virt-tar-in(1) Virtualization Support virt-tar-in(1)NAMEvirt-tar-in - Unpack a tarball into a virtual machine disk image.
SYNOPSISvirt-tar-in-a disk.img data.tar /destination
virt-tar-in-d domain data.tar /destination
zcat data.tar.gz | virt-tar-in-d domain - /destination
WARNING
Using "virt-tar-in" on live virtual machines can be dangerous,
potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be shut
down before you use this command.
DESCRIPTION
"virt-tar-in" unpacks an uncompressed tarball into a virtual machine
disk image or named libvirt domain.
The first parameter is the tar file. Use "-" to read the tar file from
standard input. The second parameter is the absolute target directory
to unpack into.
EXAMPLES
Upload a home directory to a guest:
virt-tar-in-d MyGuest homes.tar /home
JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH
This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
guestfish(1) "tar-in" command. For anything more complex than a
trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
OPTIONS
Since 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-make-fs(1), virt-tar-out(1), http://libguestfs.org/.
AUTHORS
Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat Inc.
LICENSE
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.
BUGS
To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
When reporting a bug, please supply:
· The version of libguestfs.
· Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
source, etc)
· Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
· Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
into the bug report.
libguestfs-1.22.6 2013-08-24 virt-tar-in(1)
