[Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH v6 09/23] virtagent: add agent_viewfile qmp/hmp command

[Jes Sorensen]

On 01/17/11 14:15, Michael Roth wrote:
> Utilize the getfile RPC to provide a means to view text files in the
> guest. Getfile can handle binary files as well but we don't advertise
> that here due to the special handling requiring to store it and provide
> it back to the user (base64 encoding it for instance). Hence the
> otherwise confusing "viewfile" as opposed to "getfile".

I am really against this in any shape or form. Please do a copy and view
on the host.

Cheers,
Jes