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Re: [Qemu-devel] drive_add: file names with spaces
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] drive_add: file names with spaces |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:32:21 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) |
* Programmingkid (address@hidden) wrote:
>
> > On Oct 29, 2017, at 6:21 AM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > * Eric Blake (address@hidden) wrote:
> >> On 10/28/2017 06:44 AM, Programmingkid wrote:
> >>> I'm trying to use an image file that has spaces in its file name (and
> >>> sometimes in the path) to be used as a USB flash drive. When I try adding
> >>> the image file using the drive_add command I see this error: drive_add:
> >>> extraneous characters at the end of the line
> >>>
> >>> I have tried using single and double quotes around the file name but this
> >>> does not help. Is there a way to use files that have spaces in it's name
> >>> with drive_add?
> >>
> >> Not in HMP, which lacks quoting. (Unless you want to patch HMP to learn
> >> quoting)
> >
> > I think it's already got that code at least in some places.
> > monitor_parse_arguments calls get_str, and get_str understands " wrapped
> > arguments.
> >
> > drive_add 1 "file=foo bar"
> >
> > gives me:
> > Could not open 'foo bar': No such file or directory
> >
> > so I think that's doing the right thing.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >> But using spaces in filenames works fine in QMP.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
> >> Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266
> >> Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK
>
> Thank you so much for this info. It solved my problem :)
Now, the real challenge is how to deal with a filename with a comma in;
drive_add 1 "file=foo,bar"
Could not open 'foo': No such file or directory
Dave
>
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK