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Diffstat (limited to 'perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm')
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diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm index e7f89248..cba00325 100644 --- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm +++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm @@ -499,6 +499,15 @@ Setting C<whattodrop> to 3 should drop everything. This automatically calls L<sync(2)> before the operation, so that the maximum guest memory is freed. +=item $h->e2fsck_f ($device); + +This runs C<e2fsck -p -f device>, ie. runs the ext2/ext3 +filesystem checker on C<device>, noninteractively (C<-p>), +even if the filesystem appears to be clean (C<-f>). + +This command is only needed because of C<$h-E<gt>resize2fs> +(q.v.). Normally you should use C<$h-E<gt>fsck>. + =item $h->end_busy (); This sets the state to C<READY>, or if in C<CONFIG> then it leaves the @@ -910,6 +919,12 @@ function which has a more complex interface. This resizes an ext2 or ext3 filesystem to match the size of the underlying device. +I<Note:> It is sometimes required that you run C<$h-E<gt>e2fsck_f> +on the C<device> before calling this command. For unknown reasons +C<resize2fs> sometimes gives an error about this and sometimes not. +In any case, it is always safe to call C<$h-E<gt>e2fsck_f> before +calling this function. + =item $h->rm ($path); Remove the single file C<path>. |