Re: [Qemu-devel] drive_add: file names with spaces

[Programmingkid]

> On Oct 29, 2017, at 6:21 AM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> * Eric Blake (address@hidden) wrote:
>> On 10/28/2017 06:44 AM, Programmingkid wrote:
>>> I'm trying to use an image file that has spaces in its file name (and 
>>> sometimes in the path) to be used as a USB flash drive. When I try adding 
>>> the image file using the drive_add command I see this error: drive_add: 
>>> extraneous characters at the end of the line
>>> 
>>> I have tried using single and double quotes around the file name but this 
>>> does not help. Is there a way to use files that have spaces in it's name 
>>> with drive_add?
>> 
>> Not in HMP, which lacks quoting.  (Unless you want to patch HMP to learn
>> quoting)
> 
> I think it's already got that code at least in some places.
> monitor_parse_arguments calls get_str, and get_str understands " wrapped
> arguments.
> 
> drive_add 1 "file=foo bar"
> 
> gives me:
> Could not open 'foo bar': No such file or directory
> 
> so I think that's doing the right thing.
> 
> Dave
> 
>> But using spaces in filenames works fine in QMP.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
>> Red Hat, Inc.           +1-919-301-3266
>> Virtualization:  qemu.org | libvirt.org
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK

Thank you so much for this info. It solved my problem :)