scripts: Add 'container' subcommand.

* guix/scripts/container.scm: New file.
* guix/scripts/container/exec.scm: New file.
* po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add them.
* Makefile.am (MODULES): Add them.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix container): New section.

5 files changed, 202 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4f90b1d15b5..1582af3e8a6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ MODULES =					\
   guix/scripts/edit.scm                         \
   guix/scripts/size.scm                         \
   guix/scripts/graph.scm                        \
+  guix/scripts/container.scm                    \
+  guix/scripts/container/exec.scm               \
   guix.scm                                      \
   $(GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES)
 
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 9e15cbd6011..e107b698da8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ Utilities
 * Invoking guix environment::   Setting up development environments.
 * Invoking guix publish::       Sharing substitutes.
 * Invoking guix challenge::     Challenging substitute servers.
+* Invoking guix container::     Process isolation.
 
 GNU Distribution
 
@@ -3582,6 +3583,7 @@ programming interface of Guix in a convenient way.
 * Invoking guix environment::   Setting up development environments.
 * Invoking guix publish::       Sharing substitutes.
 * Invoking guix challenge::     Challenging substitute servers.
+* Invoking guix container::     Process isolation.
 @end menu
 
 @node Invoking guix build
@@ -4985,6 +4987,55 @@ URLs to compare to.
 @end table
 
 
+@node Invoking guix container
+@section Invoking @command{guix container}
+@cindex container
+
+The purpose of @command{guix container} is to manipulate processes
+running within an isolated environment, commonly known as a
+``container,'' typically created by the @command{guix environment}
+(@pxref{Invoking guix environment}) and @command{guix system container}
+(@pxref{Invoking guix system}) commands.
+
+The general syntax is:
+
+@example
+guix container @var{action} @var{options}@dots{}
+@end example
+
+@var{action} specifies the operation to perform with a container, and
+@var{options} specifies the context-specific arguments for the action.
+
+The following actions are available:
+
+@table @code
+@item exec
+Execute a command within the context of a running container.
+
+The syntax is:
+
+@example
+guix container exec @var{pid} @var{program} @var{arguments}@dots{}
+@end example
+
+@var{pid} specifies the process ID of the running container.
+@var{program} specifies an executable file name within the container's
+root file system.  @var{arguments} are the additional options that will
+be passed to @var{program}.
+
+The following command launches an interactive login shell inside a
+GuixSD container, started by @command{guix system container}, and whose
+process ID is 9001:
+
+@example
+guix container exec 9001 /run/current-system/profile/bin/bash --login
+@end example
+
+Note that the @var{pid} cannot be the parent process of a container.  It
+must be the container's PID 1 or one of its child processes.
+
+@end table
+
 @c *********************************************************************
 @node GNU Distribution
 @chapter GNU Distribution
diff --git a/guix/scripts/container.scm b/guix/scripts/container.scm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd9f345b682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guix/scripts/container.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix scripts container)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (guix ui)
+  #:export (guix-container))
+
+(define (show-help)
+  (display (_ "Usage: guix container ACTION ARGS...
+Build and manipulate Linux containers.\n"))
+  (newline)
+  (display (_ "The valid values for ACTION are:\n"))
+  (newline)
+  (display (_ "\
+   exec            execute a command inside of an existing container\n"))
+  (newline)
+  (display (_ "
+  -h, --help             display this help and exit"))
+  (display (_ "
+  -V, --version          display version information and exit"))
+  (newline)
+  (show-bug-report-information))
+
+(define %actions '("exec"))
+
+(define (resolve-action name)
+  (let ((module (resolve-interface
+                 `(guix scripts container ,(string->symbol name))))
+        (proc (string->symbol (string-append "guix-container-" name))))
+    (module-ref module proc)))
+
+(define (guix-container . args)
+  (with-error-handling
+    (match args
+      (()
+       (format (current-error-port)
+               (_ "guix container: missing action~%")))
+      ((or ("-h") ("--help"))
+       (show-help)
+       (exit 0))
+      (("--version")
+       (show-version-and-exit "guix container"))
+      ((action args ...)
+       (if (member action %actions)
+           (apply (resolve-action action) args)
+           (format (current-error-port)
+                   (_ "guix container: invalid action~%")))))))
diff --git a/guix/scripts/container/exec.scm b/guix/scripts/container/exec.scm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40186be85d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guix/scripts/container/exec.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (guix scripts container exec)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-37)
+  #:use-module (guix ui)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
+  #:use-module (gnu build linux-container)
+  #:export (guix-container-exec))
+
+(define %options
+  (list (option '(#\h "help") #f #f
+                (lambda args
+                  (show-help)
+                  (exit 0)))
+        (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
+                (lambda args
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix container exec")))))
+
+(define (show-help)
+  (display (_ "Usage: guix container exec PID COMMAND [ARGS...]
+Execute COMMMAND within the container process PID.\n"))
+  (newline)
+  (display (_ "
+  -h, --help             display this help and exit"))
+  (display (_ "
+  -V, --version          display version information and exit"))
+  (newline)
+  (show-bug-report-information))
+
+(define (partition-args args)
+  "Split ARGS into two lists; one containing the arguments for this program,
+and the other containing arguments for the command to be executed."
+  (break (lambda (arg)
+           ;; Split after the pid argument.
+           (not (false-if-exception (string->number arg))))
+         args))
+
+(define (guix-container-exec . args)
+  (define (handle-argument arg result)
+    (if (assoc-ref result 'pid)
+        (leave (_ "~a: extraneous argument~%") arg)
+        (alist-cons 'pid (string->number* arg) result)))
+
+  (let-values (((args command) (partition-args args)))
+    (let* ((opts (parse-command-line args %options '(())
+                                     #:argument-handler
+                                     handle-argument))
+           (pid  (assoc-ref opts 'pid)))
+
+      (unless pid
+        (leave (_ "no pid specified~%")))
+
+      (when (null? command)
+        (leave (_ "no command specified~%")))
+
+      (unless (file-exists? (string-append "/proc/" (number->string pid)))
+        (leave (_ "no such process ~d~%") pid))
+
+      (let ((result (container-excursion pid
+                      (lambda ()
+                        (match command
+                          ((program . program-args)
+                           (apply execlp program program program-args)))))))
+        (unless (zero? result)
+          (leave (_ "exec failed with status ~d~%") result))))))
diff --git a/po/guix/POTFILES.in b/po/guix/POTFILES.in
index 0c4e4f84437..6197529b44e 100644
--- a/po/guix/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/guix/POTFILES.in
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ guix/scripts/edit.scm
 guix/scripts/size.scm
 guix/scripts/graph.scm
 guix/scripts/challenge.scm
+guix/scripts/container.scm
+guix/scripts/container/exec.scm
 guix/upstream.scm
 guix/ui.scm
 guix/http-client.scm