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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod index 1225dccb..50eba95a 100644 --- a/guestfs-actions.pod +++ b/guestfs-actions.pod @@ -1335,6 +1335,18 @@ See also: L<mkdtemp(3)> This function returns a string, or NULL on error. I<The caller must free the returned string after use>. +=head2 guestfs_mkfifo + + int guestfs_mkfifo (guestfs_h *handle, + int mode, + const char *path); + +This call creates a FIFO (named pipe) called C<path> with +mode C<mode>. It is just a convenient wrapper around +C<guestfs_mknod>. + +This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error. + =head2 guestfs_mkfs int guestfs_mkfs (guestfs_h *handle, @@ -1347,6 +1359,52 @@ example C<ext3>. This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error. +=head2 guestfs_mknod + + int guestfs_mknod (guestfs_h *handle, + int mode, + int devmajor, + int devminor, + const char *path); + +This call creates block or character special devices, or +named pipes (FIFOs). + +The C<mode> parameter should be the mode, using the standard +constants. C<devmajor> and C<devminor> are the +device major and minor numbers, only used when creating block +and character special devices. + +This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error. + +=head2 guestfs_mknod_b + + int guestfs_mknod_b (guestfs_h *handle, + int mode, + int devmajor, + int devminor, + const char *path); + +This call creates a block device node called C<path> with +mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>. +It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>. + +This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error. + +=head2 guestfs_mknod_c + + int guestfs_mknod_c (guestfs_h *handle, + int mode, + int devmajor, + int devminor, + const char *path); + +This call creates a char device node called C<path> with +mode C<mode> and device major/minor C<devmajor> and C<devminor>. +It is just a convenient wrapper around C<guestfs_mknod>. + +This function returns 0 on success or -1 on error. + =head2 guestfs_mkswap int guestfs_mkswap (guestfs_h *handle, @@ -2169,6 +2227,25 @@ The array of strings will always have length C<2n+1>, where C<n> keys and values alternate, followed by the trailing NULL entry. I<The caller must free the strings and the array after use>. +=head2 guestfs_umask + + int guestfs_umask (guestfs_h *handle, + int mask); + +This function sets the mask used for creating new files and +device nodes to C<mask & 0777>. + +Typical umask values would be C<022> which creates new files +with permissions like "-rw-r--r--" or "-rwxr-xr-x", and +C<002> which creates new files with permissions like +"-rw-rw-r--" or "-rwxrwxr-x". + +See also L<umask(2)>, C<guestfs_mknod>, C<guestfs_mkdir>. + +This call returns the previous umask. + +On error this function returns -1. + =head2 guestfs_umount int guestfs_umount (guestfs_h *handle, |