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

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Message-ID: <20130930203534.GA7552@orion.maiolino.org>
Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:35:36 -0300
From:	Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2image: Print a warning if running over a mounted
 filesystem

Roger,

should send a manpage update today yet

Cheers, and thanks for the review eric and ted
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 04:24:39PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> 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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