Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] iotests: Add test for non-existing backing file

[Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>]

On 2014-10-27 at 18:14, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/27/2014 06:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote:
>> Test the error message when a COW file is about to be created which is
>> supposed to inherit the size of its backing file, while the backing file
>> given does not actually exist.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> +
>> +$QEMU_IMG create -f $IMGFMT -b "$TEST_IMG.inexistent" "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 \
>> +    | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
> inexistent it a nonexistent word :)  But it correctly tests the problem.

I was tempted to use .nai, which would be "does not exist" in Japanese, 
but then I went for http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inexistent :-P

I'd be fine with whatever.

Max

>> +++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/111.out
>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> +QA output created by 111
>> +qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.inexistent': No such file or directory
> I'm okay whether you leave the test as-is, or s/in/non/ in two places.