Re: [Libguestfs] working with mount-local
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 01:04:43AM +0400, Vasiliy Tolstov wrote:
2014-07-16 0:58 GMT+04:00 Richard W.M. Jones
<rjones(a)redhat.com>:
> BTW is there any reason to use FUSE instead of using the libguestfs
> API directly? Using the API is going to be much more robust.
I'm need to create squashfs from root file system. I see some methods
like tar and cpio, but i can't find anything suitable for creating
squashfs.
I believe I investigates making a squashfs from within libguestfs, and
although it's possible, it is not possible to stream the output
(unlike, say, guestfs_tar_out or guestfs_cpio_out). This means that
the maximum size of the squashfs would be quite small.
Nevertheless we could add an API to do it. (Even better if you can
find a way to stream mksquashfs).
Also i can't use root permissions and need to work only with
user rights.
I approve :-)
Rich.
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