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2010 Aug 19
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Proposed new libguestfs file APIS
...ry block device in the appliance. I need to be able to
write arbitrary chunks of data to specific places on the device. This
will need a new API, as guestfs_pread can't open a block device. While
I'm at it, I'd like to create a new family of APIs which operate on a
file handle:
int guestfs_open_device(g, path);
Open a block device. Return a handle.
int guestfs_open_file(g, path);
Open a file from the guest's filesystem. Return a handle.
int guestfs_close_handle(g, handle);
Close a file handle.
ssize_t guestfs_hpread(g, handle, buf, size, offset);
ssize_t guestfs_hread(g, handle,...