2.5.4.4. `linuxdistro` — Manipulating known Linux Distributions¶

Autotest can have knowledge about the Linux Distribution that was running on a machine during a test their detailed charateristics.

2.5.4.4.1. Functions for procedural like programming¶

All the default functions are available for getting information.

arc.linuxdistro.get_data()¶

Returns data in raw format from the Autotest RPC server. By default all data will be returned, unless filtered.

Parameters:	connection – an `arc.connection.Connection` instance data_filter – keyword arguments to filter the data that will be received
Returns:	raw JSON data converted to a Python data structure

arc.linuxdistro.get_ids()¶

Returns only the numeric identification of existing instances on the server side.

Parameters:	connection – an `arc.connection.Connection` instance data_filter – keyword arguments to filter the data that will be received
Returns:	raw JSON data converted to a Python data structure

class arc.linuxdistro.LinuxDistro(connection, identification=None, name=None)¶: Interface for manipulating hosts on an autotest server