4.3.10. Determine if the Domain is updated

⁠4.3.10. Determine if the Domain is updated

The isUpdated method returns a boolean flag indicating whether or not the domain has been updated since it was created.

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Example 4.16. Determine if the Domain is updated

# Example-58.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import libvirt
from xml.dom import minidom

domName = 'CentOS7'

conn = None
try:
    conn = libvirt.open("qemu:///system")
except libvirt.libvirtError as e:
    print(repr(e), file=sys.stderr)
    exit(1)

dom = None
try:
    dom = conn.lookupByName(domName)
except libvirt.libvirtError as e:
    print(repr(e), file=sys.stderr)
    exit(1)

flag = None
try:
    flag = dom.isUpdated()
except libvirt.libvirtError as e:
    print(repr(e), file=sys.stderr)
    conn.close()
    exit(1)

if flag == 1:
    print('The domain is updated.')
elif flag == 0:
    print('The domain is not updated.')

conn.close()
exit(0)