=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 $merge;
=item B<--merge>
"version" => \$version,
"connect|c=s" => \$uri,
"debug|d" => \$debug,
+ "format=s" => \$format,
"merge" => \$merge,
"encoding=s" => \$encoding,
) or pod2usage (2);
my @lib_args = ([$domname_or_image]);
push @lib_args, address => $uri if $uri;
push @lib_args, rw => 1 if $merge;
+push @lib_args, format => $format if defined $format;
my $g = open_guest (@lib_args);
$g->launch ();