Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH 2/2] sysprep: remove blkid tab in the guest

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 06:08:55PM +0800, Wanlong Gao wrote: > + let files = g#glob_expand "/etc/blkid/*tab*" in Good idea in principle, but you have to delete the file in a few more places: /var/run/blkid.tab /etc/blkid/blkid.tab /etc/blkid.tab # older debian /dev/.blkid.tab # newer debian AND! ... you have to check that the file you're going to remove isn't a symbolic link. Because at least on some versions of debian, /etc/blkid.tab is a symlink, and you *don't* want to remove it. There is a g#is_symlink function for checking if a path is a symlink: http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#guestfs_is_symlink

Rich.