From acd935ef62283a2469333db0975b7d55c42fd997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bellard Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:57:26 +0000 Subject: doc update - added qemu-img manual page git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@1151 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162 --- qemu-mkcow.1 | 105 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 105 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 qemu-mkcow.1 (limited to 'qemu-mkcow.1') diff --git a/qemu-mkcow.1 b/qemu-mkcow.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 5e1a681..0000000 --- a/qemu-mkcow.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -.\" $Header: /home/paul/qemu/svnmerge/qemu-cvs/qemu/qemu-mkcow.1,v 1.1 2004-03-26 22:42:54 bellard Exp $ -.\" -.\" transcript compatibility for postscript use. -.\" -.\" synopsis: .P! -.\" -.de P! -.fl -\!!1 setgray -.fl -\\&.\" -.fl -\!!0 setgray -.fl \" force out current output buffer -\!!save /psv exch def currentpoint translate 0 0 moveto -\!!/showpage{}def -.fl \" prolog -.sy sed -e 's/^/!/' \\$1\" bring in postscript file -\!!psv restore -. -.de pF -.ie \\*(f1 .ds f1 \\n(.f -.el .ie \\*(f2 .ds f2 \\n(.f -.el .ie \\*(f3 .ds f3 \\n(.f -.el .ie \\*(f4 .ds f4 \\n(.f -.el .tm ? font overflow -.ft \\$1 -.. -.de fP -.ie !\\*(f4 \{\ -. ft \\*(f4 -. ds f4\" -' br \} -.el .ie !\\*(f3 \{\ -. ft \\*(f3 -. ds f3\" -' br \} -.el .ie !\\*(f2 \{\ -. ft \\*(f2 -. ds f2\" -' br \} -.el .ie !\\*(f1 \{\ -. ft \\*(f1 -. ds f1\" -' br \} -.el .tm ? font underflow -.. -.ds f1\" -.ds f2\" -.ds f3\" -.ds f4\" -'\" t -.ta 8n 16n 24n 32n 40n 48n 56n 64n 72n -.TH "QEMU" "8" -.SH "NAME" -qemu-mkcow \(em create a copy-on-write file for qemu -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.PP -\fBqemu-mkcow\fR [\fB-h\fP] [\fB-f \fImaster_disk_image\fR\fP] [\fIcow_image\fR] [\fB\fIcow_size\fR\fP] -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.PP -The \fBqemu-mkcow\fR command creates a -persistent copy-on-write file for \fBqemu\fR. - -.PP -\fBqemu\fR can be used in a "copy-on-write" mode, -where changes made by \fBqemu\fR do not actually -change the disk image file. One way is to invoke -\fBqemu\fR with -snapshot: these changes -are stored in a temporary file, which is discarded when -\fBqemu\fR exits. - -.PP -\fBqemu-mkcow\fR creates an explicit copy-on-write -file where changes are to be stored: this way, changes made -inside \fBqemu\fR will still be there next time you -run it, although the master disk image isn't ever changed. - -.PP -The usual method is to create the master image, then create a -copy-on-write file using \fBqemu-mkcow\fR with -\fB-f\fP. The filename of the master image is stored -inside the generated copy-on-write file: it must not be modified -after this is run! - -.PP -If no master file is specified, the effect is that of a -blank master of size \fIcow_size\fR. - -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP -qemu(1), qemu-fast(1). -.SH "AUTHOR" -.PP -This manual page was written by Paul Russell prussell@debian.org for -the \fBDebian\fP system (but may be used by others). Permission is -granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under -the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any -later version published by the Free Software Foundation. - -.PP -On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public -License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. - -.\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Fri 12 Mar 2004, 05:58 -- cgit v1.1