Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH v2 2/2] v2v: -i vmx: Enhance VMX support with ability to use ‘-it ssh’ transport.

This enhances the existing VMX input support allowing it to be used over SSH to the ESXi server. The original command (for local .vmx files) was: $ virt-v2v -i vmx guest.vmx -o local -os /var/tmp Adding ‘-it ssh’ and using an SSH remote path gives the new syntax: $ virt-v2v \ -i vmx -it ssh \ "root@esxi.example.com:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/guest/guest.vmx" \ -o local -os /var/tmp I anticipate that this input method will be widely used enough that it deserves its own example at the top of the man page. --- [...] +(* The single filename on the command line is intepreted either as + * a local file or a remote SSH path (only if ‘-it ssh’). + *) +let vmx_source_of_arg input_transport arg = + match input_transport, arg with + | None, arg -> File arg + | Some `SSH, arg -> + let arg1, path = String.split ":" arg in + if path = "" then + error (f_"expecting [user@]server:path with ‘-it ssh’"); + let user, server = match String.split "@" arg1 with + | server, "" -> None, server + | user, server -> Some user, server in + SSH (user, server, path)