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{{Warn|qemu-img must not be used to modify images in use by a running virtual machine or any other process - this may destroy the image. If an image is queried while it is modified by another process may result in an inconsistent state.}}
{{Warn|qemu-img must not be used to modify images in use by a running virtual machine or any other process - this may destroy the image. If an image is queried while it is modified by another process may result in an inconsistent state.}}
=Sub-Commands=
==info==
<pre>
qemu info <filename>
</pre>

Revision as of 23:44, 28 June 2017

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Overview

qemu-img is a command-line tool used to create, format, convert, modify and verify virtual machine images offline. It can handle all image formats supported by QEMU.


qemu-img must not be used to modify images in use by a running virtual machine or any other process - this may destroy the image. If an image is queried while it is modified by another process may result in an inconsistent state.

Sub-Commands

info

qemu info <filename>