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diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml index c7dbdfc7..37d63f2c 100755 --- a/src/generator.ml +++ b/src/generator.ml @@ -1632,19 +1632,32 @@ and physical volumes."); InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( [["file"; "/known-1"]], "ASCII text"); InitISOFS, Always, TestLastFail ( - [["file"; "/notexists"]])], + [["file"; "/notexists"]]); + InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( + [["file"; "/abssymlink"]], "symbolic link"); + InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput ( + [["file"; "/directory"]], "directory")], "determine file type", "\ 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 type or contents of the file. This call will also transparently look inside various types of compressed file. -The exact command which runs is C<file -zbsL path>. Note in +The exact command which runs is C<file -zbs path>. Note in particular that the filename is not prepended to the output -(the C<-b> option)."); +(the C<-b> option). + +This command can also be used on C</dev/> devices +(and partitions, LV names). You can for example use this +to determine if a device contains a filesystem, although +it's usually better to use C<guestfs_vfs_type>. + +If the C<path> does not begin with C</dev/> then +this command only works for the content of regular files. +For other file types (directory, symbolic link etc) it +will just return the string C<directory> etc."); ("command", (RString "output", [StringList "arguments"]), 50, [ProtocolLimitWarning], [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput ( |