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Sysbox: svccall

Usage: svccall DEVNAME SVCNAME [KEYVAL]...

Invoke a servicecall and print result to stdout. Gather servicecall information with svcinfo tool.

A KEYVAL has the format of key=value.

Options:

• -d
  Print integers in decimal form. Enabled by default.
• -h
  Print integers in hexadecimal form.
• -p
  Display port number in socket addresses. Enabled by default.
• -P
  Hide port number in socket addresses.
• -s NUM
  Specify servicecall pool size. The returned strings and socket addresses will be allocated from this pool.
  Always refer to svccall --help for actual default value and limits.

Examples:

$ svccall vfs mkdir
svccall: key "dir" not found in KEYVALs
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$ svccall vfs mkdir dir=/tmp/test
svccall: key "attr" not found in KEYVALs
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$ svccall vfs mkdir dir=/tmp/test attr=0770
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$ stat /tmp/test
  File: '/tmp/test'
  Size: 0          Blocks: 0        IO Block: 4096     directory
Device: 1300001h/19922945d Inode: 8959       Links: 1    
Access: (0770/drwxrwx---)  Uid: 0     Gid: 0    
Access: 2017-08-09 18:11:54.625000000
Change: 2017-08-09 18:11:54.625000000
Modify: 2017-08-09 18:11:54.625000000
 Birth: 2017-08-09 18:11:54.625000000
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$ svccall vfs rmdir
svccall: key "dir" not found in KEYVALs
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$ svccall vfs rmdir dir=/tmp/test
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$ stat /tmp/test
stat: /tmp/test: No such file or directory
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$ svccall vfs compdev dev_name=vfs dev_unit=0
dev: 27262976
$