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Re: [Xen-devel] xm create option parsing..

To: Mike Wray <mike.wray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xm create option parsing..
From: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:53:08 +0100
Cc: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steven Hand <Steven.Hand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Delivery-date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:53:08 +0100
Envelope-to: Steven.Hand@xxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:08:20 BST." <410A1004.2050801@xxxxxxxxxx>
> We potentially have
> 
> xm <xm options> subcommand <subcommand options/args>
> 
> It doesn't really make sense to allow xm options after the subcommand.

What <xm options> do we currently have? Having a -U to set the
host:port might be nice, but what others do we currently have?

> Each subcommand is responsible for parsing its own options, so
> we could get 'xm create' etc. to allow options after the args.
> I'll make the change.

Users will thank you ;-)

Thanks,
Ian