=head1 WARNING
-You must I<not> use C<virt-win-reg> with the C<--merge> option on live
+You must I<not> use C<virt-win-reg> with the I<--merge> option on live
virtual machines. If you do this, you I<will> get irreversible disk
corruption in the VM. C<virt-win-reg> tries to stop you from doing
this, but doesn't catch all cases.
Modifying the Windows Registry is an inherently risky operation. The format
is deliberately obscure and undocumented, and Registry changes
-can leave the system unbootable. Therefore when using the C<--merge>
+can leave the system unbootable. Therefore when using the I<--merge>
option, make sure you have a reliable backup first.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The first parameter is the libvirt guest name or the raw disk image of
a Windows guest.
-If C<--merge> is I<not> specified, then the chosen registry
+If I<--merge> is I<not> specified, then the chosen registry
key is displayed/exported (recursively). For example:
$ virt-win-reg Windows7 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft'
$ virt-win-reg Windows7 $cvkey ProductName
Windows 7 Enterprise
-With C<--merge>, you can merge a textual regedit file into
+With I<--merge>, you can merge a textual regedit file into
the Windows Registry:
$ virt-win-reg --merge Windows7 changes.reg
Registry of the virtual machine. If this flag is I<not> given then
virt-win-reg displays or exports Registry entries instead.
-Note that C<--merge> is I<unsafe> to use on live virtual machines, and
+Note that I<--merge> is I<unsafe> to use on live virtual machines, and
will result in disk corruption. However exporting (without this flag)
is always safe.
whole file before or after processing.
To reencode a file from Windows format to Linux (before processing it
-with the C<--merge> option), you would do something like this:
+with the I<--merge> option), you would do something like this:
iconv -f utf-16le -t utf-8 < win.reg | dos2unix > linux.reg
software.reg: Little-endian UTF-16 Unicode text, with very long lines,
with CRLF line terminators
-This file would need conversion before you could C<--merge> it.
+This file would need conversion before you could I<--merge> it.
=head1 CurrentControlSet etc.