linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2image: Print a warning if running over a mounted filesystem

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Message-ID: <20130930202439.GE5845@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:24:39 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2image: Print a warning if running over a mounted
 filesystem

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 04:01:35PM -0300, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> Several users use to run e2image over a mounted RW filesystem, providing
> inconsistent, useless e2images for debugging purposes.
> This patch adds a warning in such cases, notifying the user and also adds a
> force option making e2image able to run in such cases.
> Also print a warning when not using qcow or raw formats but allows image
> creation to proceed, since, such images might be used for metadata backup
> purposes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>

This looks good to me; go ahead and update the man page.  :-)

     	   	       	  	    	   - Ted
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