>>> When I read Avi's TODO, I basically thought about getting rid of the >>> long command lines I had to store in scripts. I wanted to write that >>> command line once, and then forgetting about it, until I needed to >>> change it. >> >> Instead of inventing great and wonderfully complicated schemes, the >> most sensible way I can think of is to recycle a feature which is now >> implemented in the GNU toolchain, and apparently stems from Windows: >> >> qemu @qemu.cfg >> >> where qemu.cfg is a file which contains the command line arguments. >> (This is also low-maintenance, as it allows to re-use the existing > > IMHO, it should be implemented at the shell level, not qemu level, > like "*" is.
The shell _does_ implement it: qemu `cat qemu.cfg` :-) If you want "@" anyway, you can pick up the code from libiberty (or just build with libiberty). Segher ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel