From f7c1553388c98efcdcc70371e655417cf1ed7df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reda Sallahi Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:16:09 +0200 Subject: qemu-img: add skip option to dd This adds the skip option which allows qemu-img dd to skip a number of blocks before copying the input. A test case was added to test the skip option. Signed-off-by: Reda Sallahi Message-id: 20160810141609.32727-1-fullmanet@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Max Reitz --- qemu-img.texi | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'qemu-img.texi') diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 880293a..174aae3 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ sets the number of input blocks to copy sets the input file @item of=@var{output} sets the output file +@item skip=@var{blocks} +sets the number of input blocks to skip @end table Command description: @@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ skipped. This is useful for formats such as @code{rbd} if the target volume has already been created with site specific options that cannot be supplied through qemu-img. -@item dd [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output} +@item dd [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] [skip=@var{blocks}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output} Dd copies from @var{input} file to @var{output} file converting it from @var{fmt} format to @var{output_fmt} format. -- cgit v1.1