On 23/12/2015 17:55, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >>> > > A third option would be to keep using positional arguments, but >>> > > add a '--source-opts' *boolean* flag to indicate how to interpret >>> > > the positional arguments. ie without --source-opts we use the >>> > > historic syntax, but with --source-opts, we assume the full QemuOpts >>> > > syntax. >> > >> > Oh, nice compromise. It's relatively discoverable (grep --help output), >> > preserves back-compat of old scripts, and offers the full power for >> > clients that want the full power. > I've implemented this now and it makes the patches soooo much simpler > too, so an added win.
Hmm, looks like I'm a bit late, but here's another possibility: making --source-options (aka -o) take an argument, and if you specify both --source-options and the positional argument, the latter is added as a "file" key. This way you can do "qemu-img info --object secret... -o secret=foo iscsi://foo/". Paolo
