but will not automatically sparsify zero sectors, and may result in a fully
allocated target image depending on the host support for getting allocation
information.
+@item --salvage
+Try to ignore I/O errors when reading. Unless in quiet mode (@code{-q}), errors
+will still be printed. Areas that cannot be read from the source will be
+treated as containing only zeroes.
@end table
Parameters to dd subcommand:
@table @option
-@item amend [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-p] [-p] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] -o @var{options} @var{filename}
+@item amend [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-p] [-q] [-f @var{fmt}] [-t @var{cache}] -o @var{options} @var{filename}
Amends the image format specific @var{options} for the image file
@var{filename}. Not all file formats support this operation.
Perform a consistency check on the disk image @var{filename}. The command can
output in the format @var{ofmt} which is either @code{human} or @code{json}.
+The JSON output is an object of QAPI type @code{ImageCheck}.
If @code{-r} is specified, qemu-img tries to repair any inconsistencies found
during the check. @code{-r leaks} repairs only cluster leaks, whereas
Give information about the disk image @var{filename}. Use it in
particular to know the size reserved on disk which can be different
from the displayed size. If VM snapshots are stored in the disk image,
-they are displayed too. The command can output in the format @var{ofmt}
-which is either @code{human} or @code{json}.
+they are displayed too.
If a disk image has a backing file chain, information about each disk image in
the chain can be recursively enumerated by using the option @code{--backing-chain}.
qemu-img info --backing-chain snap2.qcow2
@end example
-@item map [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] @var{filename}
+The command can output in the format @var{ofmt} which is either @code{human} or
+@code{json}. The JSON output is an object of QAPI type @code{ImageInfo}; with
+@code{--backing-chain}, it is an array of @code{ImageInfo} objects.
+
+@code{--output=human} reports the following information (for every image in the
+chain):
+@table @var
+@item image
+The image file name
+
+@item file format
+The image format
+
+@item virtual size
+The size of the guest disk
+
+@item disk size
+How much space the image file occupies on the host file system (may be shown as
+0 if this information is unavailable, e.g. because there is no file system)
+
+@item cluster_size
+Cluster size of the image format, if applicable
+
+@item encrypted
+Whether the image is encrypted (only present if so)
+
+@item cleanly shut down
+This is shown as @code{no} if the image is dirty and will have to be
+auto-repaired the next time it is opened in qemu.
+
+@item backing file
+The backing file name, if present
+
+@item backing file format
+The format of the backing file, if the image enforces it
+
+@item Snapshot list
+A list of all internal snapshots
+
+@item Format specific information
+Further information whose structure depends on the image format. This section
+is a textual representation of the respective @code{ImageInfoSpecific*} QAPI
+object (e.g. @code{ImageInfoSpecificQCow2} for qcow2 images).
+@end table
+
+@item map [--object @var{objectdef}] [--image-opts] [-f @var{fmt}] [--output=@var{ofmt}] [-U] @var{filename}
Dump the metadata of image @var{filename} and its backing file chain.
In particular, this commands dumps the allocation state of every sector
to size logical volumes or SAN LUNs appropriately for the image that will be
placed in them. The values reported are guaranteed to be large enough to fit
the image. The command can output in the format @var{ofmt} which is either
-@code{human} or @code{json}.
+@code{human} or @code{json}. The JSON output is an object of QAPI type
+@code{BlockMeasureInfo}.
If the size @var{N} is given then act as if creating a new empty image file
using @command{qemu-img create}. If @var{filename} is given then act as if