Re: [PATCH] e2image: Print a warning if running over a mounted filesystem

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On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 04:01:35PM -0300, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> Several users use to run e2image over a mounted RW filesystem, providing
> inconsistent, useless e2images for debugging purposes.
> This patch adds a warning in such cases, notifying the user and also adds a
> force option making e2image able to run in such cases.
> Also print a warning when not using qcow or raw formats but allows image
> creation to proceed, since, such images might be used for metadata backup
> purposes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@xxxxxxxxxx>

This looks good to me; go ahead and update the man page.  :-)

     	   	       	  	    	   - Ted
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