We require a file and don't accept standard input: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692322 --- tools/virsh.pod | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod index 0808d72..0984e6e 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.pod +++ b/tools/virsh.pod @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ B<Example> virsh dumpxml <domain> > domain.xml vi domain.xml (or make changes with your other text editor) - virsh create < domain.xml + virsh create domain.xml =item B<define> I<FILE>

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On 11/07/2012 02:16 PM, Guido Günther wrote: >> We require a file and don't accept standard input: >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692322 >> --- >> tools/virsh.pod | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > ACK. > > [We SHOULD accept stdin, perhaps only with the magic file name of '-', > but that's a lot more plumbing and affects a lot more commands, so this > is good for now] > >> >> diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod >> index 0808d72..0984e6e 100644 >> --- a/tools/virsh.pod >> +++ b/tools/virsh.pod >> @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ B<Example> >> >> virsh dumpxml <domain> > domain.xml >> vi domain.xml (or make changes with your other text editor) >> - virsh create < domain.xml >> + virsh create domain.xml >> >> =item B<define> I<FILE> >> >> > > -- > Eric Blake eblake(a)redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org I would actually go with the "-" case as well. Eric you actually reviewed a patch a long while back (remember because I had hoped the submitter would fix the code and resubmit) http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-June/msg00548.html I'd be willing to resolve the issues and get that version in, so I'd NACK this patch. -- Doug Goldstein