This patch adds a Python binding for the virGetVersion call (called libvirt.getVersion). $ python Python 2.4.4 (#1, Oct 23 2006, 13:58:18) [GCC 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import libvirt; libvirt.getVersion (None); (2002, 3000001) libvirt.getVersion ("QEMU"); (2002, 2002)
libvirt.getVersion ("not_here");
It also gives you a way to detect if a particular driver is compiled in, which I guess could be quite useful: libvir: error : no support for hypervisor Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/home/rjones/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 95, in getVersion if ret is None: raise libvirtError ("virGetVersion() failed") libvirt.libvirtError: virGetVersion() failed no support for hypervisor Rich. -- Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903