On 10/13/2012 11:30 PM, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: >>From a6233277e17338f571dda27cd9192d764f824b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Kashyap Chamarthy <kashyap...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:51:18 +0530 > Subject: [PATCH v2] qemu-img: document 'info --backing-chain' > > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kashyap...@gmail.com> > --- > qemu-img-cmds.hx | 4 ++-- > qemu-img.texi | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Per http://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch, it helps to add a maintainer in cc; I'm guessing that this is most closely related to block work, and therefore adding Kevin in cc. Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> Also, it helps to call out your specific pre-requisite; this only makes sense after Stefan's patches: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-10/msg02527.html > > diff --git a/qemu-img-cmds.hx b/qemu-img-cmds.hx > index > 0ef82e9ac7a89d607e1f2c8e38461cee5b438dba..a18136302d2ca7a7540672f1b9ef89603e89edc0 > 100644 > --- a/qemu-img-cmds.hx > +++ b/qemu-img-cmds.hx > @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ STEXI > ETEXI > > DEF("info", img_info, > - "info [-f fmt] [--output=ofmt] filename") > + "info [-f fmt] [--output=ofmt] [--backing-chain] filename") > STEXI > -@item info [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] @var{filename} > +@item info [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [--backing-chain] > @var{filename} > ETEXI > > DEF("snapshot", img_snapshot, > diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi > index > 8b05f2c42801a2535ab4390b47bc415eb880625a..ffd334dc7b049c50474be88376acd5267ad96c3c > 100644 > --- a/qemu-img.texi > +++ b/qemu-img.texi > @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ Command parameters: > is the disk image format. It is guessed automatically in most cases. See > below > for a description of the supported disk formats. > > +@item --backing-chain > +will enumerate information about backing files in a disk image chain. Refer > +below for further description. > + > @item size > is the disk image size in bytes. Optional suffixes @code{k} or @code{K} > (kilobyte, 1024) @code{M} (megabyte, 1024k) and @code{G} (gigabyte, 1024M) > @@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ created as a copy on write image of the specified base > image; the > @var{backing_file} should have the same content as the input's base image, > however the path, image format, etc may differ. > > -@item info [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] @var{filename} > +@item info [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [--backing-chain] > @var{filename} > > Give information about the disk image @var{filename}. Use it in > particular to know the size reserved on disk which can be different > @@ -137,6 +141,19 @@ from the displayed size. If VM snapshots are stored in > the disk image, > they are displayed too. The command can output in the format @var{ofmt} > which is either @code{human} or @code{json}. > > +If a disk image has a backing file chain, information about each disk image > in > +the chain can be recursively enumerated by using the option > @code{--backing-chain}. > + > +For instance, if you have an image chain like: > + > + base.qcow2 <- snap1.qcow2 <- snap2.qcow2 > + > +To enumerate information about each disk image in the above chain, starting > from top to base, do: > + > + @example > + qemu-img info --backing-chain snap2.qcow2 > + @end example > + > @item snapshot [-l | -a @var{snapshot} | -c @var{snapshot} | -d > @var{snapshot} ] @var{filename} > > List, apply, create or delete snapshots in image @var{filename}. > -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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