[Libguestfs] [PATCH] sysprep: mention globbing in help for --delete

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Mon Dec 9 18:49:07 UTC 2013


On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 07:40:44PM +0100, Pino Toscano wrote:
> Followup of ed4bcb119cb908e98ecc1107dcd8b740ee2f484f.
> ---
>  sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml
> index 59d5485..3db3f57 100644
> --- a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml
> +++ b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml
> @@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ let op = {
>      pod_description = Some (s_"\
>  Delete specified files or directories.
>  
> -Use the I<--delete> option to specify a path to remove.");
> +Use the I<--delete> option to specify a path to remove.
> +
> +You can use shell glob characters in the specified path; note that such
> +metacharacters might require proper escape.  For example:
> +
> + virt-sysprep --delete '/var/log/*.log'.");
>      extra_args = [
>        { extra_argspec = ("--delete", Arg.String add_paths, s_"path" ^ " " ^ s_"File or directory to be removed on guest");
>          extra_pod_argval = Some "PATHNAME";
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1

ACK.

Rich.

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