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author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2011-01-02 22:55:48 +0000 |
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committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2011-01-02 22:55:48 +0000 |
commit | 440cd23f54f44132b8ff3d1e5b0b05b9dd5cc1c0 (patch) | |
tree | 66a4ca3ecdf82e8806366ce74bac22b06d21947d /cat | |
parent | 9ae4168c30b8be57909f5b0104c5e925743c6cc0 (diff) | |
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filesystems: Document the columns in --long output.
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diff --git a/cat/virt-filesystems.pod b/cat/virt-filesystems.pod index 749537db..fac139b1 100755 --- a/cat/virt-filesystems.pod +++ b/cat/virt-filesystems.pod @@ -283,6 +283,60 @@ Enable tracing of libguestfs API calls. =back +=head1 COLUMNS + +Note that columns in the output are subject to reordering and change +in future versions of this tool. + +=over 4 + +=item B<Name> + +The filesystem, partition, block device or LVM name. + +For device and partition names these are displayed as canonical +libguestfs names, so that for example C</dev/sda2> is the second +partition on the first device. + +If the I<--long> option is B<not> specified, then only the name column +is shown in the output. + +=item B<Type> + +The object type, for example C<filesystem>, C<lv>, C<device> etc. + +=item B<VFS> + +If there is a filesystem, then this column displays the filesystem +type if one could be detected, eg. C<ext4>. + +=item B<Label> + +If the object has a label (used for identifying and mounting +filesystems) then this column contains the label. + +=item B<Size> + +The size of the object in bytes. If the I<--human> option is used +then the size is displayed in a human-readable form. + +=item B<Parent> + +The parent column records the parent relationship between objects. +For example, if the object is a partition, then this column contains +the name of the containing device. If the object is a logical volume, +then this column is the name of the volume group. + +=item B<UUID> + +If the object has a UUID (used for identifying and mounting +filesystems and block devices) then this column contains the UUID as a +string. + +The UUID is only displayed if the I<--uuid> option is given. + +=back + =head1 NOTE ABOUT CSV FORMAT Comma-separated values (CSV) is a deceptive format. It I<seems> like |