Hi Dave, Thanks for the reply after getting some sleep the question I should have asked is what libraries do I need to link the application against? If I just try gcc -o a.out hellolibvirt.c it can't find any of the libvirt calls.

Thanks, Steve --- On Thu, 7/1/10, Dave Allan <dallan(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > From: Dave Allan <dallan(a)redhat.com&gt; > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] C API example > To: steven765(a)yahoo.com > Cc: "Justin Clift" <justin(a)salasaga.org&gt;, libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 2:06 PM > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 07:37:27PM > -0700, steven765(a)yahoo.com > wrote: > > I think so, but I'm locked out at home. I'll have to > try at school tomorrow.  It gave me a remote error, but > with the correct directory so fingers crossed thanks!  > > > > > btw might you or anyone know what I have to include to > start a clean project of my own?  So if I want to just > build an application that uses the API with nothing else but > what's necessary? > > If you're talking about a C application, you're pretty much > describing > hellolibvirt.  I tried to put enough in there to > demonstrate a couple > of different calls, but hopefully not so much that it's > overwhelming. > If it seems like there's a lot there, cut some of it > out.  You don't > need the showDomains function, for example.  Remove > it, compile and > see what happens. > > Dave > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > --- On Wed, 6/30/10, Justin Clift <justin(a)salasaga.org&gt; > wrote: > > > > > From: Justin Clift <justin(a)salasaga.org&gt; > > > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] C API example > > > To: "Dave Allan" <dallan(a)redhat.com&gt; > > > Cc: steven765(a)yahoo.com, > libvirt-users(a)redhat.com > > > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:09 PM > > > On 07/01/2010 11:54 AM, Dave Allan > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > ./hellolibvirt \ > > > > > > > > qemu+unix:///system?socket=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock > > > > > > Thanks Dave.  The +unix:// and ?socket=xxx bits > are > > > what I'd not been picking up on.  Should be good > now. > > > > > > Steven, is it working for you? > > > > > > Regards and best wishes, > > > > > > Justin Clift > > > > > > -- Salasaga  -  Open Source eLearning IDE > > >               http://www.salasaga.org > > > > > > > > > >