From 0faa5dde7b992ba11bb88f77b3424676c7c492e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Jones Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 14:28:03 +0100 Subject: Generated code to support previous 2 commits. --- python/guestfs.py | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) (limited to 'python/guestfs.py') diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py index 3db9ac0f..9cf9d881 100644 --- a/python/guestfs.py +++ b/python/guestfs.py @@ -743,6 +743,11 @@ class GuestFS: calculated using "strlen" (so in this case the content cannot contain embedded ASCII NULs). + *NB.* Owing to a bug, writing content containing ASCII + NUL characters does *not* work, even if the length is + specified. We hope to resolve this bug in a future + version. In the meantime use "g.upload". + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer large files you should use FTP. @@ -1251,3 +1256,45 @@ class GuestFS: """ return libguestfsmod.equal (self._o, file1, file2) + def strings (self, path): + u"""This runs the strings(1) command on a file and returns + the list of printable strings found. + + This function returns a list of strings. + + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer + limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer + large files you should use FTP. + """ + return libguestfsmod.strings (self._o, path) + + def strings_e (self, encoding, path): + u"""This is like the "g.strings" command, but allows you to + specify the encoding. + + See the strings(1) manpage for the full list of + encodings. + + Commonly useful encodings are "l" (lower case L) which + will show strings inside Windows/x86 files. + + The returned strings are transcoded to UTF-8. + + This function returns a list of strings. + + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer + limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer + large files you should use FTP. + """ + return libguestfsmod.strings_e (self._o, encoding, path) + + def hexdump (self, path): + u"""This runs "hexdump -C" on the given "path". The result + is the human-readable, canonical hex dump of the file. + + Because of the message protocol, there is a transfer + limit of somewhere between 2MB and 4MB. To transfer + large files you should use FTP. + """ + return libguestfsmod.hexdump (self._o, path) + -- cgit