From: Richard W.M. Jones Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:23:39 +0000 (+0100) Subject: edit: Allow Windows-style drive letters and paths to be used. X-Git-Tag: 1.9.17~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ade2f824509c5399e60ddab7db2b618aaf8db0aa edit: Allow Windows-style drive letters and paths to be used. --- diff --git a/tools/virt-edit b/tools/virt-edit index 7f474c9..c1556eb 100755 --- a/tools/virt-edit +++ b/tools/virt-edit @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ Edit the named files interactively: virt-edit mydomain /etc/passwd +For Windows guests, some Windows paths are understood: + + virt-edit mywindomain 'c:\autoexec.bat' + You can also edit files non-interactively (see L below). To change the init default level to 5: @@ -201,6 +205,10 @@ foreach (@fses) { $g->mount_options ("", $fses{$_}, $_); } +# Special handling for Windows filenames. +$filename = windows_path ($g, $root, $filename) + if $g->inspect_get_type ($root) eq "windows"; + my ($fh, $tempname) = tempfile (UNLINK => 1); my $fddev = "/dev/fd/" . fileno ($fh); @@ -331,6 +339,99 @@ file): my $m = $_; chomp $m; $m =~ /some text$/ +=head1 WINDOWS PATHS + +C has a limited ability to understand Windows drive letters +and paths (eg. C). + +If and only if the guest is running Windows then: + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Drive letter prefixes like C are resolved against the +Windows Registry to the correct filesystem. + +=item * + +Any backslash (C<\>) characters in the path are replaced +with forward slashes so that libguestfs can process it. + +=item * + +The path is resolved case insensitively to locate the file +that should be edited. + +=back + +There are some known shortcomings: + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Some NTFS symbolic links may not be followed correctly. + +=item * + +NTFS junction points that cross filesystems are not followed. + +=back + +=cut + +sub windows_path +{ + my $g = shift; + my $root = shift; + my $filename = shift; + + # Deal with drive letters. + if ($filename =~ /^([a-z]):(.*)/i) { + $filename = $2; + my $drive_letter = $1; + + # Look up the drive letter in the drive mapping table. We + # have to do a case insensitive comparison, the slow way. + my $device; + my %drives = $g->inspect_get_drive_mappings ($root); + foreach (keys %drives) { + if (lc $_ eq lc $drive_letter) { + $device = $drives{$_}; + last; + } + } + + die __x("virt-edit: drive '{x}:' not found\n", x => $drive_letter) + unless defined $device; + + # Unmount current disk and remount $device. + $g->umount_all (); + $g->mount_options ("", $device, "/"); + } + + # Replace any backslashes in the rest of the path with + # forward slashes. + $filename =~ s{\\}{/}g; + + # If the user put \foo on the command line without quoting it + # properly, then we'll see that here as a bare path. Add a more + # descriptive error message here. + if (substr ($filename, 0, 1) ne "/") { + die __x("virt-edit: '{f}' does not start with a / or \\ character. +If you are using Windows style paths with backslashes like C:\\foo.txt +then don't forget that you must quote them with single quotes to +prevent the shell from munging the backslashes.\n", + f => $filename) + } + + # Case sensitivity. + $filename = $g->case_sensitive_path ($filename); + + return $filename; +} + =head1 USING GUESTFISH L is a more powerful, lower level tool which you can use