guestfish --ro -a /path/to/disk run : mount /dev/your-blkdev / :
download /etc/resolv.conf /path/on/host/dst.file
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Mykola Ivanets
ïò, 28 ÷åðâ. 2019 î 21:29 Nikolay Ivanets <stenavin@gmail.com> ïèøå:
>
> All API is exposed as gustfish commands
>
> --
> Mykola Ivanets
>
> ïò, 28 ÷åðâ. 2019, 21:28 êîðèñòóâà÷ Chintan Patel <chintan.r.patel@outlook.com> ïèøå:
>>
>> This no going to work.
>> AS I told you I need something under guestfish command list not from guestfs commands.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chintan
>> ________________________________
>> From: Nikolay Ivanets <stenavin@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 10:58 AM
>> To: Chintan Patel
>> Cc: Chintan Patel; libguestfs@redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links
>>
>> Chintan,
>>
>> Use 'download' (
http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#guestfs_download)
>>
>> --
>> Mykola Ivanets
>>
>> ïò, 28 ÷åðâ. 2019, 18:55 êîðèñòóâà÷ Chintan Patel <chintan.r.patel@outlook.com> ïèøå:
>>
>> Hi Nikolay,
>>
>> We use guestfish, so I preferred to use commands supported by guestfish.
>> I tried as below but "realpath" is not working after I have the target path from symlink.
>> --> Check if the path has a symlink.
>> is-symlink path
>> Ex. - is-symlink "/etc/resolv.conf" -> return true
>>
>> --> If it's true then get target link path
>> readlink path
>> ex. - readlink "/etc/resolv.conf" --> return "../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf"
>>
>> --> Which return's target path but it's not a full path, so needs to get full path to access the target file.
>> Tried to use realpath as below using target path from above return but it's giving None
>>
>> ex. - realpath "../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" --> return None
>>
>>
>> Can you tell me how can I get the real path as without the full canonicalized absolute path I can't do anything with that file.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chintan
>> ________________________________
>> From: libguestfs-bounces@redhat.com <libguestfs-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Nikolay Ivanets <stenavin@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 2:00 AM
>> To: Chintan Patel
>> Cc: libguestfs@redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links
>>
>> If it is one time operation you can call 'realpath'
>> (
http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#guestfs_realpath) first to
>> resolve symlink.
>>
>> --
>> +380979184774
>> Mykola Ivanets
>>
>> ïò, 28 ÷åðâ. 2019 î 11:11 Chintan Patel <Chintan.Patel@microsoft.com> ïèøå:
>> >
>> > HI,
>> >
>> > I’m trying to use copu-out command to copy files from remote disk but it’s not working if the file is symbolic link.
>> >
>> > copy-out giving an error like below.
>> > libguestfs: error: ‘/etc/resolv.conf’ is not a file or directory
>> > This file is there but it's a symbolic link
>> >
>> > Do you have any other way to copy remote symbolic link files?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Chintan
>> >
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