Anthony Liguori schrieb: > Blue Swirl wrote: >> I bet this won't compile on win32. >> >> Instead of this (IMHO doomed) escape approach, maybe the filename >> parameter could be specified as the next argument, for example: >> -hda format=qcow2,blah,blah,filename_is_next_arg -hda "filename with >> funky characters like ',' ':' & '!'" >> > > -drive name=hda,if=ide,cache=off -hda foo.img > -drive name=vda,if=virtio,cache=writeback -vda foo.img > -drive name=sdb,if=scsi,unit=1 -sdb boo.img So the names would need to be out of some reserved namespace like hdX, sdX and vdX only? Or can I choose freely and call my disks "net" and "vnc" and have them conflict with the respective existing options? Also, when discussing the syntax, don't forget that there also is -usbdevice disk: which would need to be changed in some way, too. Kevin -- 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