die "cannot connect to libvirt $uri\n" unless $vmm;
my @doms = $vmm->list_defined_domains ();
+ my $isitinactive = "an inactive libvirt domain";
+ if ($output ne "fish") {
+ # In the special case where we want read-only access to
+ # a domain, allow the user to specify an active domain too.
+ push @doms, $vmm->list_domains ();
+ $isitinactive = "a libvirt domain";
+ }
my $dom;
foreach (@doms) {
if ($_->get_name () eq $ARGV[0]) {
last;
}
}
- die "$ARGV[0] is not the name of an inactive libvirt domain\n"
- unless $dom;
+ die "$ARGV[0] is not the name of $isitinactive\n" unless $dom;
# Get the names of the image(s).
my $xml = $dom->get_xml_description ();