@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ by the used format or see the format descriptions below for details.
.. option :: -S SIZE
Indicates the consecutive number of bytes that must contain only zeros
for qemu-img to create a sparse image during conversion. This value is rounded
down to the nearest 512 bytes. You may use the common size suffixes like
`` k `` for kilobytes.
for `` qemu-img `` to create a sparse image during conversion. This value is
rounded down to the nearest 512 bytes. You may use the common size suffixes
like `` k `` for kilobytes.
.. option :: -t CACHE
@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Command description:
suppressed from the destination image.
*SPARSE_SIZE* indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k)
that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during
that must contain only zeros for `` qemu-img `` to create a sparse image during
conversion. If *SPARSE_SIZE* is 0, the source will not be scanned for
unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be
fully allocated.
@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Command description:
If the `` -n `` option is specified, the target volume creation will be
skipped. This is useful for formats such as `` rbd `` if the target
volume has already been created with site specific options that cannot
be supplied through qemu-img.
be supplied through `` qemu-img `` .
Out of order writes can be enabled with `` -W `` to improve performance.
This is only recommended for preallocated devices like host devices or other
@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Command description:
If the option *BACKING_FILE* is specified, then the image will record
only the differences from *BACKING_FILE* . No size needs to be specified in
this case. *BACKING_FILE* will never be modified unless you use the
`` commit `` monitor command (or qemu-img commit).
`` commit `` monitor command (or `` qemu-img commit `` ).
If a relative path name is given, the backing file is looked up relative to
the directory containing *FILENAME* .
@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ Command description:
Safe mode
This is the default mode and performs a real rebase operation. The
new backing file may differ from the old one and qemu-img rebase
new backing file may differ from the old one and `` qemu-img rebase ``
will take care of keeping the guest-visible content of *FILENAME*
unchanged.
@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ Command description:
exists.
Unsafe mode
qemu-img uses the unsafe mode if `` -u `` is specified. In this
`` qemu-img `` uses the unsafe mode if `` -u `` is specified. In this
mode, only the backing file name and format of *FILENAME* is changed
without any checks on the file contents. The user must take care of
specifying the correct new backing file, or the guest-visible
@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ Command description:
sizes accordingly. Failure to do so will result in data loss!
When shrinking images, the `` --shrink `` option must be given. This informs
qemu-img that the user acknowledges all loss of data beyond the truncated
`` qemu-img `` that the user acknowledges all loss of data beyond the truncated
image's end.
After using this command to grow a disk image, you must use file system and