Hi Radu,

> > xen-create-image will overwrite existing files. perhaps a command line
> > option should be added to force overwriting and refuse to overwrite
> > files as default?
> >
> 
> Could you be more specific ? What files are you talking about ?

Sorry :). I was talking about the image files. Something like this (be
advised, this patch is untested):

--- xen-create-image.orig       2006-05-05 13:57:05.000000000 +0200
+++ xen-create-image    2006-05-05 13:59:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -671,6 +671,10 @@
 }
 else
 {
+    if ( -f $swap ) {
+       print "ERROR: file exists, aborting.\n");
+       exit
+    }
     $swap_cmd = "/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=$swap bs=1024k count=$CONFIG{'swap'}";
 }
 
@@ -700,6 +704,10 @@
 {
     #
     # Loopback
+    if ( -f $image ) {
+       print "ERROR: file exists, aborting.\n");
+       exit
+    }
     $image_cmd = "/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=$image bs=$CONFIG{'size'} count=0 
seek=1024";
 }

regards
        Stefan
        
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