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authorMax Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>2014-10-24 15:57:38 +0200
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2014-11-03 11:41:48 +0000
commit9a86fe489552d47b57c92782471ddfb9e7f702e2 (patch)
tree0edb41317a86504e14eb769a3a102342aadabee2 /qemu-img.texi
parentd4a3238af567939f4c51bb074af1ce8839e2ce2d (diff)
qemu-img: Empty image after commit
After the top image has been committed, it should be emptied unless specified otherwise. Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Message-id: 1414159063-25977-10-git-send-email-mreitz@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-img.texi')
-rw-r--r--qemu-img.texi6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index e3ef4a00e9..420bd91177 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
+++ b/qemu-img.texi
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ this case. @var{backing_file} will never be modified unless you use the
The size can also be specified using the @var{size} option with @code{-o},
it doesn't need to be specified separately in this case.
-@item commit [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] @var{filename}
+@item commit [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-d] @var{filename}
Commit the changes recorded in @var{filename} in its base image or backing file.
If the backing file is smaller than the snapshot, then the backing file will be
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ the backing file, the backing file will not be truncated. If you want the
backing file to match the size of the smaller snapshot, you can safely truncate
it yourself once the commit operation successfully completes.
+The image @var{filename} is emptied after the operation has succeeded. If you do
+not need @var{filename} afterwards and intend to drop it, you may skip emptying
+@var{filename} by specifying the @code{-d} flag.
+
@item compare [-f @var{fmt}] [-F @var{fmt}] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-p] [-s] [-q] @var{filename1} @var{filename2}
Check if two images have the same content. You can compare images with