X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fgenerator.ml;h=d427558c8715db3249e779ed2fce48be187c5bae;hp=d4ef81a46702cfdb636161968140f49c29329d74;hb=321ca1ef91a90cec5b94058b84420e8018e3f1d8;hpb=53ca11ee44f71ed056f72df9769ca93b9a35e1a7 diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml index d4ef81a..d427558 100755 --- a/src/generator.ml +++ b/src/generator.ml @@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ and test_prereq = (* As for 'If' but the test runs _unless_ the code returns true. *) | Unless of string + (* Run the test only if 'string' is available in the daemon. *) + | IfAvailable of string + (* Some initial scenarios for testing. *) and test_init = (* Do nothing, block devices could contain random stuff including @@ -794,8 +797,9 @@ against a completely different C library. This call was added in version C<1.0.58>. In previous versions of libguestfs there was no way to get the version -number. From C code you can use ELF weak linking tricks to find out if -this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then it's an earlier version). +number. From C code you can use dynamic linker functions +to find out if this symbol exists (if it doesn't, then +it's an earlier version). The call returns a structure with four elements. The first three (C, C and C) are numbers and @@ -806,9 +810,13 @@ used for distro-specific information. To construct the original version string: C<$major.$minor.$release$extra> +See also: L. + I Don't use this call to test for availability -of features. Distro backports makes this unreliable. Use -C instead."); +of features. In enterprise distributions we backport +features from later versions into earlier versions, +making this an unreliable way to test for features. +Use C instead."); ("set_selinux", (RErr, [Bool "selinux"]), -1, [FishAlias "selinux"], [InitNone, Always, TestOutputTrue ( @@ -984,7 +992,10 @@ closing the handle."); "\ Touch acts like the L command. It can be used to update the timestamps on a file, or, if the file does not exist, -to create a new zero-length file."); +to create a new zero-length file. + +This command only works on regular files, and will fail on other +file types such as directories, symbolic links, block special etc."); ("cat", (RString "content", [Pathname "path"]), 4, [ProtocolLimitWarning], [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( @@ -1538,7 +1549,9 @@ See also: C, C, C"); ("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"]), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning; DeprecatedBy "write"], - [], + (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *) + [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail + [["write_file"; "/new"; "abc"; "10000"]]], "create a file", "\ This call creates a file called C. The contents of the @@ -1619,19 +1632,32 @@ and physical volumes."); InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text"); InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail ( - [["file"; "/notexists"]])], + [["file"; "/notexists"]]); + InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( + [["file"; "/abssymlink"]], "symbolic link"); + InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( + [["file"; "/directory"]], "directory")], "determine file type", "\ This call uses the standard L command to determine -the type or contents of the file. This also works on devices, -for example to find out whether a partition contains a filesystem. +the type or contents of the file. This call will also transparently look inside various types of compressed file. -The exact command which runs is C. Note in +The exact command which runs is C. Note in particular that the filename is not prepended to the output -(the C<-b> option)."); +(the C<-b> option). + +This command can also be used on C devices +(and partitions, LV names). You can for example use this +to determine if a device contains a filesystem, although +it's usually better to use C. + +If the C does not begin with C then +this command only works for the content of regular files. +For other file types (directory, symbolic link etc) it +will just return the string C etc."); ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning], [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput ( @@ -2217,7 +2243,7 @@ C to C