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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/tools/qemu-img.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst index ca5a2773cf..4459c065f1 100644 --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ Command description: List, apply, create or delete snapshots in image *FILENAME*. -.. option:: rebase [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-p] [-u] -b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT] FILENAME +.. option:: rebase [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-p] [-u] [-c] -b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT] FILENAME Changes the backing file of an image. Only the formats ``qcow2`` and ``qed`` support changing the backing file. @@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ Command description: In order to achieve this, any clusters that differ between *BACKING_FILE* and the old backing file of *FILENAME* are merged - into *FILENAME* before actually changing the backing file. + into *FILENAME* before actually changing the backing file. With the + ``-c`` option specified, the clusters which are being merged (but not + the entire *FILENAME* image) are compressed when written. Note that the safe mode is an expensive operation, comparable to converting an image. It only works if the old backing file still |