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diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst index 3653adb..5e7b850 100644 --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Parameters to snapshot subcommand: .. option:: -l - Lists all snapshots in the given image + Lists all snapshots in the given image (default action) Command description: @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ Command description: 4 Error on reading data -.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps [--skip-broken-bitmaps]] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-B BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT]] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME +.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps [--skip-broken-bitmaps]] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT]] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME Convert the disk image *FILENAME* or a snapshot *SNAPSHOT_PARAM* to disk image *OUTPUT_FILENAME* using format *OUTPUT_FMT*. It can @@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ Command description: ``--skip-broken-bitmaps`` is also specified to copy only the consistent bitmaps. -.. option:: create [--object OBJECTDEF] [-q] [-f FMT] [-b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT]] [-u] [-o OPTIONS] FILENAME [SIZE] +.. option:: create [-f FMT] [-o FMT_OPTS] [-b BACKING_FILE [-B BACKING_FMT]] [-u] [-q] [--object OBJDEF] FILE [SIZE] - Create the new disk image *FILENAME* of size *SIZE* and format - *FMT*. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more *OPTIONS* - that enable additional features of this format. + Create the new disk image *FILE* of size *SIZE* and format + *FMT*. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more *FMT_OPTS* + options that enable additional features of this format. If the option *BACKING_FILE* is specified, then the image will record only the differences from *BACKING_FILE*. No size needs to be specified in @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Command description: ``commit`` monitor command (or ``qemu-img commit``). If a relative path name is given, the backing file is looked up relative to - the directory containing *FILENAME*. + the directory containing *FILE*. Note that a given backing file will be opened to check that it is valid. Use the ``-u`` option to enable unsafe backing file mode, which means that the @@ -663,11 +663,11 @@ Command description: bitmap support, or 0 if bitmaps are supported but there is nothing to copy. -.. option:: snapshot [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-l | -a SNAPSHOT | -c SNAPSHOT | -d SNAPSHOT] FILENAME +.. option:: snapshot [--object OBJECTDEF] [-f FMT | --image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-l | -a SNAPSHOT | -c SNAPSHOT | -d SNAPSHOT] FILENAME 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] [-c] -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 [-B BACKING_FMT] FILENAME Changes the backing file of an image. Only the formats ``qcow2`` and ``qed`` support changing the backing file. |