From 472722a72df89895bb11a1244eafa7915b1af116 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:10:50 +0000
Subject: python: Translate C examples into Python and include documentation.

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+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+guestfs-python - How to use libguestfs from Python
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ import guestfs
+ g = guestfs.GuestFS ()
+ g.add_drive_opts ("disk.img", format="raw", readonly=1)
+ g.launch
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This manual page documents how to call libguestfs from the Python
+programming language.  This page just documents the differences from
+the C API and gives some examples.  If you are not familiar with using
+libguestfs, you also need to read L<guestfs(3)>.
+
+=head2 EXCEPTIONS
+
+Errors from libguestfs functions are mapped into C<RuntimeException>
+with a single string argument which is the error message.
+
+=head2 MORE DOCUMENTATION
+
+Type:
+
+ $ python
+ >>> import guestfs
+ >>> help (guestfs)
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE 1: CREATE A DISK IMAGE
+
+@EXAMPLE1@
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE 2: INSPECT A VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGE
+
+@EXAMPLE2@
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<guestfs(3)>,
+L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
+L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
+L<http://libguestfs.org/>.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Richard W.M. Jones (C<rjones at redhat dot com>)
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc. L<http://libguestfs.org/>
+
+The examples in this manual page may be freely copied, modified and
+distributed without any restrictions.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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