X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=cat%2Fvirt-cat.pod;h=bb3af2b37d3f0adf2d7a9bb5992e4e3eeb0c88b2;hb=01d62985c3f0234fc0e9e4909c85c6a401c4bfcc;hp=b203bbfee10eaf5794e387e1bc659af4f98cb682;hpb=d29e9a552f5823d1d8cb8d4962cb1301bbf60b0e;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/cat/virt-cat.pod b/cat/virt-cat.pod index b203bbf..bb3af2b 100755 --- a/cat/virt-cat.pod +++ b/cat/virt-cat.pod @@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ echoing off so you cannot see what you are typing. If you are not worried about Tempest attacks and there is no one else in the room you can specify this flag to see what you are typing. -=item B<--format=raw|qcow2|..> | B<--format> +=item B<--format=raw|qcow2|..> + +=item B<--format> The default for the I<-a> option is to auto-detect the format of the disk image. Using this forces the disk format for I<-a> options which @@ -110,19 +112,18 @@ switches back to auto-detection for subsequent I<-a> options. For example: - virt-cat --format=raw -a disk.img + virt-cat --format=raw -a disk.img file forces raw format (no auto-detection) for C. - virt-cat --format=raw -a disk.img --format -a another.img + virt-cat --format=raw -a disk.img --format -a another.img file forces raw format (no auto-detection) for C and reverts to auto-detection for C. If you have untrusted raw-format guest disk images, you should use this option to specify the disk format. This avoids a possible -security problem with malicious guests (CVE-2010-3851). See also -L. +security problem with malicious guests (CVE-2010-3851). =item B<--keys-from-stdin>