New tool: virt-edit

Edit any file in a guest.  This was possibly previously
using guestfish, but having a separate command makes it
simpler.

The usage is simply:

  virt-edit mydomain /some/file

It runs $EDITOR or vi on the file, and if the user changes
it, uploads the result back to the VM.

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/edit/Makefile.am b/edit/Makefile.am
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+# libguestfs virt-edit
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	run-edit-locally \
+	virt-edit.pl
+
+if HAVE_EDIT
+
+man_MANS = virt-edit.1
+
+noinst_DATA = @top_builddir@/html/virt-edit.1.html
+
+virt-edit.1: virt-edit.pl
+	$(POD2MAN) \
+	  --section 1 \
+	  -c "Virtualization Support" \
+	  --release "$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" \
+	  $< > $@
+
+@top_builddir@/html/virt-edit.1.html: virt-edit.pl
+	mkdir -p @top_builddir@/html
+	cd @top_builddir@ && pod2html \
+	  --css 'pod.css' \
+	  --title 'virt-edit, edit a file in a virtual machine' \
+	  --htmldir html \
+	  --outfile html/virt-edit.1.html \
+	  edit/$<
+
+install-data-hook:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	install -m 0755 virt-edit.pl $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/virt-edit
+
+endif