1virt-tar-in(1)              Virtualization Support              virt-tar-in(1)
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NAME

6       virt-tar-in - Unpack a tarball into a virtual machine disk image.
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SYNOPSIS

9        virt-tar-in -a disk.img data.tar /destination
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11        virt-tar-in -d domain data.tar /destination
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13        zcat data.tar.gz | virt-tar-in -d domain - /destination
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WARNING

16       Using "virt-tar-in" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with
17       other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk
18       corruption.  The virtual machine must be shut down before you use this
19       command, and disk images must not be edited concurrently.
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DESCRIPTION

22       "virt-tar-in" unpacks an uncompressed tarball into a virtual machine
23       disk image or named libvirt domain.
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25       The first parameter is the tar file.  Use "-" to read the tar file from
26       standard input.  The second parameter is the absolute target directory
27       to unpack into.
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EXAMPLES

30       Upload a home directory to a guest:
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32        virt-tar-in -d MyGuest homes.tar /home
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JUST A SHELL SCRIPT WRAPPER AROUND GUESTFISH

35       This command is just a simple shell script wrapper around the
36       guestfish(1) "tar-in" command.  For anything more complex than a
37       trivial copy, you are probably better off using guestfish directly.
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OPTIONS

40       Since the shell script just passes options straight to guestfish, read
41       guestfish(1) to see the full list of options.
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SEE ALSO

44       guestfish(1), virt-cat(1), virt-copy-in(1), virt-copy-out(1),
45       virt-edit(1), virt-make-fs(1), virt-tar-out(1), http://libguestfs.org/.
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AUTHORS

48       Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
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51       Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

54       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
55       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
56       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
57       option) any later version.
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59       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
60       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
61       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
62       General Public License for more details.
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64       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
65       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
66       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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BUGS

69       To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
70       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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72       To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
73       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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75       When reporting a bug, please supply:
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77       •   The version of libguestfs.
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79       •   Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
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82       •   Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
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84       •   Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
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89libguestfs-1.48.3                 2022-05-26                    virt-tar-in(1)
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