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Am 01.10.2009 12:48, schrieb Adrian Bridgett:
> I do wonder if -O raw should warn when
> run against output devices which aren't regular files though.

I'd consider an error message pointing to host_device helpful (error
meaning that qemu-img aborts, not just a warning). So if you like to add
the check, go ahead.

Kevin