=head1 NAME

guestfs-examples - Examples of using libguestfs from C

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <guestfs.h>
 
 guestfs_h *g = guestfs_create ();
 guestfs_add_drive_ro (g, "disk.img");
 guestfs_launch (g);

 cc prog.c -o prog -lguestfs
or:
 cc prog.c -o prog `pkg-config libguestfs --cflags --libs`

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This manual page contains examples of calling libguestfs from
the C programming language.  If you are not familiar with using
libguestfs, you also need to read L<guestfs(3)>.

=head1 EXAMPLE: CREATE A DISK IMAGE

@CREATE_DISK@

=head1 EXAMPLE: INSPECT A VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGE

@INSPECT_VM@

=head1 EXAMPLE: ENABLE DEBUGGING AND LOGGING

@DEBUG_LOGGING@

=head1 EXAMPLE: DISPLAY THE OPERATING SYSTEM ICON OF A GUEST

@DISPLAY_ICON@

=head1 EXAMPLE: THE LIBVIRT AUTHENTICATION API

@LIBVIRT_AUTH@

=head1 EXAMPLE: THE MOUNT LOCAL API

@MOUNT_LOCAL@

=head1 EXAMPLE: MULTIPLE HANDLES AND THREADS

@COPY_OVER@

=head1 EXAMPLE: FETCH DHCP ADDRESS FROM A GUEST

@VIRT_DHCP_ADDRESS@

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<guestfs(3)>,
L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
L<guestfs-golang(3)>,
L<guestfs-java(3)>,
L<guestfs-lua(3)>,
L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
L<guestfs-perl(3)>,
L<guestfs-python(3)>,
L<guestfs-recipes(1)>,
L<guestfs-ruby(3)>,
L<http://libguestfs.org/>.

=head1 AUTHORS

Richard W.M. Jones (C<rjones at redhat dot com>)

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2010-2025 Red Hat Inc.
