Query: virt-tar-out
OS: suse
Section: 1
Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar
virt-tar-out(1) Virtualization Support virt-tar-out(1)NAMEvirt-tar-out - Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball.SYNOPSISvirt-tar-out -a disk.img /dir files.tar virt-tar-out -d domain /dir files.tar virt-tar-out -d domain /dir - | gzip --best > files.tar.gzDESCRIPTION"virt-tar-out" packs a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball. The first parameter is the absolute path of the virtual machine directory. The second parameter is the tar file to write. Use "-" to write to standard output.EXAMPLESDownload the home directories from a guest: virt-tar-out -d MyGuest /home - | gzip --best > homes.tar.gzJUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISHThis command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the guestfish(1) "tar-out" command. For anything more complex than a trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.OPTIONSSince the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.SEE ALSOguestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-in(1), virt-copy-out(1), virt-edit(1), virt-tar-in(1), <http://libguestfs.org/>.AUTHORSRichard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")COPYRIGHTCopyright (C) 2011 Red Hat Inc. <http://libguestfs.org/> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. libguestfs-1.18.1 2013-12-07 virt-tar-out(1)
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