@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ Command description:
@table @option
-@item amend [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-p] [-q] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] -o @var{options} @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdamend
Amends the image format specific @var{options} for the image file
@var{filename}. Not all file formats support this operation.
-@item bench [-c @var{count}] [-d @var{depth}] [-f @var{fmt}] [--flush-interval=@var{flush_interval}] [-n] [--no-drain] [-o @var{offset}] [--pattern=@var{pattern}] [-q] [-s @var{buffer_size}] [-S @var{step_size}] [-t @var{cache}] [-w] [-U] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdbench
Run a simple sequential I/O benchmark on the specified image. If @code{-w} is
specified, a write test is performed, otherwise a read test is performed.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ specified as well.
For write tests, by default a buffer filled with zeros is written. This can be
overridden with a pattern byte specified by @var{pattern}.
-@item check [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-q] [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [-r [leaks | all]] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-U] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdcheck
Perform a consistency check on the disk image @var{filename}. The command can
output in the format @var{ofmt} which is either @code{human} or @code{json}.
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ If @code{-r} is specified, exit codes representing the image state refer to the
state after (the attempt at) repairing it. That is, a successful @code{-r all}
will yield the exit code 0, independently of the image state before.
-@item commit [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-q] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-b @var{base}] [-d] [-p] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdcommit
Commit the changes recorded in @var{filename} in its base image or backing file.
If the backing file is smaller than the snapshot, then the backing file will be
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ all images between @var{base} and the top image will be invalid and may return
garbage data when read. For this reason, @code{-b} implies @code{-d} (so that
the top image stays valid).
-@item compare [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [-F @var{fmt}] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-p] [-q] [-s] [-U] @var{filename1} @var{filename2}
+@qemuimgcmdcompare
Check if two images have the same content. You can compare images with
different format or settings.
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Error on reading data
@end table
-@item convert [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [-B @var{backing_file}] [-o @var{options}] [-l @var{snapshot_param}] [-S @var{sparse_size}] [-m @var{num_coroutines}] [-W] @var{filename} [@var{filename2} [...]] @var{output_filename}
+@qemuimgcmdconvert
Convert the disk image @var{filename} or a snapshot @var{snapshot_param}
to disk image @var{output_filename} using format @var{output_fmt}. It can be optionally compressed (@code{-c}
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ creating compressed images.
@var{num_coroutines} specifies how many coroutines work in parallel during
the convert process (defaults to 8).
-@item create [--object @var{objectdef}] [-q] [-f @var{fmt}] [-b @var{backing_file}] [-F @var{backing_fmt}] [-u] [-o @var{options}] @var{filename} [@var{size}]
+@qemuimgcmdcreate
Create the new disk image @var{filename} of size @var{size} and format
@var{fmt}. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more @var{options}
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ way.
The size can also be specified using the @var{size} option with @code{-o},
it doesn't need to be specified separately in this case.
-@item dd [--image-opts] [-U] [-f @var{fmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [bs=@var{block_size}] [count=@var{blocks}] [skip=@var{blocks}] if=@var{input} of=@var{output}
+@qemuimgcmddd
Dd copies from @var{input} file to @var{output} file converting it from
@var{fmt} format to @var{output_fmt} format.
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ dd will stop reading input after reading @var{blocks} input blocks.
The size syntax is similar to dd(1)'s size syntax.
-@item info [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [--backing-chain] [-U] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdinfo
Give information about the disk image @var{filename}. Use it in
particular to know the size reserved on disk which can be different
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ To enumerate information about each disk image in the above chain, starting from
qemu-img info --backing-chain snap2.qcow2
@end example
-@item map [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [-U] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdmap
Dump the metadata of image @var{filename} and its backing file chain.
In particular, this commands dumps the allocation state of every sector
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ preallocated.
For more information, consult @file{include/block/block.h} in QEMU's
source code.
-@item measure [--output=@var{ofmt}] [-O @var{output_fmt}] [-o @var{options}] [--size @var{N} | [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [-l @var{snapshot_param}] @var{filename}]
+@qemuimgcmdmeasure
Calculate the file size required for a new image. This information can be used
to size logical volumes or SAN LUNs appropriately for the image that will be
@@ -509,11 +509,11 @@ been written to all sectors. This is the maximum size that the image file can
occupy with the exception of internal snapshots, dirty bitmaps, vmstate data,
and other advanced image format features.
-@item snapshot [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-l | -a @var{snapshot} | -c @var{snapshot} | -d @var{snapshot}] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdsnapshot
List, apply, create or delete snapshots in image @var{filename}.
-@item rebase [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] [-T @var{src_cache}] [-p] [-u] -b @var{backing_file} [-F @var{backing_fmt}] @var{filename}
+@qemuimgcmdrebase
Changes the backing file of an image. Only the formats @code{qcow2} and
@code{qed} support changing the backing file.
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ qemu-img rebase -b base.img diff.qcow2
At this point, @code{modified.img} can be discarded, since
@code{base.img + diff.qcow2} contains the same information.
-@item resize [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [--preallocation=@var{prealloc}] [-q] [--shrink] @var{filename} [+ | -]@var{size}
+@qemuimgcmdresize
Change the disk image as if it had been created with @var{size}.
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ def generate_texi(conf):
print("@table @option")
for command, usage_strs in conf.items():
usage = " ".join(usage_strs)
+ macro = "qemuimgcmd{}".format(command)
+ print("@macro {}".format(macro))
print("@item {} {}".format(command, usage))
+ print("@end macro")
+ print("@{}".format(macro))
print("@end table")
if __name__ == '__main__':
Use a macro to recall this text instead of re-entering it manually. Modify the pxtool script to create macros for each subcommand, then alter the qemu-img.texi file to recall these macros. Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> --- qemu-img.texi | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- scripts/pxtool.py | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)