Merge pull request #64 from neowutran/patch-2

Create mount_lvm_image.sh

code/OS-administration/mount_lvm_image.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+########################################################
+# Make a LVM image appear in qvm-block
+# Create a disposable VM
+# Attach the image to the newly created disposable VM
+# Wait until the disposable VM is destroyed
+# Remove the LVM image from the qvm-block list
+######################################################
+
+image=${1?Image file is required, example "/dev/qubes_dom0/vm-debian-9-tmp-root"}
+dvm=${2?DVM template name is required, example: "fedora-29-dvm"}
+dev=$(basename $(readlink "$image"))
+qubesdb-write /qubes-block-devices/$dev/desc "$image"
+list_before=$(qvm-ls | cut -d " " -f1 | sort)
+qvm-run -v --dispvm=$dvm --service qubes.StartApp+xterm &
+sleep 5
+list_after=$(qvm-ls | cut -d " " -f1 | sort)
+diff=$(comm -3 <(echo "$list_before") <(echo "$list_after"))
+qvm-block attach $diff dom0:$dev
+wait
+qubesdb-rm /qubes-block-devices/$dev/

code/README.md

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 - R4-universal-update-script.sh: bash script to automate VM updates
 - ![](/_res/l.png) [findpref](https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-scripts/blob/master/findpref): find all VMs that match a pref value and optionally set new values for them ([readme](https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-scripts#findpref))
 - ![](/_res/l.png) [qvm-portfwd-iptables](https://gist.github.com/Joeviocoe/6c4dc0c283f6d6c5b1a3f5af8793292b): port forwarding to allow external connections, see usage notes at bottom 
+- ![](/_res/l.png) [mount_lvm_image.sh](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/code/OS-administration/mount_lvm_image.sh): mount lvm image to a newly created disp VM
  
 **`monitoring`**
 - ls-qubes.sh: outputs the nb. of running qubes + total memory used; the output can be fed into a panel text applet (see comments in the script).