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| -rw-r--r-- | perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm | 41 |
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diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm index b11594f2..0249a412 100644 --- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm +++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs.pm @@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ The implementation uses the C<pvremove> command which refuses to wipe physical volumes that contain any volume groups, so you have to remove those first. +=item $h->pvresize ($device); + +This resizes (expands or shrinks) an existing LVM physical +volume to match the new size of the underlying device. + =item @physvols = $h->pvs (); List all the physical volumes detected. This is the equivalent @@ -985,9 +990,45 @@ To create a single partition occupying the whole disk, you would pass C<lines> as a single element list, when the single element being the string C<,> (comma). +See also: C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk_l>, C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk_N> + +B<This command is dangerous. Without careful use you +can easily destroy all your data>. + +=item $h->sfdisk_N ($device, $n, $cyls, $heads, $sectors, $line); + +This runs L<sfdisk(8)> option to modify just the single +partition C<n> (note: C<n> counts from 1). + +For other parameters, see C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk>. You should usually +pass C<0> for the cyls/heads/sectors parameters. + B<This command is dangerous. Without careful use you can easily destroy all your data>. +=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_disk_geometry ($device); + +This displays the disk geometry of C<device> read from the +partition table. Especially in the case where the underlying +block device has been resized, this can be different from the +kernel's idea of the geometry (see C<$h-E<gt>sfdisk_kernel_geometry>). + +The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to +be parsed. + +=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_kernel_geometry ($device); + +This displays the kernel's idea of the geometry of C<device>. + +The result is in human-readable format, and not designed to +be parsed. + +=item $partitions = $h->sfdisk_l ($device); + +This displays the partition table on C<device>, in the +human-readable output of the L<sfdisk(8)> command. It is +not intended to be parsed. + =item %statbuf = $h->stat ($path); Returns file information for the given C<path>. |