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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/nbdfuse.py | 7 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ -# vmdk-inspector -A (work-in-progress) Tool for examining a VMDK disk image to determine which operating system and applications it contains. +# vm-inspector + +A sample tool for inspecting a disk image file, e.g. vmdk, vdi, qcow, etc., to determine which operating system and applications it contains. ## Usage -To inspect a VMDK disk image: + +To inspect a disk image file: + ``` python3 inspect.py foo.vmdk ``` + or + ``` ./inspect.py foo.vmdk -```
\ No newline at end of file +``` diff --git a/tools/nbdfuse.py b/tools/nbdfuse.py index b7a4997..09591ea 100644 --- a/tools/nbdfuse.py +++ b/tools/nbdfuse.py @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ L = logging.getLogger(__name__) @log def mount(path): - """Mount a VMware Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) file as a RAW image file in - the local filesystem with read-only support using `qemu-nbd` + `nbdfuse`. + """Mount a disk image file as a RAW image file in the local filesystem with + read-only support using `qemu-nbd` + `nbdfuse`. See also: https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/qemu-utils/qemu-nbd.8.en.html @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def mount(path): $ sudo apt install qemu-utils nbdfuse Args: - path (str): Path to the VMDK file. + path (str): Path to the disk image file. Returns: Path to the directory containing a single virtual file named `nbd`. @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def mount(path): "--socket-activation", "qemu-nbd", "--read-only", - "--format=vmdk", path ] |