[Libguestfs] [PATCH 2/3] added icat API to retrieve deleted or inaccessible files

noxdafox noxdafox at gmail.com
Mon Mar 7 19:55:24 UTC 2016


On 07/03/16 21:45, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Thanks, I have pushed this patch series.
>
> Could you consider changing:
>
>> +    optional = Some "icat";
> I think it would be nice to have a single feature, and to call the
> feature "sleuthkit" or "forensics" or something like that.  We don't
> need to have one feature per API since installation of a single
> package (sleuthkit) is sufficient to make all the APIs available.
This was something I was a bit confused about.
For what I've got, libguestfs checks the availability of something by 
inspecting its path.

TSK is a collection of tools (icat, fls, mmls, blkls...) therefore I was 
using `icat` to test its presence within the appliance.
How could I do it better?

Shall I call it `optional = Some "sleuthkit"` and then in the code check 
for "icat" instead of using the given parameter? Is this considered a 
"clean" solution?

If so I'll provide patch.
>
> Rich.
>




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