Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rev5: support colon in filenames

Anthony Liguori
2009-07-15T15:41:48Z

Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Anthony Liguori schrieb:
>
>> Blue Swirl wrote:
>>
>>> I bet this won't compile on win32.
>>>
>>> Instead of this (IMHO doomed) escape approach, maybe the filename
>>> parameter could be specified as the next argument, for example:
>>> -hda format=qcow2,blah,blah,filename_is_next_arg -hda "filename with
>>> funky characters like ',' ':' & '!'"
>>>
>>>
>> -drive name=hda,if=ide,cache=off -hda foo.img
>> -drive name=vda,if=virtio,cache=writeback -vda foo.img
>> -drive name=sdb,if=scsi,unit=1 -sdb boo.img
>>
>
> So the names would need to be out of some reserved namespace like hdX,
> sdX and vdX only? Or can I choose freely and call my disks "net" and
> "vnc" and have them conflict with the respective existing options?
>

Yup, bad suggestion on my part. See my next suggestion.

> Also, when discussing the syntax, don't forget that there also is
> -usbdevice disk: which would need to be changed in some way, too.
>
> Kevin
>

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Regards,

Anthony Liguori