On 09/21/2011 01:12 AM, Osier Yang wrote: > There are 3 ways to lookup a volume, only virStorageVolLookupByName > needs pool object. So if no --pool is specified, it will tries to > get the volume via virStorageVolLookupByPath/virStorageVolLookupByKey. > > But if all 3 ways fails, and no --pool is specified, a friendly > error might help the user get right way quickly. > --- > tools/virsh.c | 9 +++++++-- > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c > index 371346a..4b9e662 100644 > --- a/tools/virsh.c > +++ b/tools/virsh.c > @@ -14714,8 +14714,13 @@ vshCommandOptVolBy(vshControl *ctl, const > vshCmd *cmd, > vol = virStorageVolLookupByPath(ctl->conn, n); > } > > - if (!vol) > - vshError(ctl, _("failed to get vol '%s'"), n); > + if (!vol) { > + if (pool) > + vshError(ctl, _("failed to get vol '%s'"), n); > + else > + vshError(ctl, _("failed to get vol '%s', specifying --pool " > + "might help"), n); > + } ACK - this is a minimal patch. A nicer patch might be to search by name in all pools, and if an unambiguous name is found, use that volume, but it requires more work, so there's nothing wrong with using this patch in the meantime.