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diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index 8daebc87..cf1140a5 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ guestfish - the libguestfs Filesystem Interactive SHell guestfish -d libvirt-domain - guestfish -i libvirt-domain + guestfish -a disk.img -i - guestfish -i disk.img [disk.img ...] + guestfish -d libvirt-domain -i =head1 WARNING @@ -75,13 +75,14 @@ Edit C</boot/grub/grub.conf> interactively: --mount /dev/sda1:/boot \ edit /boot/grub/grub.conf -=head2 Using virt-inspector +=head2 Mount disks automatically -Use the I<-i> option to get virt-inspector to mount -the filesystems automatically as they would be mounted -in the virtual machine: +Use the I<-i> option to automatically mount the +disks from a virtual machine: - guestfish --ro -i disk.img cat /etc/group + guestfish --ro -a disk.img -i cat /etc/group + + guestfish --ro -d libvirt-domain -i cat /etc/group =head2 As a script interpreter @@ -170,28 +171,28 @@ scripts, use: =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. +Using L<virt-inspector(1)> code, inspect the disks looking for +an operating system and mount filesystems as they would be +mounted on the real virtual machine. Typical usage is either: - guestfish -i myguest + guestfish -d myguest -i (for an inactive libvirt domain called I<myguest>), or: - guestfish --ro -i myguest + guestfish --ro -d myguest -i (for active domains, readonly), or specify the block device directly: - guestfish -i /dev/Guests/MyGuest + guestfish -a /dev/Guests/MyGuest -i + +Note that the command line syntax changed slightly over older +versions of guestfish. You can still use the old syntax: -You cannot use I<-a>, I<-m>, I<-N>, I<--listen>, I<--remote> or -I<--selinux> in conjunction with this option, and options other than -I<--ro> might not behave correctly. + guestfish [--ro] -i disk.img -See also: L<virt-inspector(1)>. + guestfish [--ro] -i libvirt-domain =item B<--keys-from-stdin> |