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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2
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Daniel P. Berrange |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2 |
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Wed, 6 May 2009 11:13:24 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 11:06:28AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 12:57:26PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > >Then I'd prefer we add a protocol=XXX option for magic protocols. This
> > >would be easier to use & clearer than requiring escaping of magic
> > >characters, eg
> > >
> > > -drive file=/some/path:with:colons,protocol=file
> > > -drive file=http://some/path,protocol=uri
> > >
> > >For compatability, we could make it such that if protocol=XXX was left out,
> > >it could try and "guess" it, in same way QEMU does if format=XXX is left
> > >out
> > >for content format.
> > >
> >
> > How about
> >
> > -drive file=file:///some/path:with:colons?
> >
> > Libvirt would use this unconditionally, command-line users can choose.
>
> Sure, that achieves the same end result, so fine by me.
Oh and if you want to be really nice, you could say that any filename
with a leading '/' is implicitly file:///, since I can't imagine
any protocol name starting with a '/'. And this would ensure any
existing usage with absolute filenames 'just works' without tripping
up on colons.
Daniel
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, alex, 2009/05/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Daniel P. Berrange, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Kevin Wolf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Daniel P. Berrange, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Alexander Graf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Avi Kivity, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Kevin Wolf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Daniel P. Berrange, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2,
Daniel P. Berrange <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Avi Kivity, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Alexander Graf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Anthony Liguori, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Kevin Wolf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Alexander Graf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Daniel P. Berrange, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Alexander Graf, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Anthony Liguori, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Avi Kivity, 2009/05/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2, Anthony Liguori, 2009/05/06