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The following tools are provided by <code>libguestfs</code>: | The following tools are provided by <code>libguestfs</code>: | ||
* <code>guestfish</code> - Provides an interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems and executing commands in the context of the guest. | * <code>guestfish</code> - Provides an interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems and executing commands in the context of the guest. ([http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/recipes.html Examples of guestfish scripts]) | ||
* <code>virt-inspector</code> - Displays OS version, kernel, drivers, mount points, applications, etc. in a virtual machine. | * <code>virt-inspector</code> - Displays OS version, kernel, drivers, mount points, applications, etc. in a virtual machine. | ||
* Bindings for OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Java programming languages. | * Bindings for OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Java programming languages. | ||
For further details refer to: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/ | For further details refer to: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/ | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 20 May 2009
Late addition to release notes?
Libguestfs is a late addition to F11 and an important new "feature" that deserves mention in the release notes.
Libguestfs is a late addition to F11 and an important new "feature" that deserves mention in the release notes.
Offline Manipulation of Virtual Machines
libguestfs is a new library for accessing and modifying guest disk images. Using Linux kernel and QEMU code, libguestfs can access any type of guest filesystem that Linux and QEMU can
The following tools are provided by libguestfs:
guestfish- Provides an interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems and executing commands in the context of the guest. (Examples of guestfish scripts)virt-inspector- Displays OS version, kernel, drivers, mount points, applications, etc. in a virtual machine.- Bindings for OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Java programming languages.
For further details refer to: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/