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author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2011-04-12 17:03:14 +0100 |
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committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2011-04-12 17:15:26 +0100 |
commit | 11374abeadfb01252bdb02c0915d1edc79512e79 (patch) | |
tree | 0661864128146b57c9a360a169b181a17238185a /fish/guestfish.pod | |
parent | c2c755440bceed92ca40a929f4dfe343d3265e2b (diff) | |
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fish: Allows win:... paths to work with drives mounted anywhere.
This allows you to mount disks on (eg) /c and /e and have the
guestfish win:... path mechanism map drive letters to the
right places.
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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 58f0bd9d..eb9ff39a 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -798,19 +798,24 @@ on each one. Then you can close the mapper device: =head1 WINDOWS PATHS If a path is prefixed with C<win:> then you can use Windows-style -paths (with some limitations). The following commands are equivalent: +drive letters and paths (with some limitations). The following +commands are equivalent: file /WINDOWS/system32/config/system.LOG - file win:/windows/system32/config/system.log - file win:\windows\system32\config\system.log - file WIN:C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\conFIG\SYSTEM.LOG + file WIN:C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.LOG + +The parameter is rewritten "behind the scenes" by looking up the +position where the drive is mounted, prepending that to the path, +changing all backslash characters to forward slash, then resolving the +result using L</case-sensitive-path>. For example if the E: drive +was mounted on C</e> then the parameter might be rewritten like this: + + win:e:\foo\bar => /e/FOO/bar -This syntax implicitly calls C<case-sensitive-path> (q.v.) so it also -handles case insensitivity like Windows would. This only works in -argument positions that expect a path. +This only works in argument positions that expect a path. =head1 UPLOADING AND DOWNLOADING FILES |