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| author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2011-04-15 21:43:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2011-04-16 08:32:44 +0100 |
| commit | 5790f5bfafb12cc2ed9365461bf66e0fdfde7150 (patch) | |
| tree | 3536d84023161f43882c4dd7df54f51f17ebe2f7 /README | |
| parent | 0108d7861d4cc9a1f0d87d89080d1be7750e54b5 (diff) | |
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Remove ad-hoc run*locally scripts, replace with './run'
Remove all the run*locally scripts and replace with a single top level
./run shell script.
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@@ -113,6 +113,34 @@ this command as root: make install +You can run the virt tools without needing to install, using the "run" +script in the top directory. This script sets up some environment +variables. For example: + + ./run ./inspector/virt-inspector [usual virt-inspector args ...] + +If you are already in the inspector/ subdirectory, then the following +command will also work: + + ../run ./virt-inspector [...] + +You can also make a symlink (note: NOT a hard link) from your $PATH to +the run script, eg: + + cd ~/bin + ln -s ~/libguestfs/run libguestfs-run + cd ~/libguestfs + libguestfs-run ./inspector/virt-inspector [...] + +You can also run the C programs under valgrind like this: + + ./run valgrind [valgrind opts...] ./cat/virt-cat [virt-cat opts...] + +This also works with sudo (eg. if you need root access for libvirt or +to access a block device): + + sudo ./run ./cat/virt-cat -d LinuxGuest /etc/passwd + qemu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |