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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. ([http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/recipes.html Examples of guestfish scripts])
* <code>guestfish</code> - Provides an interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems and executing commands in the context of the guest.
* <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/ -- Project page
* http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/recipes.html -- Examples of <code>guestfish</code> usage

Latest revision as of 14:19, 20 May 2009

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Late addition to 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.
  • 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: