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libguestfs/python/examples/create_disk.py
Richard W.M. Jones 27ebf517fa perl, python, ruby: Fix comments on call to close method.
Make the comments consistent.

Also make the Perl example call $g->close explicitly so it is
consistent with the other examples.
2012-07-03 14:45:42 +01:00

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# Example showing how to create a disk image.
import os
import guestfs
output = "disk.img"
g = guestfs.GuestFS ()
# Create a raw-format sparse disk image, 512 MB in size.
f = open (output, "w")
f.truncate (512 * 1024 * 1024)
f.close ()
# Set the trace flag so that we can see each libguestfs call.
g.set_trace (1)
# Attach the disk image to libguestfs.
g.add_drive_opts (output, format = "raw", readonly = 0)
# Run the libguestfs back-end.
g.launch ()
# Get the list of devices. Because we only added one drive
# above, we expect that this list should contain a single
# element.
devices = g.list_devices ()
assert (len (devices) == 1)
# Partition the disk as one single MBR partition.
g.part_disk (devices[0], "mbr")
# Get the list of partitions. We expect a single element, which
# is the partition we have just created.
partitions = g.list_partitions ()
assert (len (partitions) == 1)
# Create a filesystem on the partition.
g.mkfs ("ext4", partitions[0])
# Now mount the filesystem so that we can add files.
g.mount_options ("", partitions[0], "/")
# Create some files and directories.
g.touch ("/empty")
message = "Hello, world\n"
g.write ("/hello", message)
g.mkdir ("/foo")
# This one uploads the local file /etc/resolv.conf into
# the disk image.
g.upload ("/etc/resolv.conf", "/foo/resolv.conf")
# Note also that handles are automatically closed if they are
# reaped by reference counting. You only need to call close
# if you want to close the handle right away.
g.close ()