=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

guestfs-perl - How to use libguestfs from Perl

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use Sys::Guestfs;
 
 my $g = Sys::Guestfs->new ();
 $g->add_drive_opts ('guest.img', format => 'raw');
 $g->launch ();
 $g->mount ('/dev/sda1', '/');
 $g->touch ('/hello');
 $g->shutdown ();
 $g->close ();

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents how to call libguestfs from the Perl
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)>.  To read the
full Perl API, see L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>.

=head2 ERRORS

Errors from libguestfs functions turn into calls to
C<croak> (see L<Carp(3)>).

=head1 EXAMPLE 1: CREATE A DISK IMAGE

@EXAMPLE1@

=head1 EXAMPLE 2: INSPECT A VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGE

@EXAMPLE2@

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>,
L<guestfs(3)>,
L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
L<guestfs-java(3)>,
L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
L<guestfs-python(3)>,
L<guestfs-recipes(1)>,
L<guestfs-ruby(3)>,
L<http://libguestfs.org/>.

=head1 AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones (C<rjones at redhat dot com>)

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat Inc.