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author | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-06-24 11:54:48 +0100 |
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committer | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> | 2009-06-24 11:54:48 +0100 |
commit | e1c62f6332ae07cb6f95130dcc9852701d085e2b (patch) | |
tree | a6ec72d4fdcf78259b63c2cec2afe9a9812ad2e2 /guestfish.pod | |
parent | 46551d9c51193a4bca2e1b249b8c5f111e1dc7b5 (diff) | |
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Added guestfish -i option to run virt-inspector.
You can invoke guestfish with:
guestfish -i libvirt-domain
guestfish -i disk-image(s)
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diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod index 2d39cbf4..56d941f8 100644 --- a/guestfish.pod +++ b/guestfish.pod @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ guestfish - the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell guestfish [--options] [commands] + guestfish -i libvirt-domain + + guestfish -i disk-image(s) + =head1 EXAMPLES =head2 From shell scripts @@ -95,6 +99,30 @@ scripts, use: #!/usr/bin/guestfish -f +=item B<-i> | B<--inspector> + +Run virt-inspector on the named libvirt domain or list of disk +images. If virt-inspector is available and if it can identify +the domain or disk images, then partitions will be mounted +correctly at start-up. + +Typical usage is either: + + guestfish -i myguest + +(for an inactive libvirt domain called I<myguest>), or: + + guestfish --ro -i myguest + +(for active domains, readonly), or specify the block device directly: + + guestfish -i /dev/Guests/MyGuest + +You cannot use I<-a> or I<-m> in conjunction with this option, and +options other than I<--ro> might not behave correctly. + +See also: L<virt-inspector(1)>. + =item B<-m dev[:mountpoint]> | B<--mount dev[:mountpoint]> Mount the named partition or logical volume on the given mountpoint. |