1virt-tar-out(1) Virtualization Support virt-tar-out(1)
2
3
4
6 virt-tar-out - Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a
7 tarball.
8
10 virt-tar-out -a disk.img /dir files.tar
11
12 virt-tar-out -d domain /dir files.tar
13
14 virt-tar-out -d domain /dir - | gzip --best > files.tar.gz
15
17 "virt-tar-out" packs a virtual machine disk image directory into a
18 tarball.
19
20 The first parameter is the absolute path of the virtual machine
21 directory. The second parameter is the tar file to write. Use "-" to
22 write to standard output.
23
25 Download the home directories from a guest:
26
27 virt-tar-out -d MyGuest /home - | gzip --best > homes.tar.gz
28
30 This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
31 guestfish(1) "tar-out" command. For anything more complex than a
32 trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
33
35 Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read
36 guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.
37
39 guestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-in(1), virt-copy-out(1),
40 virt-edit(1), virt-tar-in(1), http://libguestfs.org/.
41
43 Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
44
46 Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat Inc.
47
49 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
50 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
51 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
52 option) any later version.
53
54 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
55 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
56 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
57 General Public License for more details.
58
59 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
60 with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
61 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
62
64 To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
65 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
66
67 To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
68 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
69
70 When reporting a bug, please supply:
71
72 • The version of libguestfs.
73
74 • Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
75 source, etc)
76
77 • Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
78
79 • Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
80 into the bug report.
81
82
83
84libguestfs-1.46.0 2021-09-23 virt-tar-out(1)