=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 $long;
=item B<-l> | B<--long>
GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
"version" => \$version,
"connect|c=s" => \$uri,
+ "format=s" => \$format,
"long|l" => \$long,
"all|a" => \$all,
) or pod2usage (2);
my $g;
if ($uri) {
- $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, address => $uri);
+ $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, address => $uri, format => $format);
} else {
- $g = open_guest (\@ARGV);
+ $g = open_guest (\@ARGV, format => $format);
}
$g->launch ();
$_;
}
+=head1 SHELL QUOTING
+
+Libvirt guest names can contain arbitrary characters, some of which
+have meaning to the shell such as C<#> and space. You may need to
+quote or escape these characters on the command line. See the shell
+manual page L<sh(1)> for details.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<guestfs(3)>,
L<guestfish(1)>,
L<virt-cat(1)>,
L<virt-tar(1)>,
+L<virt-list-partitions(1)>,
L<Sys::Guestfs(3)>,
L<Sys::Guestfs::Lib(3)>,
L<Sys::Virt(3)>,
=head1 AUTHOR
-Richard W.M. Jones L<http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/>
+Richard W.M. Jones L<http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/>
=head1 COPYRIGHT