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diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod index 310db2e4..32c6d672 100644 --- a/guestfs-actions.pod +++ b/guestfs-actions.pod @@ -312,6 +312,22 @@ See also C<guestfs_is_file>, C<guestfs_is_dir>, C<guestfs_stat>. This function returns a C truth value on success or -1 on error. +=head2 guestfs_file + + char *guestfs_file (guestfs_h *handle, + const char *path); + +This call uses the standard L<file(1)> command to determine +the type or contents of the file. This also works on devices, +for example to find out whether a partition contains a filesystem. + +The exact command which runs is C<file -bsL path>. Note in +particular that the filename is not prepended to the output +(the C<-b> option). + +This function returns a string or NULL on error. +I<The caller must free the returned string after use>. + =head2 guestfs_get_autosync int guestfs_get_autosync (guestfs_h *handle); |