X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=sparsify%2Fvirt-sparsify.pod;h=0894cbc10dd56ec6cb472f3e4b569a7adf35fb97;hb=19e2f5aa4fd4ed70b505661d918b5575616ad441;hp=d25f013f0dc6d06937548098405bd3ec1f2bc182;hpb=b83b705959c3c93bff0c343bcad09305399895a5;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod b/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod index d25f013..0894cbc 100644 --- a/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod +++ b/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod @@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ eg. C, but support for other formats is reliant on qemu. Specifying the I<--convert> option is usually a good idea, because then virt-sparsify doesn't need to try to guess the input format. -For fine-tuning the output format, see: I<--compress>. +For fine-tuning the output format, see: I<--compress>, I<-o>. + +=item B<--debug-gc> + +Debug garbage collection and memory allocation. This is only useful +when debugging memory problems in virt-sparsify or the OCaml libguestfs +bindings. =item B<--format> raw @@ -156,6 +162,18 @@ This option is used to make the output more machine friendly when being parsed by other programs. See L below. +=item B<-o> option[,option,...] + +Pass I<-o> option(s) to the L command to fine-tune the +output format. Options available depend on the output format (see +I<--convert>) and the installed version of the qemu-img program. + +You should use I<-o> at most once. To pass multiple options, separate +them with commas, eg: + + virt-sparsify --convert qcow2 \ + -o cluster_size=512,preallocation=metadata ... + =item B<-q> =item B<--quiet>