* Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-06-24 10:30:00]: > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 22:38 +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > > * Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-06-24 09:58:59]: > > > > > Problem: It is impossible to feed filenames with the character colon because > > > qemu interprets such names as a protocol. For example a filename scsi:0, > > > is interpreted as a protocol by name "scsi". > > > > > > This patch allows users to espace colon characters. For example the above filename > > > can now be expressed as 'scsi\:0' > > > > > > Here are couple of examples: > > > > > > ndb:\::9999 is treated as a ndb protocol with a hostname ':' on port 9999 > > > scsi\:0\:abc is a local file scsi:0:abc > > > http\://myweb is a local file by name http://myweb > > > nbd\::localhost:2558 is a protocol by name nbd: > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Are colons useful for filenames? Is there a common use case for this? > > Yes. files like > > /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:0b:00.0-sas-phy0:1-0x5000c5000c14b41d:0-lun0-part3 > Yes, that does make sense. Thanks! -- Balbir -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
