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[Qemu-devel] Re: Machine-readable or parseable qemu output
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Richard W.M. Jones |
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[Qemu-devel] Re: Machine-readable or parseable qemu output |
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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:36:26 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:31:34PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> We could differentiate based on the qemu prompt. For "machine-
>> friendly" releases of qemu, change the prompt slightly so we know.
>>
>
> The machine friendly protocol shouldn't have a prompt at all. Prompts
> are human friendly.
By machine friendly, I meant a monitor which humans can still use, but
which provides some guarantees if a machine is trying to parse the
output. The prompt indicating, 'I'm ready for a command'.
Anyhow, I'm going to stay out of this debate now ...
Rich.
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- [Qemu-devel] Re: Machine-readable or parseable qemu output, (continued)
[Qemu-devel] Re: Machine-readable or parseable qemu output, Avi Kivity, 2009/01/14
[Qemu-devel] Re: Machine-readable or parseable qemu output, Richard W.M. Jones, 2009/01/14