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Chintan Patel

2019-Jun-28 18:28 UTC

Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links

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

пт, 28 черв. 2019, 18:55 користувач Chintan Patel
<chintan.r.patel@outlook.com<mailto:chintan.r.patel@outlook.com>>
пише:
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<mailto:libguestfs-bounces@redhat.com>
<libguestfs-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:libguestfs-bounces@redhat.com>>
on behalf of Nikolay Ivanets
<stenavin@gmail.com<mailto:stenavin@gmail.com>>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 2:00 AM
To: Chintan Patel
Cc: libguestfs@redhat.com<mailto: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.

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    Mykola Ivanets

пт, 28 черв. 2019 о 11:11 Chintan Patel
<Chintan.Patel@microsoft.com<mailto:Chintan.Patel@microsoft.com>>
пише:>
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Libguestfs mailing list
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> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
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Nikolay Ivanets

2019-Jun-28 18:29 UTC

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Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links

All API is exposed as gustfish commands

--
  Mykola Ivanets

пт, 28 черв. 2019, 21:28 користувач Chintan Patel <
chintan.r.patel@outlook.com> пише:
> 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
>
> пт, 28 черв. 2019, 18:55 користувач Chintan Patel <
> chintan.r.patel@outlook.com> пише:
>
> 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
>
> пт, 28 черв. 2019 о 11:11 Chintan Patel <Chintan.Patel@microsoft.com>
> пише:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Libguestfs mailing list
> > Libguestfs@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
>
> _______________________________________________
> Libguestfs mailing list
> Libguestfs@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
>
>

Nikolay Ivanets

2019-Jun-28 18:34 UTC

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Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links

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

пт, 28 черв. 2019 о 21:29 Nikolay Ivanets <stenavin@gmail.com>
пише:>
> All API is exposed as gustfish commands
>
> --
>   Mykola Ivanets
>
> пт, 28 черв. 2019, 21:28 користувач Chintan Patel
<chintan.r.patel@outlook.com> пише:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> пт, 28 черв. 2019, 18:55 користувач Chintan Patel
<chintan.r.patel@outlook.com> пише:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> пт, 28 черв. 2019 о 11:11 Chintan Patel
<Chintan.Patel@microsoft.com> пише:
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Libguestfs mailing list
>> > Libguestfs@redhat.com
>> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Libguestfs mailing list
>> Libguestfs@redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs

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