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=head1 NAME
guestfs-python - How to use libguestfs from Python
=head1 SYNOPSIS
import guestfs
g = guestfs.GuestFS ()
g.add_drive_opts ("disk.img", format="raw", readonly=1)
g.launch ()
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents how to call libguestfs from the Python
programming language. This page just documents the differences from
the C API and gives some examples. If you are not familiar with using
libguestfs, you also need to read L<guestfs(3)>.
=head2 EXCEPTIONS
Errors from libguestfs functions are mapped into C<RuntimeException>
with a single string argument which is the error message.
=head2 MORE DOCUMENTATION
Type:
$ python
>>> import guestfs
>>> help (guestfs)
=head1 EXAMPLE 1: CREATE A DISK IMAGE
@EXAMPLE1@
=head1 EXAMPLE 2: INSPECT A VIRTUAL MACHINE DISK IMAGE
@EXAMPLE2@
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<guestfs(3)>,
L<guestfs-examples(3)>,
L<guestfs-erlang(3)>,
L<guestfs-java(3)>,
L<guestfs-ocaml(3)>,
L<guestfs-perl(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 Red Hat Inc. L<http://libguestfs.org/>
The examples in this manual page may be freely copied, modified and
distributed without any restrictions.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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