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authorChee Yang Lee <chee.yang.lee@intel.com>2019-11-21 14:28:52 +0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2019-11-27 13:23:27 +0000
commitbd669c1809a378f93580eb9e0679a26ec6746cb8 (patch)
tree0d82d99e5d51c3f3c64eefa6e4bf4c5677e50d2f /scripts/lib/wic/help.py
parent7356ae622bd71ba1a022a9ed18c4cf085e948b38 (diff)
downloadopenembedded-core-bd669c1809a378f93580eb9e0679a26ec6746cb8.tar.gz
wic: 'wic cp' to copy from image
currently 'wic cp' only works for copy file from local storage to wic image. enhance 'wic cp' to copy file/directory from wic image to local storage. include selftest and 'wic help' updates. [YOCTO#12169] Signed-off-by: Chee Yang Lee <chee.yang.lee@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
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--- a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
@@ -341,12 +341,15 @@ DESCRIPTION
wic_cp_usage = """
- Copy files and directories to the vfat or ext* partition
+ Copy files and directories to/from the vfat or ext* partition
- usage: wic cp <src> <image>:<partition>[<path>] [--native-sysroot <path>]
+ usage: wic cp <src> <dest> [--native-sysroot <path>]
- This command copies local files or directories to the vfat or ext* partitions
-of partitioned image.
+ source/destination image in format <image>:<partition>[<path>]
+
+ This command copies files or directories either
+ - from local to vfat or ext* partitions of partitioned image
+ - from vfat or ext* partitions of partitioned image to local
See 'wic help cp' for more detailed instructions.
@@ -355,16 +358,18 @@ of partitioned image.
wic_cp_help = """
NAME
- wic cp - copy files and directories to the vfat or ext* partitions
+ wic cp - copy files and directories to/from the vfat or ext* partitions
SYNOPSIS
- wic cp <src> <image>:<partition>
- wic cp <src> <image>:<partition><path>
- wic cp <src> <image>:<partition><path> --native-sysroot <path>
+ wic cp <src> <dest>:<partition>
+ wic cp <src>:<partition> <dest>
+ wic cp <src> <dest-image>:<partition><path>
+ wic cp <src> <dest-image>:<partition><path> --native-sysroot <path>
DESCRIPTION
- This command copies files and directories to the vfat or ext* partition of
- the partitioned image.
+ This command copies files or directories either
+ - from local to vfat or ext* partitions of partitioned image
+ - from vfat or ext* partitions of partitioned image to local
The first form of it copies file or directory to the root directory of
the partition:
@@ -397,6 +402,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
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+ The third form of the command copies file or directory from the specified directory
+ on the partition to local:
+ $ wic cp tmp/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.wic:1/vmlinuz test
+
The -n option is used to specify the path to the native sysroot
containing the tools(parted and mtools) to use.
"""