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

Kevin Wolf
2009-07-15T15:37:52Z

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?

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