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2014-07-16 1:12 GMT+04:00 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>: > I believe I investigates making a squashfs from within libguestfs, and > although it's possible, it is not possible to stream the output > (unlike, say, guestfs_tar_out or guestfs_cpio_out). This means that > the maximum size of the squashfs would be quite small. > > Nevertheless we could add an API to do it. (Even better if you can > find a way to stream mksquashfs). May be i'm wrong but does it possible to create ability to export guest file system via 9p proto?...

2014-07-16 0:58 GMT+04:00 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>: > BTW is there any reason to use FUSE instead of using the libguestfs > API directly? Using the API is going to be much more robust. I'm need to create squashfs from root file system. I see some methods like tar and cpio, but i can't find anything suitable for creating squashfs. Also i can't use root

The existing mechanism was clunky, slow and used ~ 10 MB of local disk. Rich.

...uestfs. For more information see: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-September/msg00252.html API New APIs guestfs_clear_backend_setting guestfs_get_backend_setting guestfs_set_backend_setting Use these APIs to set individual backend settings. guestfs_cpio_out Convert a directory within the disk image to cpio format. guestfs_journal_get_realtime_usec Fetch precise journal times, see sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3). guestfs_lstatns guestfs_lstatnslist guestfs_statns Enhanced versions of guestfs_lstat, guestfs_lstat...