| Message ID | 20120916114108.2A4EA3400@gandalf.tls.msk.ru |
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Am 16.09.2012 13:41, schrieb Michael Tokarev: > The text describing `create' qemu-img subcommand refers to backing_file, > but it is not mentioned anywhere in the syntax for this subcommand. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> No, -b is deprecated, you should be using -o backing_file=... What description exactly are you talking about, qemu-img.texi? It says: > @item create [-f @var{fmt}] [-o @var{options}] @var{filename} [@var{size}] > > Create the new disk image @var{filename} of size @var{size} and format > @var{fmt}. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more @var{options} > that enable additional features of this format. > > If the option @var{backing_file} is specified, then the image will record > only the differences from @var{backing_file}. Which for me seemed to be a pretty clear reference to -o backing_file=..., but if it isn't, maybe we can rephrase it somehow. Kevin
diff --git a/qemu-img-cmds.hx b/qemu-img-cmds.hx index 39419a0..82c6e38 100644 --- a/qemu-img-cmds.hx +++ b/qemu-img-cmds.hx @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ STEXI ETEXI DEF("create", img_create, - "create [-f fmt] [-o options] filename [size]") + "create [-f fmt] [-o options] [-b backing_file] filename [size]") STEXI -@item create [-f @var{fmt}] [-o @var{options}] @var{filename} [@var{size}] +@item create [-f @var{fmt}] [-o @var{options}] [-b @var{backing_file}] @var{filename} [@var{size}] ETEXI DEF("commit", img_commit, diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 6b42e35..4fbf2ed 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ wrong fix or hiding corruption that has already occured. Only the formats @code{qcow2}, @code{qed} and @code{vdi} support consistency checks. -@item create [-f @var{fmt}] [-o @var{options}] @var{filename} [@var{size}] +@item create [-f @var{fmt}] [-o @var{options}] [-b @var{backing_file}] @var{filename} [@var{size}] Create the new disk image @var{filename} of size @var{size} and format @var{fmt}. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more @var{options}
The text describing `create' qemu-img subcommand refers to backing_file, but it is not mentioned anywhere in the syntax for this subcommand. Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>