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=encoding utf8
=head1 NAME
guestfs-ocaml - How to use libguestfs from OCaml
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Module style:
let g = Guestfs.create () in
Guestfs.add_drive_opts g ~format:"raw" ~readonly:true "disk.img";
Guestfs.launch g;
Object-oriented style:
let g = new Guestfs.guestfs () in
g#add_drive_opts ~format:"raw" ~readonly:true "disk.img";
g#launch ();
ocamlfind opt prog.ml -package guestfs -linkpkg -o prog
or:
ocamlopt -I +guestfs mlguestfs.cmxa prog.ml -o prog
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents how to call libguestfs from the OCaml
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 PROGRAMMING STYLES
There are two different programming styles supported by the OCaml
bindings. You can use a module style, with each C function mapped to
an OCaml function:
int guestfs_set_verbose (guestfs_h *g, int flag);
becomes:
val Guestfs.set_verbose : Guestfs.t -> bool -> unit
Alternately you can use an object-oriented style, calling methods
on the class C<Guestfs.guestfs>:
method set_verbose : bool -> unit
The object-oriented style is usually briefer, and the minor performance
penalty isn't noticable in the general overhead of performing
libguestfs functions.
=head2 CLOSING THE HANDLE
The handle is closed when it is reaped by the garbage collector.
Because libguestfs handles include a lot of state, it is also
possible to close (and hence free) them explicitly by calling
C<Guestfs.close> or the C<#close> method.
=head2 EXCEPTIONS
Errors from libguestfs functions are mapped into the C<Guestfs.Error>
exception. This has a single parameter which is the error message (a
string).
Calling any function/method on a closed handle raises
C<Guestfs.Handle_closed>. The single parameter is the name of the
function that you called.
=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-perl(3)>,
L<guestfs-python(3)>,
L<guestfs-ruby(3)>,
L<http://libguestfs.org/>,
L<http://caml.inria.fr/>.
=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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