[Libguestfs] Dynamic monitoring of virtual machine disk by libguestfs

[Kashyap Chamarthy]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 11:59:13AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 04:38:18PM +0800, fu lirong wrote:
> >  Hi all ,
> >       By using function : guestfs_ls()  , I have realized  ls -l   commond
> > with libguesfs . I am wondering  how to inspect  the virtual disk
> > dynamically, such as monitor  mkdir  commond  inside the virtual machines,
> > I mean if  I create a  directory  in  virtual machine , how can I detect it
> 
> This question comes up often enough that I've added an
> entry in the FAQ:
> 
> https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/2dc88ba8cb5c772ef071cf94855018d912fbed88

Thanks, that's a nice writeup. Now I can point people to this -- I was
asked this question a couple of times before, and I just used to say
"you have to relaunch the appliance". This answer explains the range of
problems involved.

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/kashyap