[Libguestfs] libguestfs question - multiple partitions in the guest

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:54:01PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> (1) You could look at tell-tale signs to see which root device has
> most recently been mounted.  Probably the simplest thing is to look at
> the date of /var/log/messages in each potential root, and choose the
> most recent one (since /var/log/messages is reliably and frequently
> updated when a guest boots and runs).

As in the attached program.

Rich.

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