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authorRichard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2010-04-17 16:33:07 +0100
committerRichard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2010-04-17 16:33:07 +0100
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Documentation: Use 'g' instead of 'handle' in documentation.
By convention we use 'g' for handles. Copy this convention through to all the documentation.
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/generator.ml6
-rw-r--r--src/guestfs.pod95
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 1aa8d608..65efd665 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -5219,7 +5219,7 @@ let rec generate_actions_pod () =
let name = "guestfs_" ^ shortname in
pr "=head2 %s\n\n" name;
pr " ";
- generate_prototype ~extern:false ~handle:"handle" name style;
+ generate_prototype ~extern:false ~handle:"g" name style;
pr "\n\n";
pr "%s\n\n" longdesc;
(match fst style with
@@ -5547,7 +5547,7 @@ and generate_actions_h () =
List.iter (
fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
let name = "guestfs_" ^ shortname in
- generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"handle"
+ generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"g"
name style
) all_functions
@@ -5557,7 +5557,7 @@ and generate_internal_actions_h () =
List.iter (
fun (shortname, style, _, _, _, _, _) ->
let name = "guestfs__" ^ shortname in
- generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"handle"
+ generate_prototype ~single_line:true ~newline:true ~handle:"g"
name style
) non_daemon_functions
diff --git a/src/guestfs.pod b/src/guestfs.pod
index 30466884..cf70d5d1 100644
--- a/src/guestfs.pod
+++ b/src/guestfs.pod
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ guestfs - Library for accessing and modifying virtual machine images
#include <guestfs.h>
- guestfs_h *handle = guestfs_create ();
- guestfs_add_drive (handle, "guest.img");
- guestfs_launch (handle);
- guestfs_mount (handle, "/dev/sda1", "/");
- guestfs_touch (handle, "/hello");
- guestfs_umount (handle, "/");
- guestfs_sync (handle);
- guestfs_close (handle);
+ guestfs_h *g = guestfs_create ();
+ guestfs_add_drive (g, "guest.img");
+ guestfs_launch (g);
+ guestfs_mount (g, "/dev/sda1", "/");
+ guestfs_touch (g, "/hello");
+ guestfs_umount (g, "/");
+ guestfs_sync (g);
+ guestfs_close (g);
cc prog.c -o prog -lguestfs
or:
@@ -63,43 +63,48 @@ from reading about the individual calls below.
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 handle, then performing whatever operations you want,
-and finally closing the handle. So the general structure of all
-libguestfs-using programs looks like this:
+and finally closing the handle. By convention we use the single
+letter C<g> for the name of the handle variable, although of course
+you can use any name you want.
- guestfs_h *handle = guestfs_create ();
+The general structure of all libguestfs-using programs looks like
+this:
+
+ guestfs_h *g = guestfs_create ();
/* Call guestfs_add_drive additional times if there are
* multiple disk images.
*/
- guestfs_add_drive (handle, "guest.img");
+ guestfs_add_drive (g, "guest.img");
/* Most manipulation calls won't work until you've launched
- * the handle. You have to do this _after_ adding drives
+ * the handle 'g'. You have to do this _after_ adding drives
* and _before_ other commands.
*/
- guestfs_launch (handle);
+ guestfs_launch (g);
/* Now you can examine what partitions, LVs etc are available.
*/
- char **partitions = guestfs_list_partitions (handle);
- char **logvols = guestfs_lvs (handle);
+ char **partitions = guestfs_list_partitions (g);
+ char **logvols = guestfs_lvs (g);
/* To access a filesystem in the image, you must mount it.
*/
- guestfs_mount (handle, "/dev/sda1", "/");
+ guestfs_mount (g, "/dev/sda1", "/");
/* Now you can perform filesystem actions on the guest
* disk image.
*/
- guestfs_touch (handle, "/hello");
+ guestfs_touch (g, "/hello");
/* You only need to call guestfs_sync if you have made
- * changes to the guest image.
+ * changes to the guest image. (But if you've made changes
+ * then you *must* sync).
*/
- guestfs_sync (handle);
+ guestfs_sync (g);
- /* Close the handle. */
- guestfs_close (handle);
+ /* Close the handle 'g'. */
+ guestfs_close (g);
The code above doesn't include any error checking. In real code you
should check return values carefully for errors. In general all
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ filesystems using C<guestfs_mount>. If you already know that a disk
image contains (for example) one partition with a filesystem on that
partition, then you can mount it directly:
- guestfs_mount (handle, "/dev/sda1", "/");
+ guestfs_mount (g, "/dev/sda1", "/");
where C</dev/sda1> means literally the first partition (C<1>) of the
first disk image that we added (C</dev/sda>). If the disk contains
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ Specify filenames as full paths including the mount point.
For example, if you mounted a filesystem at C<"/"> and you want to
read the file called C<"etc/passwd"> then you could do:
- char *data = guestfs_cat (handle, "/etc/passwd");
+ char *data = guestfs_cat (g, "/etc/passwd");
This would return C<data> as a newly allocated buffer containing the
full content of that file (with some conditions: see also
@@ -181,11 +186,11 @@ L</DOWNLOADING> below), or C<NULL> if there was an error.
As another example, to create a top-level directory on that filesystem
called C<"var"> you would do:
- guestfs_mkdir (handle, "/var");
+ guestfs_mkdir (g, "/var");
To create a symlink you could do:
- guestfs_ln_s (handle, "/etc/init.d/portmap",
+ guestfs_ln_s (g, "/etc/init.d/portmap",
"/etc/rc3.d/S30portmap");
Libguestfs will reject attempts to use relative paths. There is no
@@ -467,9 +472,9 @@ 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.
The API is broadly identical in all supported languages. This means
-that the C call C<guestfs_mount(handle,path)> is
-C<$handle-E<gt>mount($path)> in Perl, C<handle.mount(path)> in Python,
-and C<Guestfs.mount handle path> in OCaml. In other words, a
+that the C call C<guestfs_mount(g,path)> is
+C<$g-E<gt>mount($path)> in Perl, C<g.mount(path)> in Python,
+and C<Guestfs.mount g path> in OCaml. In other words, a
straightforward, predictable isomorphism between each language.
Error messages are automatically transformed
@@ -550,10 +555,10 @@ When modifying a filesystem from C or another language, you B<must>
unmount all filesystems and call L</guestfs_sync> explicitly before
you close the libguestfs handle. You can also call:
- guestfs_set_autosync (handle, 1);
+ guestfs_set_autosync (g, 1);
-to have the unmount/sync done automatically for you when the handle is
-closed. (This feature is called "autosync", L</guestfs_set_autosync>
+to have the unmount/sync done automatically for you when the handle 'g'
+is closed. (This feature is called "autosync", L</guestfs_set_autosync>
q.v.)
If you forget to do this, then it is entirely possible that your
@@ -646,7 +651,7 @@ L</ERROR HANDLING> section below.
=head2 guestfs_close
- void guestfs_close (guestfs_h *handle);
+ void guestfs_close (guestfs_h *g);
This closes the connection handle and frees up all resources used.
@@ -665,9 +670,9 @@ handler using C<guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler>.
=head2 guestfs_last_error
- const char *guestfs_last_error (guestfs_h *handle);
+ const char *guestfs_last_error (guestfs_h *g);
-This returns the last error message that happened on C<handle>. If
+This returns the last error message that happened on C<g>. If
there has not been an error since the handle was created, then this
returns C<NULL>.
@@ -680,10 +685,10 @@ largest number of results.
=head2 guestfs_set_error_handler
- typedef void (*guestfs_error_handler_cb) (guestfs_h *handle,
+ typedef void (*guestfs_error_handler_cb) (guestfs_h *g,
void *data,
const char *msg);
- void guestfs_set_error_handler (guestfs_h *handle,
+ void guestfs_set_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,
guestfs_error_handler_cb cb,
void *data);
@@ -701,7 +706,7 @@ If you set C<cb> to C<NULL> then I<no> handler is called.
=head2 guestfs_get_error_handler
- guestfs_error_handler_cb guestfs_get_error_handler (guestfs_h *handle,
+ guestfs_error_handler_cb guestfs_get_error_handler (guestfs_h *g,
void **data_rtn);
Returns the current error handler callback.
@@ -709,7 +714,7 @@ Returns the current error handler callback.
=head2 guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler
typedef void (*guestfs_abort_cb) (void);
- int guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *handle,
+ int guestfs_set_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g,
guestfs_abort_cb);
The callback C<cb> will be called if there is an out of memory
@@ -722,7 +727,7 @@ situations.
=head2 guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler
- guestfs_abort_fn guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *handle);
+ guestfs_abort_fn guestfs_get_out_of_memory_handler (guestfs_h *g);
This returns the current out of memory handler.
@@ -963,7 +968,7 @@ this function with C<cb> set to C<NULL>.
typedef void (*guestfs_log_message_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque,
char *buf, int len);
- void guestfs_set_log_message_callback (guestfs_h *handle,
+ void guestfs_set_log_message_callback (guestfs_h *g,
guestfs_log_message_cb cb,
void *opaque);
@@ -978,7 +983,7 @@ discarded.
=head2 guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback
typedef void (*guestfs_subprocess_quit_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque);
- void guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback (guestfs_h *handle,
+ void guestfs_set_subprocess_quit_callback (guestfs_h *g,
guestfs_subprocess_quit_cb cb,
void *opaque);
@@ -990,7 +995,7 @@ any state to the CONFIG state).
=head2 guestfs_set_launch_done_callback
typedef void (*guestfs_launch_done_cb) (guestfs_h *g, void *opaque);
- void guestfs_set_launch_done_callback (guestfs_h *handle,
+ void guestfs_set_launch_done_callback (guestfs_h *g,
guestfs_ready_cb cb,
void *opaque);
@@ -1289,7 +1294,7 @@ Pass additional options to the guest kernel.
=item LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG
Set C<LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1> to enable verbose messages. This
-has the same effect as calling C<guestfs_set_verbose (handle, 1)>.
+has the same effect as calling C<guestfs_set_verbose (g, 1)>.
=item LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE
@@ -1314,7 +1319,7 @@ See also L</QEMU WRAPPERS> above.
=item LIBGUESTFS_TRACE
Set C<LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1> to enable command traces. This
-has the same effect as calling C<guestfs_set_trace (handle, 1)>.
+has the same effect as calling C<guestfs_set_trace (g, 1)>.
=item TMPDIR