is a " +"colon-separated list of paths. The current directory is I searched " +"unless the path contains an empty element or C<.>. For example " +"C would search the current directory and " +"then C." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:867 -msgid "guestfs_close" -msgstr "" - -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:869 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" void guestfs_close (guestfs_h *g);\n" -"\n" -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:871 -msgid "This closes the connection handle and frees up all resources used." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:873 -msgid "ERROR HANDLING" +msgid "QEMU WRAPPERS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:875 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:873 msgid "" -"The convention in all functions that return C is that they return C<-1> " -"to indicate an error. You can get additional information on errors by " -"calling L and/or by setting up an error handler with " -"L." +"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:880 -msgid "The default error handler prints the information string to C." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:877 +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 " +"becomes the direct child of the libguestfs-using program). If you don't do " +"this, then the qemu process won't be cleaned up correctly." msgstr "" # type: textblock #: ../src/guestfs.pod:882 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: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:886 -msgid "guestfs_last_error" +"Here is an example of a wrapper, where I have built my own copy of qemu from " +"source:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:888 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:885 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" const char *guestfs_last_error (guestfs_h *g);\n" +" #!/bin/sh -\n" +" qemudir=/home/rjones/d/qemu\n" +" exec $qemudir/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L $qemudir/pc-bios " +"\"$@\"\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:890 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:889 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." +"Save this script as C (or wherever), C, and " +"then use it by setting the LIBGUESTFS_QEMU environment variable. For " +"example:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:894 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:893 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"The lifetime of the returned string is until the next error occurs, or " -"L is called." +" LIBGUESTFS_QEMU=/tmp/qemu.wrapper guestfish\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:897 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:895 msgid "" -"The error string is not localized (ie. is always in English), because this " -"makes searching for error messages in search engines give the largest number " -"of results." +"Note that libguestfs also calls qemu with the -help and -version options in " +"order to determine features." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:901 -msgid "guestfs_set_error_handler" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:898 +msgid "ABI GUARANTEE" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:903 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:900 msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_error_handler_cb) (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" void *opaque,\n" -" const char *msg);\n" -" void guestfs_set_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_error_handler_cb cb,\n" -" void *opaque);\n" -"\n" +"We guarantee the libguestfs ABI (binary interface), for public, high-level " +"actions as outlined in this section. Although we will deprecate some " +"actions, for example if they get replaced by newer calls, we will keep the " +"old actions forever. This allows you the developer to program in confidence " +"against the libguestfs API." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:906 +msgid "BLOCK DEVICE NAMING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:910 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:908 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." +"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 " +"hard drive). The original Linux IDE driver used names starting with " +"C. SCSI devices have historically used a different naming scheme, " +"C. When the Linux kernel I driver became a popular " +"replacement for the old IDE driver (particularly for SATA devices) those " +"devices also used the C scheme. Additionally we now have virtual " +"machines with paravirtualized drivers. This has created several different " +"naming systems, such as C for virtio disks and C for " +"Xen PV disks." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:914 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:920 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." +"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:918 -msgid "The default handler prints messages on C." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:924 +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:920 -msgid "If you set C to C then I handler is called." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:929 +msgid "" +"Therefore libguestfs defines C as the I. " +"Internally C names are translated, if necessary, to other names as " +"required. For example, under RHEL 5 which uses the C scheme, any " +"device parameter C is translated to C transparently." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:922 -msgid "guestfs_get_error_handler" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:935 +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: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:924 -#, no-wrap +# type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:940 +msgid "ALGORITHM FOR BLOCK DEVICE NAME TRANSLATION" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:942 msgid "" -" guestfs_error_handler_cb guestfs_get_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" void **opaque_rtn);\n" -"\n" +"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 " +"L to add a mixture of virtio and IDE devices to the " +"qemu-based appliance, so have a mixture of C and C " +"devices." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:927 -msgid "Returns the current error handler callback." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:948 +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: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:929 -msgid "guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:956 +msgid "Is the string a parameter which is a device or partition name?" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:931 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" typedef void (*guestfs_abort_cb) (void);\n" -" int guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" -" guestfs_abort_cb);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:960 +msgid "Does the string begin with C?" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:935 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:964 msgid "" -"The callback C will be called if there is an out of memory situation. " -"I." +"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:938 -msgid "The default is to call L." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:969 +msgid "Replace initial C string with C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:940 -msgid "You cannot set C to C. You can't ignore out of memory situations." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:971 +msgid "For example, change C to C." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:943 -msgid "guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:973 +msgid "If that named device exists, use it. If not, continue." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:945 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" guestfs_abort_fn guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:977 +msgid "Replace initial C string with C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:947 -msgid "This returns the current out of memory handler." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:979 +msgid "If that named device exists, use it. If not, return an error." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:949 -msgid "PATH" +# type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:983 +msgid "PORTABILITY CONCERNS WITH BLOCK DEVICE NAMING" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:951 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:985 msgid "" -"Libguestfs needs a kernel and initrd.img, which it finds by looking along an " -"internal path." +"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:954 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:989 msgid "" -"By default it looks for these in the directory C<$libdir/guestfs> " -"(eg. C or C)." +"Where possible for maximum future portability programs using libguestfs " +"should use these future-proof techniques:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:957 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:996 msgid "" -"Use L or set the environment variable L " -"to change the directories that libguestfs will search in. The value is a " -"colon-separated list of paths. The current directory is I searched " -"unless the path contains an empty element or C<.>. For example " -"C would search the current directory and " -"then C." +"Use L or L to list actual " +"device names, and then use those names directly." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:999 +msgid "Since those device names exist by definition, they will never be translated." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1004 +msgid "" +"Use higher level ways to identify filesystems, such as LVM names, UUIDs and " +"filesystem labels." msgstr "" # type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:964 -msgid "HIGH-LEVEL API ACTIONS" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1009 +msgid "SECURITY" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1011 +msgid "" +"This section discusses security implications of using libguestfs, " +"particularly with untrusted or malicious guests or disk images." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:966 -msgid "ABI GUARANTEE" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1014 +msgid "GENERAL SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:968 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1016 msgid "" -"We guarantee the libguestfs ABI (binary interface), for public, high-level " -"actions as outlined in this section. Although we will deprecate some " -"actions, for example if they get replaced by newer calls, we will keep the " -"old actions forever. This allows you the developer to program in confidence " -"against the libguestfs API." +"Be careful with any files or data that you download from a guest (by " +"\"download\" we mean not just the L command but any " +"command that reads files, filenames, directories or anything else from a " +"disk image). An attacker could manipulate the data to fool your program " +"into doing the wrong thing. Consider cases such as:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:974 ../fish/guestfish.pod:860 -msgid "@ACTIONS@" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1026 +msgid "the data (file etc) not being present" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:976 -msgid "STRUCTURES" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1030 +msgid "being present but empty" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:978 -msgid "@STRUCTS@" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1034 +msgid "being much larger than normal" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:980 -msgid "AVAILABILITY" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1038 +msgid "containing arbitrary 8 bit data" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:982 -msgid "GROUPS OF FUNCTIONALITY IN THE APPLIANCE" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1042 +msgid "being in an unexpected character encoding" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:984 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1046 +msgid "containing homoglyphs." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1050 +msgid "SECURITY OF MOUNTING FILESYSTEMS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:989 -msgid "@AVAILABILITY@" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1052 +msgid "" +"When you mount a filesystem under Linux, mistakes in the kernel filesystem " +"(VFS) module can sometimes be escalated into exploits by deliberately " +"creating a malicious, malformed filesystem. These exploits are very severe " +"for two reasons. Firstly there are very many filesystem drivers in the " +"kernel, and many of them are infrequently used and not much developer " +"attention has been paid to the code. Linux userspace helps potential " +"crackers by detecting the filesystem type and automatically choosing the " +"right VFS driver, even if that filesystem type is obscure or unexpected for " +"the administrator. Secondly, a kernel-level exploit is like a local root " +"exploit (worse in some ways), giving immediate and total access to the " +"system right down to the hardware level." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:991 -msgid "GUESTFISH supported COMMAND" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1065 +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 " +"inside a qemu virtual machine, usually running as a non-root user. The " +"attacker would need to write a filesystem which first exploited the kernel, " +"and then exploited either qemu virtualization (eg. a faulty qemu driver) or " +"the libguestfs protocol, and finally to be as serious as the host kernel " +"exploit it would need to escalate its privileges to root. This multi-step " +"escalation, performed by a static piece of data, is thought to be extremely " +"hard to do, although we never say 'never' about security issues." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:993 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1076 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." +"In any case callers can reduce the attack surface by forcing the filesystem " +"type when mounting (use L)." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:998 -msgid "SINGLE CALLS AT COMPILE TIME" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1079 +msgid "PROTOCOL SECURITY" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1000 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1081 msgid "" -"Since version 1.5.8, Cguestfs.hE> defines symbols for each C API " -"function, such as:" +"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 " +"also take care - for example you can write a program that downloads a binary " +"from a disk image and executes it locally, and no amount of protocol " +"security will save you from the consequences." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1003 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" #define LIBGUESTFS_HAVE_DD 1\n" -"\n" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1087 +msgid "INSPECTION SECURITY" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1005 -msgid "if L is available." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1089 +msgid "" +"Parts of the inspection API (see L) return untrusted strings " +"directly from the guest, and these could contain any 8 bit data. Callers " +"should be careful to escape these before printing them to a structured file " +"(for example, use HTML escaping if creating a web page)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1007 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1095 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:" +"Guest configuration may be altered in unusual ways by the administrator of " +"the virtual machine, and may not reflect reality (particularly for untrusted " +"or actively malicious guests). For example we parse the hostname from " +"configuration files like C that we find in the " +"guest, but the guest administrator can easily manipulate these files to " +"provide the wrong hostname." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1012 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1103 msgid "" -" AC_CHECK_LIB([guestfs],[guestfs_create])\n" -" AC_CHECK_FUNCS([guestfs_dd])\n" -"\n" +"The inspection API parses guest configuration using two external libraries: " +"Augeas (Linux configuration) and hivex (Windows Registry). Both are " +"designed to be robust in the face of malicious data, although denial of " +"service attacks are still possible, for example with oversized configuration " +"files." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1109 +msgid "RUNNING UNTRUSTED GUEST COMMANDS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1015 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1111 msgid "" -"which would result in C being either defined or not defined " -"in your program." +"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 " +"control, under the same user account as the library, albeit wrapped in qemu " +"virtualization. More information and alternatives can be found in the " +"section L." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1018 -msgid "SINGLE CALLS AT RUN TIME" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1117 +msgid "CVE-2010-3851" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1119 +msgid "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/642934" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1020 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1121 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 " -"previous I (dynamic library) which doesn't have the call. " -"This situation unfortunately results in a segmentation fault, which is a " -"shortcoming of the C dynamic linking system itself." +"This security bug concerns the automatic disk format detection that qemu " +"does on disk images." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1027 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1124 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):" +"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 " +"for one of the known headers, and if none is found then assuming the disk " +"image must be raw." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1031 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1129 msgid "" -" #include \n" -" #include \n" -" #include \n" -" #include \n" -" #include \n" -" \n" +"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 " +"libguestfs) qemu would do autodetection and think the disk image format was, " +"say, qcow2 based on the header written by the guest." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1037 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1134 msgid "" -" main ()\n" -" {\n" -" #ifdef LIBGUESTFS_HAVE_DD\n" -" void *dl;\n" -" int has_function;\n" -" \n" +"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 " +"\"backing disk\"). It does this by placing the path to the backing disk " +"into the qcow2 header. This path is not validated and could point to any " +"host file (eg. \"/etc/passwd\"). The backing disk is then exposed through " +"\"holes\" in the qcow2 disk image, which of course is completely under the " +"control of the attacker." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1043 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1142 +msgid "In libguestfs this is rather hard to exploit except under two circumstances:" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1149 +msgid "You have enabled the network or have opened the disk in write mode." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1153 msgid "" -" /* Test if the function guestfs_dd is really available. */\n" -" dl = dlopen (NULL, RTLD_LAZY);\n" -" if (!dl) {\n" -" fprintf (stderr, \"dlopen: %s\\n\", dlerror ());\n" -" exit (EXIT_FAILURE);\n" -" }\n" -" has_function = dlsym (dl, \"guestfs_dd\") != NULL;\n" -" dlclose (dl);\n" -" \n" +"You are also running untrusted code from the guest (see L)." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1052 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1158 msgid "" -" if (!has_function)\n" -" printf (\"this libguestfs.so does NOT have guestfs_dd function\\n\");\n" -" else {\n" -" printf (\"this libguestfs.so has guestfs_dd function\\n\");\n" -" /* Now it's safe to call\n" -" guestfs_dd (g, \"foo\", \"bar\");\n" -" */\n" -" }\n" -" #else\n" -" printf (\"guestfs_dd function was not found at compile time\\n\");\n" -" #endif\n" -" }\n" -"\n" +"The way to avoid this is to specify the expected disk format when adding " +"disks (the optional C option to L). You " +"should always do this if the disk is raw format, and it's a good idea for " +"other cases too." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1065 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1163 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:" +"For disks added from libvirt using calls like L, the " +"format is fetched from libvirt and passed through." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1070 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1166 msgid "" -" Requires: libguestfs >= 1.0.80\n" -"\n" +"For libguestfs tools, use the I<--format> command line parameter as " +"appropriate." msgstr "" # type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1072 -msgid "CALLS WITH OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1169 +msgid "CONNECTION MANAGEMENT" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1171 +msgid "guestfs_h *" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1074 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1173 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:" +"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 +msgid "" +"For information on using multiple handles and threads, see the section " +"L below." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1180 +msgid "guestfs_create" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1079 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1182 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_opts (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename, ...);\n" +" guestfs_h *guestfs_create (void);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1081 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1184 +msgid "Create a connection handle." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1186 msgid "" -"Call this with a list of optional arguments, terminated by C<-1>. So to " -"call with no optional arguments specified:" +"You have to call L (or one of the equivalent calls) " +"on the handle at least once." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1084 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1189 msgid "" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename, -1);\n" -"\n" +"This function returns a non-NULL pointer to a handle on success or NULL on " +"error." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1086 -msgid "With a single optional argument:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1192 +msgid "After configuring the handle, you have to call L." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1194 +msgid "" +"You may also want to configure error handling for the handle. See L section below." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1197 +msgid "guestfs_close" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1088 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1199 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT, \"qcow2\",\n" -" -1);\n" +" void guestfs_close (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1092 -msgid "With two:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1201 +msgid "This closes the connection handle and frees up all resources used." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1094 -#, no-wrap +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1203 +msgid "ERROR HANDLING" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1205 msgid "" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT, \"qcow2\",\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY, 1,\n" -" -1);\n" -"\n" +"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:1099 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1208 msgid "" -"and so forth. Don't forget the terminating C<-1> otherwise Bad Things will " -"happen!" +"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: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1102 -msgid "USING va_list FOR OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1212 +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:1104 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1217 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:" +"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:1108 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1221 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_opts_va (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename,\n" -" va_list args);\n" +" if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1)\n" +" exit (EXIT_FAILURE);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1111 -msgid "CONSTRUCTING OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1224 +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:1113 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1227 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 " -"has a bitmask as the first element which you must set to indicate which " -"fields you have filled in. For our example function the structure and call " -"are declared:" +"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:1119 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1230 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv {\n" -" uint64_t bitmask;\n" -" int readonly;\n" -" const char *format;\n" -" /* ... */\n" -" };\n" -" int guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename,\n" -" const struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv *optargs);\n" -"\n" -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1128 -msgid "You could call it like this:" +" g = guestfs_create ();\n" +" \n" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1130 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1232 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv optargs = {\n" -" .bitmask = GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY_BITMASK |\n" -" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT_BITMASK,\n" -" .readonly = 1,\n" -" .format = \"qcow2\"\n" -" };\n" +" /* This disables the default behaviour of printing errors\n" +" on stderr. */\n" +" guestfs_set_error_handler (g, NULL, NULL);\n" " \n" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1137 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1236 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (g, filename, &optargs);\n" +" if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1) {\n" +" /* Examine the error message and print it etc. */\n" +" char *msg = guestfs_last_error (g);\n" +" int errnum = guestfs_last_errno (g);\n" +" fprintf (stderr, \"%s\\n\", msg);\n" +" /* ... */\n" +" }\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1139 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:10 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1582 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:9 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1244 -msgid "Notes:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1244 +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:1145 -msgid "The C<_BITMASK> suffix on each option name when specifying the bitmask." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1248 +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 " +"error information. However L is supposed to be a " +"lightweight operation which can only fail because of insufficient memory (it " +"returns NULL in this case)." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1254 +msgid "guestfs_last_error" +msgstr "" + +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1256 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" const char *guestfs_last_error (guestfs_h *g);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1150 -msgid "You do not need to fill in all fields of the structure." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1258 +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:1154 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1262 msgid "" -"There must be a one-to-one correspondence between fields of the structure " -"that are filled in, and bits set in the bitmask." +"The lifetime of the returned string is until the next error occurs, or " +"L is called." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1159 -msgid "OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1265 +msgid "guestfs_last_errno" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1161 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1267 +#, no-wrap 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." +" int guestfs_last_errno (guestfs_h *g);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1165 -msgid "For guestfish, see L." -msgstr "" - -# type: =end -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1167 ../src/guestfs.pod:1172 -msgid "html" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1269 +msgid "This returns the last error number (errno) that happened on C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1169 -msgid "" -" " +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1271 +msgid "If successful, an errno integer not equal to zero is returned." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1174 -msgid "ARCHITECTURE" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1273 +msgid "If no error, this returns 0. This call can return 0 in three situations:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1176 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1280 +msgid "There has not been any error on the handle." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1180 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1284 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" +"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:1200 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1290 msgid "" -"The library, linked to the main program, creates the child process and hence " -"the appliance in the L function." +"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:1203 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1296 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." +"Libguestfs tries to convert the errno from inside the applicance into a " +"corresponding errno for the caller (not entirely trivial: the appliance " +"might be running a completely different operating system from the library " +"and error numbers are not standardized across Un*xen). If this could not be " +"done, then the error is translated to C. In practice this should " +"only happen in very rare circumstances." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1212 -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:1219 -msgid "STATE MACHINE" -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1221 -msgid "libguestfs uses a state machine to model the child process:" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1304 +msgid "guestfs_set_error_handler" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1223 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1306 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" |\n" -" guestfs_create\n" -" |\n" -" |\n" -" ____V_____\n" -" / \\\n" -" | CONFIG |\n" -" \\__________/\n" -" ^ ^ ^ \\\n" -" / | \\ \\ guestfs_launch\n" -" / | _\\__V______\n" -" / | / \\\n" -" / | | LAUNCHING |\n" -" / | \\___________/\n" -" / | /\n" -" / | guestfs_launch\n" -" / | /\n" -" ______ / __|____V\n" -" / \\ ------> / \\\n" -" | BUSY | | READY |\n" -" \\______/ <------ \\________/\n" +" typedef void (*guestfs_error_handler_cb) (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" void *opaque,\n" +" const char *msg);\n" +" void guestfs_set_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" guestfs_error_handler_cb cb,\n" +" void *opaque);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1245 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1313 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), " -"(3) alternating between READY and BUSY as commands are issued to, and " -"carried out by, the child process." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1250 -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." +"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:1254 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1317 msgid "" -"Configuration commands for qemu such as L can only be " -"issued when in the CONFIG state." +"C is not passed to the callback. To get that the callback must call " +"L." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1257 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1320 msgid "" -"The API offers one call that goes from CONFIG through LAUNCHING to READY. " -"L blocks until the child process is READY to accept " -"commands (or until some failure or timeout). L internally " -"moves the state from CONFIG to LAUNCHING while it is running." +"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:1263 -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 " -"(ie. the state to transition to BUSY and then back to READY). There are no " -"non-blocking versions, and no way to issue more than one command per handle " -"at the same time." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1324 +msgid "The default handler prints messages on C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1269 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1326 +msgid "If you set C to C then I handler is called." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1273 -msgid "SETTING CALLBACKS TO HANDLE EVENTS" -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1275 -msgid "" -"The child process generates events in some situations. Current events " -"include: receiving a log message, the child process exits." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1328 +msgid "guestfs_get_error_handler" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1278 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1330 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"Use the C functions to set a callback for different " -"types of events." +" guestfs_error_handler_cb guestfs_get_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" void **opaque_rtn);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1281 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1333 +msgid "Returns the current error handler callback." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1286 -msgid "guestfs_set_log_message_callback" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1335 +msgid "guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1288 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1337 #, no-wrap 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" +" typedef void (*guestfs_abort_cb) (void);\n" +" int guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" guestfs_abort_cb);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1294 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1341 msgid "" -"The callback function C will be called whenever qemu or the guest writes " -"anything to the console." +"The callback C will be called if there is an out of memory situation. " +"I." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1297 -msgid "Use this function to capture kernel messages and similar." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1344 +msgid "The default is to call L." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1299 -msgid "" -"Normally there is no log message handler, and log messages are just " -"discarded." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1346 +msgid "You cannot set C to C. You can't ignore out of memory situations." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1302 -msgid "guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1349 +msgid "guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1304 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1351 #, no-wrap 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" +" guestfs_abort_fn guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1309 -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)." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1353 +msgid "This returns the current out of memory handler." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1314 -msgid "guestfs_set_launch_done_callback" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1355 +msgid "API CALLS" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1316 -#, 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: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1357 ../fish/guestfish.pod:908 +msgid "@ACTIONS@" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1359 +msgid "STRUCTURES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1321 -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)." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1361 +msgid "@STRUCTS@" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1363 +msgid "AVAILABILITY" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1325 -msgid "guestfs_set_close_callback" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1365 +msgid "GROUPS OF FUNCTIONALITY IN THE APPLIANCE" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1327 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1367 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" +"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:1332 -msgid "" -"The callback function C will be called while the handle is being closed " -"(synchronously from L)." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1372 +msgid "@AVAILABILITY@" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1374 +msgid "GUESTFISH supported COMMAND" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1335 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1376 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)." +"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:1343 -msgid "guestfs_set_progress_callback" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1381 +msgid "SINGLE CALLS AT COMPILE TIME" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1383 +msgid "" +"Since version 1.5.8, Cguestfs.hE> defines symbols for each C API " +"function, such as:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1345 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1386 #, 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" +" #define LIBGUESTFS_HAVE_DD 1\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1352 -msgid "" -"Some long-running operations can generate progress messages. If this " -"callback is registered, then it will be called each time a progress message " -"is generated (usually two seconds after the operation started, and three " -"times per second thereafter until it completes, although the frequency may " -"change in future versions)." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1388 +msgid "if L is available." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1358 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1390 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." +"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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1364 -msgid "The only defined and stable parts of the API are:" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1395 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" AC_CHECK_LIB([guestfs],[guestfs_create])\n" +" AC_CHECK_FUNCS([guestfs_dd])\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1370 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1398 msgid "" -"The callback can display to the user some type of progress bar or indicator " -"which shows the ratio of C:C." +"which would result in C being either defined or not defined " +"in your program." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1375 -msgid "0 E= C E= C" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1401 +msgid "SINGLE CALLS AT RUN TIME" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1379 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1403 msgid "" -"If any progress notification is sent during a call, then a final progress " -"notification is always sent when C = C." +"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 " +"previous I (dynamic library) which doesn't have the call. " +"This situation unfortunately results in a segmentation fault, which is a " +"shortcoming of the C dynamic linking system itself." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1382 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1410 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." +"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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1388 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1414 +#, no-wrap 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." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1393 -msgid "PRIVATE DATA AREA" +" #include \n" +" #include \n" +" #include \n" +" #include \n" +" #include \n" +" \n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1395 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1420 +#, no-wrap 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." +" main ()\n" +" {\n" +" #ifdef LIBGUESTFS_HAVE_DD\n" +" void *dl;\n" +" int has_function;\n" +" \n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1399 -msgid "To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1426 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" /* Test if the function guestfs_dd is really available. */\n" +" dl = dlopen (NULL, RTLD_LAZY);\n" +" if (!dl) {\n" +" fprintf (stderr, \"dlopen: %s\\n\", dlerror ());\n" +" exit (EXIT_FAILURE);\n" +" }\n" +" has_function = dlsym (dl, \"guestfs_dd\") != NULL;\n" +" dlclose (dl);\n" +" \n" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1401 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1435 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" void guestfs_set_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key, void *data);\n" +" if (!has_function)\n" +" printf (\"this libguestfs.so does NOT have guestfs_dd function\\n\");\n" +" else {\n" +" printf (\"this libguestfs.so has guestfs_dd function\\n\");\n" +" /* Now it's safe to call\n" +" guestfs_dd (g, \"foo\", \"bar\");\n" +" */\n" +" }\n" +" #else\n" +" printf (\"guestfs_dd function was not found at compile time\\n\");\n" +" #endif\n" +" }\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1403 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1448 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." +"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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1407 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1453 +#, no-wrap 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." +" Requires: libguestfs >= 1.0.80\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1455 +msgid "CALLS WITH OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1412 -msgid "To retrieve the pointer, use:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1457 +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:1414 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1462 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" void *guestfs_get_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key);\n" +" int guestfs_add_drive_opts (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename, ...);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1416 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1464 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." +"Call this with a list of optional arguments, terminated by C<-1>. So to " +"call with no optional arguments specified:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1420 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1467 +#, no-wrap 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)." +" guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename, -1);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1428 -msgid "" -"The private data area is implemented using a hash table, and should be " -"reasonably efficient for moderate numbers of keys." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1469 +msgid "With a single optional argument:" msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1431 -msgid "BLOCK DEVICE NAMING" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1471 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" +" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT, \"qcow2\",\n" +" -1);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1433 -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 " -"hard drive). The original Linux IDE driver used names starting with " -"C. SCSI devices have historically used a different naming scheme, " -"C. When the Linux kernel I driver became a popular " -"replacement for the old IDE driver (particularly for SATA devices) those " -"devices also used the C scheme. Additionally we now have virtual " -"machines with paravirtualized drivers. This has created several different " -"naming systems, such as C for virtio disks and C for " -"Xen PV disks." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1475 +msgid "With two:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1445 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1477 +#, no-wrap 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." +" guestfs_add_drive_opts (g, filename,\n" +" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT, \"qcow2\",\n" +" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY, 1,\n" +" -1);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1449 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1482 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." +"and so forth. Don't forget the terminating C<-1> otherwise Bad Things will " +"happen!" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1485 +msgid "USING va_list FOR OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1454 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1487 msgid "" -"Therefore libguestfs defines C as the I. " -"Internally C names are translated, if necessary, to other names as " -"required. For example, under RHEL 5 which uses the C scheme, any " -"device parameter C is translated to C transparently." +"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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1460 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1491 +#, no-wrap 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." +" int guestfs_add_drive_opts_va (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename,\n" +" va_list args);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1465 -msgid "ALGORITHM FOR BLOCK DEVICE NAME TRANSLATION" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1494 +msgid "CONSTRUCTING OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1467 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1496 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 " -"L to add a mixture of virtio and IDE devices to the " -"qemu-based appliance, so have a mixture of C and C " -"devices." +"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 " +"has a bitmask as the first element which you must set to indicate which " +"fields you have filled in. For our example function the structure and call " +"are declared:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1473 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1502 +#, no-wrap 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:1481 -msgid "Is the string a parameter which is a device or partition name?" +" struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv {\n" +" uint64_t bitmask;\n" +" int readonly;\n" +" const char *format;\n" +" /* ... */\n" +" };\n" +" int guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename,\n" +" const struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv *optargs);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1485 -msgid "Does the string begin with C?" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1511 +msgid "You could call it like this:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1489 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1513 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"Does the named device exist? If so, we use that device. However if I " -"then we continue with this algorithm." +" struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv optargs = {\n" +" .bitmask = GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_READONLY_BITMASK |\n" +" GUESTFS_ADD_DRIVE_OPTS_FORMAT_BITMASK,\n" +" .readonly = 1,\n" +" .format = \"qcow2\"\n" +" };\n" +" \n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1494 -msgid "Replace initial C string with C." +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1520 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (g, filename, &optargs);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1496 -msgid "For example, change C to C." +#: ../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 +msgid "Notes:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1498 -msgid "If that named device exists, use it. If not, continue." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1528 +msgid "The C<_BITMASK> suffix on each option name when specifying the bitmask." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1502 -msgid "Replace initial C string with C." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1533 +msgid "You do not need to fill in all fields of the structure." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1504 -msgid "If that named device exists, use it. If not, return an error." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1537 +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:1508 -msgid "PORTABILITY CONCERNS" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1542 +msgid "OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1510 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1544 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." +"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:1514 -msgid "" -"Where possible for maximum future portability programs using libguestfs " -"should use these future-proof techniques:" -msgstr "" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1548 +msgid "For guestfish, see L." +msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1521 -msgid "" -"Use L or L to list actual " -"device names, and then use those names directly." +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1550 +msgid "SETTING CALLBACKS TO HANDLE EVENTS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1524 -msgid "Since those device names exist by definition, they will never be translated." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1552 +msgid "" +"The child process generates events in some situations. Current events " +"include: receiving a log message, the child process exits." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1529 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1555 msgid "" -"Use higher level ways to identify filesystems, such as LVM names, UUIDs and " -"filesystem labels." +"Use the C functions to set a callback for different " +"types of events." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1534 -msgid "INTERNALS" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1558 +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." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1536 -msgid "COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1563 +msgid "guestfs_set_log_message_callback" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1538 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1565 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"Don't rely on using this protocol directly. This section documents how it " -"currently works, but it may change at any time." +" 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1541 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1571 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)." +"The callback function C will be called whenever qemu or the guest writes " +"anything to the console." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1545 -msgid "" -"The detailed format of structures is in C (note: " -"this file is automatically generated)." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1574 +msgid "Use this function to capture kernel messages and similar." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1548 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1576 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 " -"messages. Then there are functions that have any C or C " -"parameters, which use the same request and reply messages, but they may also " -"be followed by files sent using a chunked encoding." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1555 -msgid "ORDINARY FUNCTIONS (NO FILEIN/FILEOUT PARAMS)" +"Normally there is no log message handler, and log messages are just " +"discarded." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1557 -msgid "For ordinary functions, the request message is:" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1579 +msgid "guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1559 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1581 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" total length (header + arguments,\n" -" but not including the length word itself)\n" -" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" -" struct guestfs__args (encoded as XDR)\n" +" 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1564 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1586 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 " -"is limited to C bytes (currently 4MB), which means the " -"effective size of any request is limited to somewhere under this size." +"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)." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1570 +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1591 +msgid "guestfs_set_launch_done_callback" +msgstr "" + +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1593 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"Note also that many functions don't take any arguments, in which case the " -"C_args> is completely omitted." +" 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1573 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1598 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." +"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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1577 -msgid "The reply message for ordinary functions is:" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1602 +msgid "guestfs_set_close_callback" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1579 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1604 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" total length (header + ret,\n" -" but not including the length word itself)\n" -" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" -" struct guestfs__ret (encoded as XDR)\n" +" 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1584 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1609 msgid "" -"As above the C_ret> structure may be completely omitted for " -"functions that return no formal return values." +"The callback function C will be called while the handle is being closed " +"(synchronously from L)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1587 -msgid "As above the total length of the reply is limited to C." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1612 +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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1590 -msgid "" -"In the case of an error, a flag is set in the header, and the reply message " -"is slightly changed:" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1620 +msgid "guestfs_set_progress_callback" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1593 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1622 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" total length (header + error,\n" -" but not including the length word itself)\n" -" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" -" struct guestfs_message_error (encoded as XDR)\n" +" 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1598 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1629 msgid "" -"The C structure contains the error message as a " -"string." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1601 -msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEIN PARAMETERS" +"Some long-running operations can generate progress messages. If this " +"callback is registered, then it will be called each time a progress message " +"is generated (usually two seconds after the operation started, and three " +"times per second thereafter until it completes, although the frequency may " +"change in future versions)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1603 -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:1607 -#, no-wrap +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1635 msgid "" -" total length (header + arguments,\n" -" but not including the length word itself,\n" -" and not including the chunks)\n" -" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" -" struct guestfs__args (encoded as XDR)\n" -" sequence of chunks for FileIn param #0\n" -" sequence of chunks for FileIn param #1 etc.\n" -"\n" +"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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1615 -msgid "The \"sequence of chunks\" is:" -msgstr "" - -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1617 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" length of chunk (not including length word itself)\n" -" struct guestfs_chunk (encoded as XDR)\n" -" length of chunk\n" -" struct guestfs_chunk (encoded as XDR)\n" -" ...\n" -" length of chunk\n" -" struct guestfs_chunk (with data.data_len == 0)\n" -"\n" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1641 +msgid "The only defined and stable parts of the API are:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1625 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1647 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." +"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:1629 -msgid "" -"At time of writing there are no functions that have more than one FileIn " -"parameter. However this is (theoretically) supported, by sending the " -"sequence of chunks for each FileIn parameter one after another (from left to " -"right)." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1652 +msgid "0 E= C E= C" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1634 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1656 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 " -"to indicate cancellation. When the daemon sees this, it cancels the whole " -"RPC, does I send any reply, and goes back to reading the next request." +"If any progress notification is sent during a call, then a final progress " +"notification is always sent when C = C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1640 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1659 msgid "" -"The daemon may also cancel. It does this by writing a special word " -"C to the socket. The library listens for this during " -"the transfer, and if it gets it, it will cancel the transfer (it sends a " -"cancel chunk). The special word is chosen so that even if cancellation " -"happens right at the end of the transfer (after the library has finished " -"writing and has started listening for the reply), the \"spurious\" cancel " -"flag will not be confused with the reply message." +"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:1649 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1665 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 " -"pipes or sockets). However the chunks are rather small " -"(C), so that neither the library nor the daemon need " -"to keep much in memory." +"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." msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1655 -msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEOUT PARAMETERS" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1670 +msgid "PRIVATE DATA AREA" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1657 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1672 msgid "" -"The protocol for FileOut parameters is exactly the same as for FileIn " -"parameters, but with the roles of daemon and library reversed." +"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." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1676 +msgid "To attach a named piece of data, use the following call:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1660 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1678 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" total length (header + ret,\n" -" but not including the length word itself,\n" -" and not including the chunks)\n" -" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" -" struct guestfs__ret (encoded as XDR)\n" -" sequence of chunks for FileOut param #0\n" -" sequence of chunks for FileOut param #1 etc.\n" +" void guestfs_set_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key, void *data);\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: =head3 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1668 -msgid "INITIAL MESSAGE" -msgstr "" - # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1670 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1680 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:1674 -msgid "PROGRESS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES" +"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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1676 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1684 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." +"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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1680 -msgid "" -"The library turns them into progress callbacks (see " -"C) if there is a callback registered, or " -"discards them if not." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1689 +msgid "To retrieve the pointer, use:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1684 +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1691 +#, no-wrap 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:1688 -msgid "MULTIPLE HANDLES AND MULTIPLE THREADS" +" void *guestfs_get_private (guestfs_h *g, const char *key);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1690 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1693 msgid "" -"All high-level libguestfs actions are synchronous. If you want to use " -"libguestfs asynchronously then you must create a thread." +"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:1693 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1697 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." +"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)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1697 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1705 msgid "" -"See the graphical program guestfs-browser for one possible architecture for " -"multithreaded programs using libvirt and libguestfs." +"The private data area is implemented using a hash table, and should be " +"reasonably efficient for moderate numbers of keys." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1700 -msgid "QEMU WRAPPERS" +# type: =end +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1708 ../src/guestfs.pod:1713 +msgid "html" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1702 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1710 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:1706 -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 " -"becomes the direct child of the libguestfs-using program). If you don't do " -"this, then the qemu process won't be cleaned up correctly." +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1715 +msgid "ARCHITECTURE" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1711 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1717 msgid "" -"Here is an example of a wrapper, where I have built my own copy of qemu from " -"source:" +"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:1714 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1721 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" #!/bin/sh -\n" -" qemudir=/home/rjones/d/qemu\n" -" exec $qemudir/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L $qemudir/pc-bios " -"\"$@\"\n" +" ___________________\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:1718 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1741 msgid "" -"Save this script as C (or wherever), C, and " -"then use it by setting the LIBGUESTFS_QEMU environment variable. For " -"example:" +"The library, linked to the main program, creates the child process and hence " +"the appliance in the L function." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1722 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1744 msgid "" -" LIBGUESTFS_QEMU=/tmp/qemu.wrapper guestfish\n" -"\n" +"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:1724 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1753 msgid "" -"Note that libguestfs also calls qemu with the -help and -version options in " -"order to determine features." +"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:1727 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1760 +msgid "STATE MACHINE" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1729 -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:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1762 +msgid "libguestfs uses a state machine to model the child process:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1734 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1764 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" even numbers for stable: 1.2.x, 1.4.x, ...\n" -" .-------- odd numbers for development: 1.3.x, 1.5.x, ...\n" -" |\n" -" v\n" -" 1 . 3 . 5\n" -" ^ ^\n" -" | |\n" -" | `-------- sub-version\n" -" |\n" -" `------ always '1' because we don't change the ABI\n" +" |\n" +" guestfs_create\n" +" |\n" +" |\n" +" ____V_____\n" +" / \\\n" +" | CONFIG |\n" +" \\__________/\n" +" ^ ^ ^ \\\n" +" / | \\ \\ guestfs_launch\n" +" / | _\\__V______\n" +" / | / \\\n" +" / | | LAUNCHING |\n" +" / | \\___________/\n" +" / | /\n" +" / | guestfs_launch\n" +" / | /\n" +" ______ / __|____V\n" +" / \\ ------> / \\\n" +" | BUSY | | READY |\n" +" \\______/ <------ \\________/\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1745 -msgid "Thus \"1.3.5\" is the 5th update to the development branch \"1.3\"." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1747 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1786 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 " -"get more stable and less buggy over time. So the stable releases are ideal " -"for people who don't need new features but would just like the software to " -"work." -msgstr "" - -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1753 -msgid "Our criteria for backporting changes are:" +"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), " +"(3) alternating between READY and BUSY as commands are issued to, and " +"carried out by, the child process." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1759 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1791 msgid "" -"Documentation changes which don't affect any code are backported unless the " -"documentation refers to a future feature which is not in stable." +"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:1765 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1795 msgid "" -"Bug fixes which are not controversial, fix obvious problems, and have been " -"well tested are backported." +"Configuration commands for qemu such as L can only be " +"issued when in the CONFIG state." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1770 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1798 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." +"The API offers one call that goes from CONFIG through LAUNCHING to READY. " +"L blocks until the child process is READY to accept " +"commands (or until some failure or timeout). L internally " +"moves the state from CONFIG to LAUNCHING while it is running." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1776 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1804 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." +"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 " +"(ie. the state to transition to BUSY and then back to READY). There are no " +"non-blocking versions, and no way to issue more than one command per handle " +"at the same time." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1782 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1810 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 " -"it. When that happens we create new stable and development versions 1.N.0 " -"and 1.(N+1).0 [N is even]. The new dot-oh release won't necessarily be so " -"stable at this point, but by backporting fixes from development, that branch " -"will stabilize over time." +"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:1790 ../fish/guestfish.pod:867 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:104 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:330 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:255 -msgid "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1814 +msgid "INTERNALS" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1794 ../fish/guestfish.pod:893 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_APPEND" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1816 +msgid "COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1796 ../fish/guestfish.pod:895 -msgid "Pass additional options to the guest kernel." -msgstr "" - -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1798 ../fish/guestfish.pod:897 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1818 +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:1800 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1821 msgid "" -"Set C to enable verbose messages. This has the same " -"effect as calling C." -msgstr "" - -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1803 ../fish/guestfish.pod:902 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE" +"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:1805 ../fish/guestfish.pod:904 -msgid "Set the memory allocated to the qemu process, in megabytes. For example:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1825 +msgid "" +"The detailed format of structures is in C (note: " +"this file is automatically generated)." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1808 ../fish/guestfish.pod:907 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1828 msgid "" -" LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE=700\n" -"\n" +"There are two broad cases, ordinary functions that don't have any C " +"and C parameters, which are handled with very simple request/reply " +"messages. Then there are functions that have any C or C " +"parameters, which use the same request and reply messages, but they may also " +"be followed by files sent using a chunked encoding." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1810 ../fish/guestfish.pod:909 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_PATH" +# type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1835 +msgid "ORDINARY FUNCTIONS (NO FILEIN/FILEOUT PARAMS)" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1812 -msgid "" -"Set the path that libguestfs uses to search for kernel and initrd.img. See " -"the discussion of paths in section PATH above." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1837 +msgid "For ordinary functions, the request message is:" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1815 ../fish/guestfish.pod:914 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_QEMU" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1839 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" total length (header + arguments,\n" +" but not including the length word itself)\n" +" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" +" struct guestfs__args (encoded as XDR)\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1817 ../fish/guestfish.pod:916 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1844 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." +"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 " +"is limited to C bytes (currently 4MB), which means the " +"effective size of any request is limited to somewhere under this size." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1821 -msgid "See also L above." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1850 +msgid "" +"Note also that many functions don't take any arguments, in which case the " +"C_args> is completely omitted." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1823 ../fish/guestfish.pod:920 -msgid "LIBGUESTFS_TRACE" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1853 +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:1825 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1857 msgid "" -"Set C to enable command traces. This has the same " -"effect as calling C." +"For functions that take optional arguments, the optional arguments are " +"encoded in the C_args> structure in the same way as ordinary " +"arguments. A bitmask in the header indicates which optional arguments are " +"meaningful. The bitmask is also checked to see if it contains bits set " +"which the daemon does not know about (eg. if more optional arguments were " +"added in a later version of the library), and this causes the call to be " +"rejected." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1828 ../fish/guestfish.pod:929 -msgid "TMPDIR" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1865 +msgid "The reply message for ordinary functions is:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1830 ../fish/guestfish.pod:931 -msgid "Location of temporary directory, defaults to C." +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1867 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" total length (header + ret,\n" +" but not including the length word itself)\n" +" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" +" struct guestfs__ret (encoded as XDR)\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1832 ../fish/guestfish.pod:933 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1872 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." +"As above the C_ret> structure may be completely omitted for " +"functions that return no formal return values." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1840 ../fish/guestfish.pod:991 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:109 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:214 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:884 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:350 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:487 ../tools/virt-df.pl:640 ../tools/virt-ls.pl:235 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1486 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:216 ../tools/virt-cat.pl:188 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:283 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:267 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:534 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:254 -msgid "SEE ALSO" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1875 +msgid "As above the total length of the reply is limited to C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1842 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1878 msgid "" -"L, L, L, L, " -"L, L, L, " -"L, L, L, " -"L, L, L, L, " -"L, L, L." +"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 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" total length (header + error,\n" +" but not including the length word itself)\n" +" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" +" struct guestfs_message_error (encoded as XDR)\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1860 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1886 msgid "" -"Tools with a similar purpose: L, L, L, " -"L, L." +"The C structure contains the error message as a " +"string." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1867 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:502 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:548 -msgid "BUGS" +# type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1889 +msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEIN PARAMETERS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1869 -msgid "To get a list of bugs against libguestfs use this link:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1891 +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: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1871 -msgid "L" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1895 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" total length (header + arguments,\n" +" but not including the length word itself,\n" +" and not including the chunks)\n" +" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" +" struct guestfs__args (encoded as XDR)\n" +" sequence of chunks for FileIn param #0\n" +" sequence of chunks for FileIn param #1 etc.\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1873 -msgid "To report a new bug against libguestfs use this link:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1903 +msgid "The \"sequence of chunks\" is:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1875 -msgid "L" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1905 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" length of chunk (not including length word itself)\n" +" struct guestfs_chunk (encoded as XDR)\n" +" length of chunk\n" +" struct guestfs_chunk (encoded as XDR)\n" +" ...\n" +" length of chunk\n" +" struct guestfs_chunk (with data.data_len == 0)\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1877 -msgid "When reporting a bug, please check:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1913 +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:1883 -msgid "That the bug hasn't been reported already." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1917 +msgid "" +"At time of writing there are no functions that have more than one FileIn " +"parameter. However this is (theoretically) supported, by sending the " +"sequence of chunks for each FileIn parameter one after another (from left to " +"right)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1887 -msgid "That you are testing a recent version." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1922 +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 " +"to indicate cancellation. When the daemon sees this, it cancels the whole " +"RPC, does I send any reply, and goes back to reading the next request." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1891 -msgid "Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1928 +msgid "" +"The daemon may also cancel. It does this by writing a special word " +"C to the socket. The library listens for this during " +"the transfer, and if it gets it, it will cancel the transfer (it sends a " +"cancel chunk). The special word is chosen so that even if cancellation " +"happens right at the end of the transfer (after the library has finished " +"writing and has started listening for the reply), the \"spurious\" cancel " +"flag will not be confused with the reply message." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1895 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1937 msgid "" -"Run libguestfs-test-tool and paste the B output into the " -"bug report." +"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 " +"pipes or sockets). However the chunks are rather small " +"(C), so that neither the library nor the daemon need " +"to keep much in memory." msgstr "" -# type: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1900 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1008 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:115 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:225 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:893 -msgid "AUTHORS" +# type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1943 +msgid "FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE FILEOUT PARAMETERS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1902 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1010 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:117 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:227 -msgid "Richard W.M. Jones (C)" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1945 +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: =head1 -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1904 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1012 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:119 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:229 ../inspector/virt-inspector.pl:899 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:366 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:517 ../tools/virt-df.pl:653 ../tools/virt-ls.pl:250 ../tools/virt-resize.pl:1512 ../tools/virt-list-filesystems.pl:232 ../tools/virt-cat.pl:202 ../tools/virt-tar.pl:298 ../tools/virt-rescue.pl:281 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:563 ../tools/virt-list-partitions.pl:269 -msgid "COPYRIGHT" +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1948 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" total length (header + ret,\n" +" but not including the length word itself,\n" +" and not including the chunks)\n" +" struct guestfs_message_header (encoded as XDR)\n" +" struct guestfs__ret (encoded as XDR)\n" +" sequence of chunks for FileOut param #0\n" +" sequence of chunks for FileOut param #1 etc.\n" +"\n" +msgstr "" + +# type: =head3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1956 +msgid "INITIAL MESSAGE" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1906 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1014 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:231 -msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc. L" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1958 +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 +msgid "PROGRESS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1909 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1964 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." +"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:1914 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1968 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." +"The library turns them into progress callbacks (see " +"C) if there is a callback registered, or " +"discards them if not." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1919 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1972 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" +"The daemon self-limits the frequency of progress messages it sends (see " +"C). Not all calls generate progress " +"messages." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1 -msgid "guestfs_add_cdrom" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1976 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1978 +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-actions.pod:3 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1983 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_cdrom (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename);\n" +" even numbers for stable: 1.2.x, 1.4.x, ...\n" +" .-------- odd numbers for development: 1.3.x, 1.5.x, ...\n" +" |\n" +" v\n" +" 1 . 3 . 5\n" +" ^ ^\n" +" | |\n" +" | `-------- sub-version\n" +" |\n" +" `------ always '1' because we don't change the ABI\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:6 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:5 -msgid "This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1994 +msgid "Thus \"1.3.5\" is the 5th update to the development branch \"1.3\"." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:8 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:7 -msgid "This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:1996 +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 " +"get more stable and less buggy over time. So the stable releases are ideal " +"for people who don't need new features but would just like the software to " +"work." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:16 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2002 +msgid "Our criteria for backporting changes are:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:23 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2008 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." +"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-actions.pod:29 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:54 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:112 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:144 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:155 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:173 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:190 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:201 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:304 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:321 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:332 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:368 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:390 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../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4792 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4898 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4907 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4917 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4927 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4946 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4956 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4966 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4976 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4988 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5038 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5052 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5065 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5078 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5092 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5102 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5119 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5149 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5160 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5195 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5205 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5220 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5246 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5274 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5378 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5393 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5404 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5450 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5460 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5497 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5524 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5566 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5589 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5646 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5662 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5688 -msgid "This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2014 +msgid "" +"Bug fixes which are not controversial, fix obvious problems, and have been " +"well tested are backported." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:31 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:157 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:175 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:28 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:117 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:131 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2019 msgid "" -"This function is deprecated. In new code, use the C call " -"instead." +"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-actions.pod:34 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:160 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:178 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1214 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1649 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1667 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5597 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5742 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:31 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:120 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:134 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:940 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1297 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:1311 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:4317 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:4414 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2025 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." +"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: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:38 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2031 +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 " +"it. When that happens we create new stable and development versions 1.N.0 " +"and 1.(N+1).0 [N is even]. The new dot-oh release won't necessarily be so " +"stable at this point, but by backporting fixes from development, that branch " +"will stabilize over time." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:40 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename);\n" -"\n" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2039 ../fish/guestfish.pod:915 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:104 ../tools/virt-edit.pl:330 +msgid "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:43 -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." +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2043 ../fish/guestfish.pod:941 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS_APPEND" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:47 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2045 ../fish/guestfish.pod:943 +msgid "Pass additional options to the guest kernel." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:56 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts" +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2047 ../fish/guestfish.pod:945 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:58 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2049 msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_opts (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename,\n" -"\t\t...);\n" -"\n" +"Set C to enable verbose messages. This has the same " +"effect as calling C." +msgstr "" + +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2052 ../fish/guestfish.pod:950 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:62 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2054 ../fish/guestfish.pod:952 +msgid "Set the memory allocated to the qemu process, in megabytes. For example:" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:67 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2057 ../fish/guestfish.pod:955 #, 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" +" LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE=700\n" "\n" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:71 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:56 -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: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2059 ../fish/guestfish.pod:957 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS_PATH" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:76 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:61 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2061 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)." +"Set the path that libguestfs uses to search for kernel and initrd.img. See " +"the discussion of paths in section PATH above." +msgstr "" + +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2064 ../fish/guestfish.pod:962 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS_QEMU" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:82 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:67 -msgid "This call checks that C exists." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2066 ../fish/guestfish.pod:964 +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-actions.pod:84 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:69 -msgid "The optional arguments are:" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2070 +msgid "See also L above." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:88 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:73 -msgid "C" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2072 ../fish/guestfish.pod:968 +msgid "LIBGUESTFS_TRACE" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:90 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:75 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2074 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." +"Set C to enable command traces. This has the same " +"effect as calling C." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:94 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:79 -msgid "C" +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2077 ../fish/guestfish.pod:977 +msgid "TMPDIR" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:96 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2079 ../fish/guestfish.pod:979 +msgid "Location of temporary directory, defaults to C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:100 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:85 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2081 ../fish/guestfish.pod:981 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." +"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: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:105 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:90 -msgid "C" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2089 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1039 ../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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:107 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2091 msgid "" -"This rarely-used option lets you emulate the behaviour of the deprecated " -"C call (q.v.)" +"L, L, L, " +"L, L, L, L, " +"L, L, L, " +"L, L, " +"L, L, L, " +"L, L, L, L, " +"L, L, L." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:114 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts_va" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2114 +msgid "" +"Tools with a similar purpose: L, L, L, " +"L, L." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:116 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_opts_va (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename,\n" -"\t\tva_list args);\n" -"\n" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2121 ../tools/virt-win-reg.pl:587 ../tools/virt-make-fs.pl:548 +msgid "BUGS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:120 -msgid "This is the \"va_list variant\" of L." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2123 +msgid "To get a list of bugs against libguestfs use this link:" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:122 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:132 -msgid "See L." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2125 +msgid "L" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:124 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2127 +msgid "To report a new bug against libguestfs use this link:" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:126 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename,\n" -"\t\tconst struct guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv *optargs);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2129 +msgid "L" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:130 -msgid "This is the \"argv variant\" of L." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2131 +msgid "When reporting a bug, please check:" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:134 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_ro" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2137 +msgid "That the bug hasn't been reported already." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:136 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_ro (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2141 +msgid "That you are testing a recent version." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:139 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2145 +msgid "Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:146 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2149 +msgid "" +"Run libguestfs-test-tool and paste the B output into the " +"bug report." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:148 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename,\n" -"\t\tconst char *iface);\n" -"\n" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2154 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1058 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:115 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:244 +msgid "AUTHORS" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:152 -msgid "" -"This is the same as C but it allows you to specify the " -"QEMU interface emulation to use at run time." +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2156 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1060 ../test-tool/libguestfs-test-tool.pod:117 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:246 +msgid "Richard W.M. Jones (C)" msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:164 -msgid "guestfs_add_drive_with_if" +# type: =head1 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2158 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1062 ../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" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:166 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_add_drive_with_if (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename,\n" -"\t\tconst char *iface);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2160 ../fish/guestfish.pod:1064 ../fuse/guestmount.pod:250 +msgid "Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat Inc. L" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:170 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2163 msgid "" -"This is the same as C but it allows you to specify the " -"QEMU interface emulation to use at run time." -msgstr "" - -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:182 -msgid "guestfs_aug_clear" +"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." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:184 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2168 msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_clear (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath);\n" -"\n" +"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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:187 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:142 +#: ../src/guestfs.pod:2173 msgid "" -"Set the value associated with C to C. This is the same as the " -"L C command." +"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" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:192 -msgid "guestfs_aug_close" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1 +msgid "guestfs_add_cdrom" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:194 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_close (guestfs_h *g);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_cdrom (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *filename);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:196 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:7 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:5 +msgid "This function adds a virtual CD-ROM disk image to the guest." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:203 -msgid "guestfs_aug_defnode" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:9 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:7 +msgid "This is equivalent to the qemu parameter C<-cdrom filename>." msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:205 -#, no-wrap +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:17 msgid "" -" struct guestfs_int_bool *guestfs_aug_defnode (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *name,\n" -"\t\tconst char *expr,\n" -"\t\tconst char *val);\n" -"\n" +"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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:210 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:158 -msgid "Defines a variable C whose value is the result of evaluating C." +#: ../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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:213 -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." +#: ../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 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:635 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:649 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:664 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:763 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:781 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:795 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:809 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:970 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:990 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1008 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1092 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1110 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1129 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1143 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1163 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pair containing the number of nodes in the " -"nodeset, and a boolean flag if a node was created." -msgstr "" +"This function is deprecated. In new code, use the C call " +"instead." +msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:221 +#: ../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 msgid "" -"This function returns a C, or NULL if there was " -"an error. I after use>." +"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." +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)" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:225 -msgid "guestfs_aug_defvar" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:41 +msgid "guestfs_add_domain" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:227 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:43 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_defvar (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *name,\n" -"\t\tconst char *expr);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_domain (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *dom,\n" +" ...);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:231 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:173 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:48 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:139 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4143 msgid "" -"Defines an Augeas variable C whose value is the result of evaluating " -"C. If C is NULL, then C is undefined." +"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." +msgstr "" + +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:53 +#, 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" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:235 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:177 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:57 msgid "" -"On success this returns the number of nodes in C, or C<0> if C " -"evaluates to something which is not a nodeset." +"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." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:62 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:46 +msgid "" +"The number of disks added is returned. This operation is atomic: if an " +"error is returned, then no disks are added." +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." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:69 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:53 +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." +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." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:82 +msgid "" +"The other optional parameters are passed directly through to " +"C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:238 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:379 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:533 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:558 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:573 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:589 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1107 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1422 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1604 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1685 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1716 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1759 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1776 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2001 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2213 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2231 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3601 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3708 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4062 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4085 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5184 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5534 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5544 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5554 +#: ../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." msgstr "" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:87 +msgid "(Added in 1.7.4)" +msgstr "" + # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:240 -msgid "guestfs_aug_get" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:89 +msgid "guestfs_add_domain_va" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:242 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:91 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" char *guestfs_aug_get (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_domain_va (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *dom,\n" +" va_list args);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:245 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:184 -msgid "" -"Look up the value associated with C. If C matches exactly one " -"node, the C is returned." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:96 +msgid "This is the \"va_list variant\" of L." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:248 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:676 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:691 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:748 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:761 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:852 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:965 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:994 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1008 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1024 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1135 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1299 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1408 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1553 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1567 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1643 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1661 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1795 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1934 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2115 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2165 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2281 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2316 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2631 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2928 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3069 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3165 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3723 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3899 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4040 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4201 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4244 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4720 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4733 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4747 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4768 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5327 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5343 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5358 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5506 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5736 -msgid "" -"This function returns a string, or NULL on error. I." +#: ../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." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:251 -msgid "guestfs_aug_init" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:100 +msgid "guestfs_add_domain_argv" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:253 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:102 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_init (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *root,\n" -"\t\tint flags);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_domain_argv (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *dom,\n" +" const struct guestfs_add_domain_argv *optargs);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:257 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:191 -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." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:107 +msgid "This is the \"argv variant\" of L." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:261 -msgid "You must call this before using any other C commands." +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:111 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive" +msgstr "" + +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:113 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_drive (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *filename);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:264 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:198 -msgid "C is the filesystem root. C must not be NULL, use C instead." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:117 +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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:267 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:201 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:121 msgid "" -"The flags are the same as the flags defined in Eaugeas.hE, the " -"logical I of the following integers:" +"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." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:273 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:207 -msgid "C = 1" +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:132 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:275 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:209 -msgid "Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension." +# 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" msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:277 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:211 -msgid "C = 2" +# 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:279 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:213 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:148 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:92 msgid "" -"Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and do not overwrite " -"original. Overrides C." +"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." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:282 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:216 -msgid "C = 4" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:153 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:97 +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)." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:284 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:218 -msgid "Typecheck lenses (can be expensive)." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:159 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:103 +msgid "This call checks that C exists." +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:" msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:286 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:220 -msgid "C = 8" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:165 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:109 +msgid "C" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:288 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:222 -msgid "Do not use standard load path for modules." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:167 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:111 +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." msgstr "" # type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:290 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:224 -msgid "C = 16" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:171 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:115 +msgid "C" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:292 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:226 -msgid "Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed." +#: ../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." msgstr "" -# type: =item -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:294 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:228 -msgid "C = 32" +# 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." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:296 -msgid "Do not load the tree in C." +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:182 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:126 +msgid "C" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:300 -msgid "To close the handle, you can call C." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:184 +msgid "" +"This rarely-used option lets you emulate the behaviour of the deprecated " +"C call (q.v.)" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:302 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:236 -msgid "To find out more about Augeas, see L." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:191 +msgid "(Added in 1.5.23)" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:306 -msgid "guestfs_aug_insert" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:193 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts_va" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:308 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:195 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_insert (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath,\n" -"\t\tconst char *label,\n" -"\t\tint before);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_drive_opts_va (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *filename,\n" +" va_list args);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:313 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:242 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:200 +msgid "This is the \"va_list variant\" of L." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:204 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive_opts_argv" +msgstr "" + +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:206 +#, no-wrap msgid "" -"Create a new sibling C." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:323 -msgid "guestfs_aug_load" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:215 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive_ro" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:325 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:217 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_load (guestfs_h *g);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_drive_ro (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *filename);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:327 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:254 -msgid "Load files into the tree." +#: ../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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:329 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:256 -msgid "See C in the Augeas documentation for the full gory details." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:228 +msgid "(Added in 1.0.38)" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:334 -msgid "guestfs_aug_ls" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:230 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:336 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:232 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" char **guestfs_aug_ls (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_drive_ro_with_if (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *filename,\n" +" const char *iface);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:339 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:237 msgid "" -"This is just a shortcut for listing C C and " -"sorting the resulting nodes into alphabetical order." +"This is the same as C but it allows you to specify the " +"QEMU interface emulation to use at run time." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:342 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:355 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:483 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:868 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1147 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1163 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1251 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1267 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1498 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1832 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1845 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1861 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1898 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1919 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:1981 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2021 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2187 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2355 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2560 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2616 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2700 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3046 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:3568 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4017 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4126 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4232 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4781 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4830 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4882 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:4998 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5019 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5419 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5436 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5474 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5610 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5626 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5699 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5715 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5755 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:5771 -msgid "" -"This function returns a NULL-terminated array of strings (like " -"L), or NULL if there was an error. I." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:249 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:270 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2305 +msgid "(Added in 1.0.84)" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:346 -msgid "guestfs_aug_match" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:251 +msgid "guestfs_add_drive_with_if" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:348 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:253 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" char **guestfs_aug_match (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_add_drive_with_if (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *filename,\n" +" const char *iface);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:351 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:270 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:258 msgid "" -"Returns a list of paths which match the path expression C. The " -"returned paths are sufficiently qualified so that they match exactly one " -"node in the current tree." +"This is the same as C but it allows you to specify the " +"QEMU interface emulation to use at run time." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:359 -msgid "guestfs_aug_mv" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:272 +msgid "guestfs_aug_clear" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:361 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:274 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_mv (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *src,\n" -"\t\tconst char *dest);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_aug_clear (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *augpath);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:365 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:278 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:278 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:178 msgid "" -"Move the node C to C. C must match exactly one node. " -"C is overwritten if it exists." +"Set the value associated with C to C. This is the same as the " +"L C command." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:283 ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:2085 +msgid "(Added in 1.3.4)" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:370 -msgid "guestfs_aug_rm" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:285 +msgid "guestfs_aug_close" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:372 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:287 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_rm (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_aug_close (guestfs_h *g);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:375 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:285 -msgid "Remove C and all of its children." +#: ../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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:377 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:287 -msgid "On success this returns the number of entries which were removed." +#: ../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)" msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:381 -msgid "guestfs_aug_save" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:299 +msgid "guestfs_aug_defnode" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:383 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:301 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_save (guestfs_h *g);\n" +" 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" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:385 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:293 -msgid "This writes all pending changes to disk." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:307 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:194 +msgid "Defines a variable C whose value is the result of evaluating C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:387 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:310 msgid "" -"The flags which were passed to C affect exactly how files " -"are saved." +"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." +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." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:318 +msgid "" +"This function returns a C, or NULL if there was " +"an error. I after use>." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:392 -msgid "guestfs_aug_set" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:324 +msgid "guestfs_aug_defvar" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:394 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:326 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_aug_set (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *augpath,\n" -"\t\tconst char *val);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_aug_defvar (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *name,\n" +" const char *expr);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:398 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:302 -msgid "Set the value associated with C to C." +#: ../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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:400 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:335 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:213 msgid "" -"In the Augeas API, it is possible to clear a node by setting the value to " -"NULL. Due to an oversight in the libguestfs API you cannot do that with " -"this call. Instead you must use the C call." +"On success this returns the number of nodes in C, or C<0> if C " +"evaluates to something which is not a nodeset." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:407 -msgid "guestfs_available" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:342 +msgid "guestfs_aug_get" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:409 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:344 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_available (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tchar *const *groups);\n" +" char *\n" +" guestfs_aug_get (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *augpath);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:412 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:313 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:348 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:220 msgid "" -"This command is used to check the availability of some groups of " -"functionality in the appliance, which not all builds of the libguestfs " -"appliance will be able to provide." +"Look up the value associated with C. If C matches exactly one " +"node, the C is returned." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:416 +#: ../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 msgid "" -"The libguestfs groups, and the functions that those groups correspond to, " -"are listed in L. You can also fetch this list at " -"runtime by calling C." +"This function returns a string, or NULL on error. I." +msgstr "" + +# type: =head2 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:356 +msgid "guestfs_aug_init" +msgstr "" + +# type: verbatim +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:358 +#, no-wrap +msgid "" +" int\n" +" guestfs_aug_init (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *root,\n" +" int flags);\n" +"\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:421 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:322 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:363 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:227 msgid "" -"The argument C is a list of group names, eg: C<[\"inotify\", " -"\"augeas\"]> would check for the availability of the Linux inotify functions " -"and Augeas (configuration file editing) functions." +"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." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:426 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:327 -msgid "The command returns no error if I requested groups are available." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:367 +msgid "You must call this before using any other C commands." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:428 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:329 -msgid "" -"It fails with an error if one or more of the requested groups is unavailable " -"in the appliance." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:370 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:234 +msgid "C is the filesystem root. C must not be NULL, use C instead." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:431 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:332 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:373 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:237 msgid "" -"If an unknown group name is included in the list of groups then an error is " -"always returned." +"The flags are the same as the flags defined in Eaugeas.hE, the " +"logical I of the following integers:" msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:434 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:335 -msgid "I" +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:379 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:243 +msgid "C = 1" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:440 -msgid "You must call C before calling this function." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:381 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:245 +msgid "Keep the original file with a C<.augsave> extension." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:442 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:343 -msgid "" -"The reason is because we don't know what groups are supported by the " -"appliance/daemon until it is running and can be queried." +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:383 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:247 +msgid "C = 2" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:448 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:349 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:385 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:249 msgid "" -"If a group of functions is available, this does not necessarily mean that " -"they will work. You still have to check for errors when calling individual " -"API functions even if they are available." +"Save changes into a file with extension C<.augnew>, and do not overwrite " +"original. Overrides C." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:455 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:356 -msgid "" -"It is usually the job of distro packagers to build complete functionality " -"into the libguestfs appliance. Upstream libguestfs, if built from source " -"with all requirements satisfied, will support everything." +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:388 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:252 +msgid "C = 4" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:462 -msgid "" -"This call was added in version C<1.0.80>. In previous versions of " -"libguestfs all you could do would be to speculatively execute a command to " -"find out if the daemon implemented it. See also C." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:390 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:254 +msgid "Typecheck lenses (can be expensive)." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:471 -msgid "guestfs_available_all_groups" +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:392 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:256 +msgid "C = 8" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:473 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" char **guestfs_available_all_groups (guestfs_h *g);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:394 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:258 +msgid "Do not use standard load path for modules." msgstr "" -# type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:475 -msgid "" -"This command returns a list of all optional groups that this daemon knows " -"about. Note this returns both supported and unsupported groups. To find " -"out which ones the daemon can actually support you have to call " -"C on each member of the returned list." +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:396 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:260 +msgid "C = 16" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:481 -msgid "See also C and L." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:398 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:262 +msgid "Make save a no-op, just record what would have been changed." msgstr "" -# type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:487 -msgid "guestfs_base64_in" +# type: =item +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:400 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:264 +msgid "C = 32" msgstr "" -# type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:489 -#, no-wrap -msgid "" -" int guestfs_base64_in (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *base64file,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename);\n" -"\n" +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:402 +msgid "Do not load the tree in C." msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:493 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:386 -msgid "This command uploads base64-encoded data from C to C." +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:406 +msgid "To close the handle, you can call C." +msgstr "" + +# type: textblock +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:408 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:272 +msgid "To find out more about Augeas, see L." msgstr "" # type: =head2 -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:498 -msgid "guestfs_base64_out" +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:414 +msgid "guestfs_aug_insert" msgstr "" # type: verbatim -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:500 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:416 #, no-wrap msgid "" -" int guestfs_base64_out (guestfs_h *g,\n" -"\t\tconst char *filename,\n" -"\t\tconst char *base64file);\n" +" int\n" +" guestfs_aug_insert (guestfs_h *g,\n" +" const char *augpath,\n" +" const char *label,\n" +" int before);\n" "\n" msgstr "" # type: textblock -#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:504 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:395 +#: ../src/guestfs-actions.pod:422 ../fish/guestfish-actions.pod:278 msgid "" -"This command downloads the contents of C, writing it out to local " -"file C encoded as base64." +"Create a new sibling C