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The aim of vshCompleterFilter() is to take a string list and a prefix and remove all strings from the list that don't have the desired prefix. The function is used to filter out those strings returned by a completer callback that don't correspond with user's (partial) input. For instance, domain name completer virshDomainNameCompleter() returns all domain names and then vshCompleterFilter() refines the list so that only domains with correct prefix of their name are offered to user. This was a design choice - it allows us to have shorter completers as they do not have to copy the list filtering over and over. Having said all of that, it may happen that a completer does not return anything (e.g. there is no domain in requested state, virsh is not connected and thus completer exited early, etc.). In that case, the string list is NULL and vshCompleterFilter() can simply return early. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: