[Libguestfs] virt-ls windows

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 01:38:56AM +0300, Evaggelos Balaskas wrote:
> The below set of cmds is a working test
> according to your help notes:
> 
> 
> 
> mkdir -pv backup
> cd !$
> 
> 
> guestfish --ro -d win2003 -i
> 
> Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for
> editing virtual machine filesystems.
> 
> Type: 'help' for help on commands
>       'man' to read the manual
>       'quit' to quit the shell
> 
> Operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2003
> /dev/vda1 mounted on /
> 
> ><fs> list-filesystems
> /dev/vda1: ntfs
> /dev/vdb1: ntfs
> ><fs> umount-all
> ><fs> mount /dev/vdb1 /
> ><fs> glob copy-out /* .
> 
> reading guestfish manual and see some msgs like
> 
> "tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors"
> 
> i am guessing that you (we) are using tar command to copy out.
> 
> the previous error is :
> 
> "tar: ......... : Cannot open: File name too long"
> 
> although not a big problem

It sounds like a big problem to me!  Is this a standard Windows 2003
guest?  Any unusual applications installed?  Do you know which
filename is too large?

Rich.

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