libguestfs could really use structured output from more of the command
line tools. Particularly:
- all the ext4 tools
- all the xfs tools
- all the btrfs tools
- parted
and more. See also:
https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/tree/master/daemon
A dbus service would not be useful.
Hi Jan,
I really like the idea out json output for fs/block tools.
nvme-cli has been doing it for a while, and that has been very
useful. It comes with it's own little handrolled json output
helpers:
https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli/blob/master/json.c
so it doesn't introduce any
Le Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:17:17 +0200
Jan Tulak écrivait:
> A structured output is something we should aim for. It helps a lot
> with the issues and it is the cheapest option. If it goes well, it can
> be later on followed by creating a library, although, at this moment,
> that seems a premature thi
AKA filesystem API
Hi guys
Currently, filesystem tools are not made with automation in mind. So
any tool that wants to interact with filesystems (be it for
automation, or to provide a more user-friendly interface) has to
screen scrape everything and cope with changing outputs.
I think it is the
