Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] sysprep: mention globbing in help for --delete

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 06:17:00PM +0100, Pino Toscano wrote: > Followup of ed4bcb119cb908e98ecc1107dcd8b740ee2f484f. > --- > > sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml > b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml index 59d5485..a08d4d0 100644 > --- a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml > +++ b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml > @@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ let op = { > > pod_description = Some (s_"\ > > Delete specified files or directories. > > -Use the I<--delete> option to specify a path to remove."); > +Use the I<--delete> option to specify a path to remove. > + > +You can use shell glob characters in the specified path, i.e. > +C</some/dir/prefix*>."); How about /var/log/*.log as the example? Also I think we should tell people to quote the arg to defend it from the shell. So it could look like this: -Use the I<--delete> option to specify a path to remove."); +Use the I<--delete> option to specify a path to remove. + +You can use shell glob characters in the specified path, +for example: + + virt-sysprep --delete '/var/log/*.log'"); (Putting a space in front makes verbatim text in POD)