File: README

package info (click to toggle)
libqcow 20240308-2
  • links: PTS, VCS
  • area: main
  • in suites: forky, sid
  • size: 12,228 kB
  • sloc: ansic: 169,834; sh: 6,451; makefile: 1,161; python: 573; cpp: 88; sed: 16
file content (34 lines) | stat: -rw-r--r-- 657 bytes parent folder | download | duplicates (2)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file format.

Project information:

* Status: alpha
* Licence: LGPLv3+

Read-only supported QCOW formats:

* version 1
* version 2
* version 3

Supported QCOW format features:

* zlib (DEFLATE) compression
* AES-CBC 128-bit encryption
* backing file (differential image)

Unsupported QCOW format features:

* LUKS encryption
* data file
* in-image snapshots

Work in progress:

* Thread-safety in file API functions

For more information see:

* Project documentation: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/wiki/Home
* How to build from source: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/wiki/Building