Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] iotests: Add test for non-existing backing file

[Max Reitz]

On 2014-10-27 at 18:14, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/27/2014 06:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote:
> > Test the error message when a COW file is about to be created which is
> > supposed to inherit the size of its backing file, while the backing file
> > given does not actually exist.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > +
> > +$QEMU_IMG create -f $IMGFMT -b "$TEST_IMG.inexistent" "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 \
> > +    | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
> inexistent it a nonexistent word :)  But it correctly tests the problem.

I was tempted to use .nai, which would be "does not exist" in Japanese, 
but then I went for http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inexistent :-P

I'd be fine with whatever.

Max

> > +++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/111.out
> > @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> > +QA output created by 111
> > +qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.inexistent': No 
> > such file or directory
> I'm okay whether you leave the test as-is, or s/in/non/ in two places.