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[v7,2/3] qemu-img: Document --force-share / -U

Message ID 20180209052915.12855-3-famz@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
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Fam Zheng Feb. 9, 2018, 5:29 a.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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 qemu-img.texi | 8 ++++++++
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diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
index 60a0e080c6..8a26400adb 100644
--- a/qemu-img.texi
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@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@  exclusive with the @var{-O} parameters. It is currently required to also use
 the @var{-n} parameter to skip image creation. This restriction may be relaxed
 in a future release.
 
+@item --force-share (-U)
+If specified, @code{qemu-img} will open the image in shared mode, allowing
+other QEMU processes to open it in write mode. For example, this can be used to
+get the image information (with 'info' subcommand) when the image is used by a
+running guest.  Note that this could produce inconsistent results because of
+concurrent metadata changes, etc. This option is only allowed when opening
+images in read-only mode.
+
 @item --backing-chain
 will enumerate information about backing files in a disk image chain. Refer
 below for further description.