Implement the -m/--mount as available in guestfish to override the automatic introspection and specify which partitions to mount instead. --- cat/cat.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- cat/virt-cat.pod | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/cat/cat.c b/cat/cat.c index e86ecf3..def8280 100644 --- a/cat/cat.c +++ b/cat/cat.c @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ usage (int status) " --format[=raw|..] Force disk format for -a option\n" " --help Display brief help\n" " --keys-from-stdin Read passphrases from stdin\n" + " -m|--mount dev[:mnt[:opts[:fstype]]]\n" + " Mount dev on mnt (if omitted, /)\n" " -v|--verbose Verbose messages\n" " -V|--version Display version and exit\n" " -x Trace libguestfs API calls\n" @@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) enum { HELP_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1 }; - static const char *options = "a:c:d:vVx"; + static const char *options = "a:c:d:m:vVx"; static const struct option long_options[] = { { "add", 1, 0, 'a' }, { "connect", 1, 0, 'c' }, @@ -99,12 +101,16 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) { "help", 0, 0, HELP_OPTION }, { "keys-from-stdin", 0, 0, 0 }, { "long-options", 0, 0, 0 }, + { "mount", 1, 0, 'm' }, { "verbose", 0, 0, 'v' }, { "version", 0, 0, 'V' }, { 0, 0, 0, 0 } }; struct drv *drvs = NULL; struct drv *drv; + struct mp *mps = NULL; + struct mp *mp; + char *p; const char *format = NULL; int c; int r; @@ -152,6 +158,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) OPTION_d; break; + case 'm': + OPTION_m; + inspector = 0; + break; + case 'v': OPTION_v; break; @@ -214,7 +225,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) * values. */ assert (read_only == 1); - assert (inspector == 1); + assert (inspector == 1 || mps != NULL); assert (live == 0); /* User must specify at least one filename on the command line. */ @@ -225,18 +236,20 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) if (drvs == NULL) usage (EXIT_FAILURE); - /* Add drives, inspect and mount. Note that inspector is always true, - * and there is no -m option. - */ + /* Add drives, inspect and mount. */ add_drives (drvs, 'a'); if (guestfs_launch (g) == -1) exit (EXIT_FAILURE); - inspect_mount (); + if (mps != NULL) + mount_mps (mps); + else + inspect_mount (); /* Free up data structures, no longer needed after this point. */ free_drives (drvs); + free_mps (mps); r = do_cat (argc - optind, &argv[optind]); @@ -249,19 +262,23 @@ static int do_cat (int argc, char *argv[]) { unsigned errors = 0; - int windows, i; + int windows = 0; + int i; char *root; + CLEANUP_FREE_STRING_LIST char **roots = NULL; - /* Get root mountpoint. See: fish/inspect.c:inspect_mount */ - CLEANUP_FREE_STRING_LIST char **roots = guestfs_inspect_get_roots (g); + if (inspector) { + /* Get root mountpoint. See: fish/inspect.c:inspect_mount */ + roots = guestfs_inspect_get_roots (g); - assert (roots); - assert (roots[0] != NULL); - assert (roots[1] == NULL); - root = roots[0]; + assert (roots); + assert (roots[0] != NULL); + assert (roots[1] == NULL); + root = roots[0]; - /* Windows? Special handling is required. */ - windows = is_windows (g, root); + /* Windows? Special handling is required. */ + windows = is_windows (g, root); + } for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) { CLEANUP_FREE char *filename_to_free = NULL; diff --git a/cat/virt-cat.pod b/cat/virt-cat.pod index 9824a83..e06a961 100644 --- a/cat/virt-cat.pod +++ b/cat/virt-cat.pod @@ -126,6 +126,42 @@ security problem with malicious guests (CVE-2010-3851). Read key or passphrase parameters from stdin. The default is to try to read passphrases from the user by opening C</dev/tty>. +=item B<-m dev[:mountpoint[:options[:fstype]]]> + +=item B<--mount dev[:mountpoint[:options[:fstype]]]> + +Mount the named partition or logical volume on the given mountpoint. + +If the mountpoint is omitted, it defaults to C</>. + +Specifying any mountpoint disables the inspection of the guest and +the mount of its root and all of its mountpoints, so make sure +to mount all the mountpoints needed to work with the filenames +gives as arguments. + +If you don't know what filesystems a disk image contains, you can +either run guestfish without this option, then list the partitions, +filesystems and LVs available (see L</list-partitions>, +L</list-filesystems> and L</lvs> commands), or you can use the +L<virt-filesystems(1)> program. + +The third (and rarely used) part of the mount parameter is the list of +mount options used to mount the underlying filesystem. If this is not +given, then the mount options are either the empty string or C<ro> +(the latter if the I<--ro> flag is used). By specifying the mount +options, you override this default choice. Probably the only time you +would use this is to enable ACLs and/or extended attributes if the +filesystem can support them: + + -m /dev/sda1:/:acl,user_xattr + +Using this flag is equivalent to using the C<mount-options> command. + +The fourth part of the parameter is the filesystem driver to use, such +as C<ext3> or C<ntfs>. This is rarely needed, but can be useful if +multiple drivers are valid for a filesystem (eg: C<ext2> and C<ext3>), +or if libguestfs misidentifies a filesystem. + =item B<-v> =item B<--verbose> -- 1.9.3