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| author | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2011-12-19 08:50:47 -0600 |
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| committer | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2011-12-19 08:50:47 -0600 |
| commit | ddf83d0173c6a64a95a6640e4bfcea4cd789cad2 (patch) | |
| tree | d515cadede7bae9ee72e66a57140a7288b5aac36 /qemu-img.texi | |
| parent | ea830ebb74461c5ad6d199857fb000d2e0284c69 (diff) | |
| parent | bd83b3620517ef9f2079cfda465953e60263f623 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'kwolf/for-anthony' into staging
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diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 70fa321..b2ca3a5 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ indicates the consecutive number of bytes that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during conversion. This value is rounded down to the nearest 512 bytes. You may use the common size suffixes like @code{k} for kilobytes. +@item -t @var{cache} +specifies the cache mode that should be used with the (destination) file. See +the documentation of the emulator's @code{-drive cache=...} option for allowed +values. @end table Parameters to snapshot subcommand: @@ -87,11 +91,11 @@ this case. @var{backing_file} will never be modified unless you use the The size can also be specified using the @var{size} option with @code{-o}, it doesn't need to be specified separately in this case. -@item commit [-f @var{fmt}] @var{filename} +@item commit [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] @var{filename} Commit the changes recorded in @var{filename} in its base image. -@item convert [-c] [-p] [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [-o @var{options}] [-s @var{snapshot_name}] [-S @var{sparse_size}] @var{filename} [@var{filename2} [...]] @var{output_filename} +@item convert [-c] [-p] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [-o @var{options}] [-s @var{snapshot_name}] [-S @var{sparse_size}] @var{filename} [@var{filename2} [...]] @var{output_filename} Convert the disk image @var{filename} or a snapshot @var{snapshot_name} to disk image @var{output_filename} using format @var{output_fmt}. It can be optionally compressed (@code{-c} @@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ they are displayed too. List, apply, create or delete snapshots in image @var{filename}. -@item rebase [-f @var{fmt}] [-p] [-u] -b @var{backing_file} [-F @var{backing_fmt}] @var{filename} +@item rebase [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-p] [-u] -b @var{backing_file} [-F @var{backing_fmt}] @var{filename} Changes the backing file of an image. Only the formats @code{qcow2} and @code{qed} support changing the backing file. |