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2010-05-03qemu-img: Add 'resize' command to grow/shrink disk imagesStefan Hajnoczi
This patch adds a 'resize' command to grow/shrink disk images. This allows changing the size of disk images without copying to a new image file. Currently only raw files support resize. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2009-11-09Documentation: Add options to image format descriptionsKevin Wolf
Explain the existing format specific options that can be used with qemu-img create/convert -o ... Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
2009-11-09Documentation: Don't mention old qemu-img optionsKevin Wolf
The old options are still supported for compatibility, but they are inconsistent (for example create -b vs. convert -B for backing files) and incomplete (-F only exists for create) which tends to confuse people. Remove all references to the old options from the documentation to guide users to the more consistent -o options. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
2009-11-09Documentation: Move image format descriptions to own sectionKevin Wolf
The description of the image formats is too long to be a subitem of a parameter description. It will become even longer when we include the options provided by the respective format. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
2009-10-06add host_device format description to qemu-img manpageAdrian Bridgett
Converting files using "qemu-img convert" onto logical volumes (or any block device) you need to use the currently undocumented "host_device" format. This patch adds the required documentation to the manpage. Reported-by: Adrian Bridgett <adrian@bitcube.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bridgett <adrian@bitcube.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
2009-08-10Add new block driver for the VDI format (only aio supported)Stefan Weil
This is a new block driver written from scratch to support the VDI format in QEMU. VDI is the native format used by Innotek / SUN VirtualBox. Latest changes: * stripped down version (code for synchronous operations and experimental code removed) * don't open VDI snapshot images (with uuid_link or uuid_parent) * modified vdi_aio_cancel Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Message-Id:
2009-06-07Use hxtool for qemu-img command listStuart Brady
Use hxtool to generate the 'command syntax' section of qemu-img's help message, and the corresponding section of the texinfo documentation. This has the side-effect of adding 'check' to this list of commands in the texinfo documentation. Signed-off-by: Stuart Brady <stuart.brady@gmail.com>
2009-06-06Document changes in qemu-img interfaceKevin Wolf
Update the documentation to reflect the introduction of format specific options with -o. Don't advertise -e or -6 any more, they exist only for compatibility reasons and can be replaced by the corresponding -o options. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2009-03-28qemu-img: adding a "-F base_fmt" option to "qemu-img create -b" (Uri Lublin)aliguori
If the user specifies the backing file format, then when opening the backing file, there is no need to probe the (backing file) image to figure out its format. This follows my previous patches implementing bdrv_create2 which keeps (for qcow2 only) the backing file format as a qcow2-extension Suggested by Daniel P. Berrange. Signed-off-by: Uri Lublin <uril@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@6910 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
2009-01-24Synch code, help and docsblueswir1
Rearrange code, help printout and docs so that they are in the same (hopefully more logical) order for easier maintenance. Add help and docs for undocumented options. Reformat slightly for more consistent help output. Add comments to encourage better synchronization in the future. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@6432 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162
2008-06-05New qemu-img convert -B option, by Marc Bevand.ths
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2008-06-05Update documentation for qemu-img convert options, by Marc Bevand.ths
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2007-09-16vmdk compatibility level 6 images, by Soren Hansen.ths
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2007-09-16find -type f | xargs sed -i 's/[\t ]$//g' # on most filesths
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2007-06-03Documentation spelling fixes, by Mark Glines.ths
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2006-08-07updatebellard
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2005-07-23updatebellard
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2004-11-15doc update - added qemu-img manual pagebellard
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