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-rwxr-xr-xtools/virt-list-filesystems22
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/virt-list-filesystems b/tools/virt-list-filesystems
index 7b4d5ad3..5f545cf0 100755
--- a/tools/virt-list-filesystems
+++ b/tools/virt-list-filesystems
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ at all.
=cut
+my $format;
+
+=item B<--format> raw
+
+Specify the format of disk images given on the command line. If this
+is omitted then the format is autodetected from the content of the
+disk image.
+
+If disk images are requested from libvirt, then this program asks
+libvirt for this information. In this case, the value of the format
+parameter is ignored.
+
+If working with untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should
+ensure the format is always specified.
+
+=cut
+
my $long;
=item B<-l> | B<--long>
@@ -107,6 +124,7 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling");
GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
"version" => \$version,
"connect|c=s" => \$uri,
+ "format=s" => \$format,
"long|l" => \$long,
"all|a" => \$all,
) or pod2usage (2);
@@ -123,9 +141,9 @@ pod2usage (__"virt-list-filesystems: no image or VM name given")
my $g;
if ($uri) {
- $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, address => $uri);
+ $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, address => $uri, format => $format);
} else {
- $g = open_guest (\@ARGV);
+ $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, format => $format);
}
$g->launch ();