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@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ Export QEMU disk image using NBD protocol.
@item -P, --partition=@var{num}
only expose partition @var{num}
@item -s, --snapshot
- use snapshot file
+ use @var{filename} as an external snapshot, create a temporary
+ file with backing_file=@var{filename}, redirect the write to
+ the temporary one
+@item -l, --load-snapshot=@var{snapshot_param}
+ load an internal snapshot inside @var{filename} and export it
+ as an read-only device, @var{snapshot_param} format is
+ 'snapshot.id=[ID],snapshot.name=[NAME]' or '[ID_OR_NAME]'
@item -n, --nocache
@itemx --cache=@var{cache}
set cache mode to be used with the file. See the documentation of