Bug 643624

Summary:	libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
Product:	[Community] Virtualization Tools	Reporter:	Richard W.M. Jones <rjones>
Component:	libguestfs	Assignee:	Richard W.M. Jones <rjones>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	hbrock, hchiramm, mbooth, rjones, virt-maint
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Bug Blocks:	639601, 639602

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2010-10-16 13:44:21 UTC

If the guest domain is something like "#" then the usual
command:

  virt-ls #

fails because the shell thinks that # is a comment.

The documentation for all libguestfs tools should describe
how to quote parameters to defend them from the shell (this
comes from a customer request).

Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2010-10-18 12:21:53 UTC

Patch posted upstream:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-October/msg00030.html