I often find myself doing virsh "define blah.xml; start blah". I figured adding this would be a easier^Hlazier way to do it. --- tools/virsh-domain.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c index e91939c..1a3af34 100644 --- a/tools/virsh-domain.c +++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c @@ -5597,6 +5597,7 @@ static const vshCmdInfo info_define[] = { static const vshCmdOptDef opts_define[] = { {"file", VSH_OT_DATA, VSH_OFLAG_REQ, N_("file containing an XML domain description")}, + {"start", VSH_OT_BOOL, 0, N_("start the domain after creation")}, {NULL, 0, 0, NULL} }; @@ -5607,6 +5608,7 @@ cmdDefine(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd) const char *from = NULL; bool ret = true; char *buffer; + bool start; if (vshCommandOptString(cmd, "file", &from) <= 0) return false; @@ -5614,17 +5616,31 @@ cmdDefine(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd) if (virFileReadAll(from, VSH_MAX_XML_FILE, &buffer) < 0) return false; + start = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "start"); + dom = virDomainDefineXML(ctl->conn, buffer); VIR_FREE(buffer); if (dom != NULL) { vshPrint(ctl, _("Domain %s defined from %s\n"), virDomainGetName(dom), from); - virDomainFree(dom); } else { vshError(ctl, _("Failed to define domain from %s"), from); - ret = false; + return false; } + + /* Start the domain if the user requested it and it was defined */ + if (start) { + if (virDomainCreate(dom) < 0) { + vshError(ctl, _("Failed to start domain %s, which was " + "successfully defined."), virDomainGetName(dom)); + ret = false; + } else { + vshPrint(ctl, _("Domain %s started\n"), virDomainGetName(dom)); + } + } + + virDomainFree(dom); return ret; } -- 1.7.8.6