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

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 06:17:00PM +0100, Pino Toscano wrote:
> Followup of ed4bcb119cb908e98ecc1107dcd8b740ee2f484f.
> ---
>  sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml
> index 59d5485..a08d4d0 100644
> --- a/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml
> +++ b/sysprep/sysprep_operation_delete.ml
> @@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ 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, i.e.
> +C</some/dir/prefix*>.");

How about /var/log/*.log as the example?  Also I think we should tell
people to quote the arg to defend it from the shell.  So it could look
like this:

-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,
+for example:
+
+ virt-sysprep --delete '/var/log/*.log'");

(Putting a space in front makes verbatim text in POD)

Rich.

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