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authorBarry J. Grundy <bgrundy@linuxleo.com>2014-12-16 20:00:30 +0700
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2014-12-16 20:00:30 +0700
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+libvmdk (libYAL VMDK library)
+
+Library and tools to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) image format.
+
+Read supported extent file formats:
+
+ -RAW (flat)
+ -COWD version 1 (sparse)
+ -VMDK version 1, 2 and 3 (sparse)
+
+Supported VMDK format features:
+
+ -delta links
+ -grain compression (as of version 20131209)
+ -data markers (as of version 20140416)
+
+VMDK format features not supported at the moment:
+
+ -images that use a physical device
+ -changed block tracking (CBT) (supported by VMDK version 3 (sparse))
+ change tracking file