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diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 39562317ee..e8bc0fd7a2 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -428,6 +428,47 @@ The command can output in the format @var{ofmt} which is either @code{human} or @code{json}. The JSON output is an object of QAPI type @code{ImageInfo}; with @code{--backing-chain}, it is an array of @code{ImageInfo} objects. +@code{--output=human} reports the following information (for every image in the +chain): +@table @var +@item image +The image file name + +@item file format +The image format + +@item virtual size +The size of the guest disk + +@item disk size +How much space the image file occupies on the host file system (may be shown as +0 if this information is unavailable, e.g. because there is no file system) + +@item cluster_size +Cluster size of the image format, if applicable + +@item encrypted +Whether the image is encrypted (only present if so) + +@item cleanly shut down +This is shown as @code{no} if the image is dirty and will have to be +auto-repaired the next time it is opened in qemu. + +@item backing file +The backing file name, if present + +@item backing file format +The format of the backing file, if the image enforces it + +@item Snapshot list +A list of all internal snapshots + +@item Format specific information +Further information whose structure depends on the image format. This section +is a textual representation of the respective @code{ImageInfoSpecific*} QAPI +object (e.g. @code{ImageInfoSpecificQCow2} for qcow2 images). +@end table + @item map [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [-U] @var{filename} Dump the metadata of image @var{filename} and its backing file chain. |