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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6] qemu-img: add the 'dd' subcommand
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To: Reda Sallahi <fullmanet@gmail.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org, Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>

On Mon, 07/25 07:58, Reda Sallahi wrote:
> This patch adds a basic dd subcommand analogous to dd(1) to qemu-img.
> 
> For the start, this implements the bs, if, of and count options and requires
> both if and of to be specified (no stdin/stdout if not specified) and doesn't
> support tty, pipes, etc.
> 
> The image format must be specified with -O for the output if the raw format
> is not the intended one.
> 
> Two tests are added to test qemu-img dd.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reda Sallahi <fullmanet@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>