Re: [linux-lvm] I have started writing a KDE program for LVM

["Rob West" <robertfwest@gmail.com>]

In the version we use (2.02.21), there is a library interface
(lvm2_run) that essentially allows one to run any LVM command and get
its output without having to fork. The problem, of course, is the
effort of parsing the output well.

- Rob

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:50 PM, ben scott <benscott@nwlink.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 21 February 2008 9:10:38 am Dave Wysochanski wrote:
>  > On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 21:26 -0800, ben scott wrote:
>  > >
>
> > > Also, has there been any progress towards an lvm library?
>  >
>  > Slow progress so far but it is being worked on.
>  >
>  > Do you have specific requirements and/or use cases you can share?  Are
>  > they straightforward things such as pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate, and
>  > displaying of PVs, VGs, and LVs, or are there more complicated things?
>  >
>  > Anything you can share would be appreciated.
>
>  Ultimately I would like to have a GUI interface that can do anything
>  the CLI can do. However just having a library for reading the information
>  like vgs, pvs and lvs would be really nice.
>
>  Thank you.
>
>
>
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