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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/1] Subcommand dd for qemu-img
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/1] Subcommand dd for qemu-img |
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Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:19:55 +0200 |
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Reda Sallahi <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a first patch that adds a minimal subcommand dd for qemu-img that
> is similar to dd(1) so this is a work-in-progress.
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> So far it implements the bs and count options with of course the if and of
> options (e.g. ./qemu-img dd if=foo.raw of=foo.qcow2 bs=128K count=10 -O
> qcow2).
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> There is no output with statistics for now so this acts like dd status=none.
dd's syntax looks more like JCL than Unix. Some think that was a prank.
It's been faithfully preserved through decades, and now we're even
cloning it. Funny :)
PS: Please make sure your patches are properly threaded, i.e. are
replies to the cover letter.
http://wiki.qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch#Use_git_format-patch