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/usr/bin/qcowmount

Longhorn's Utilities to work with QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image files.

From longhorn-qcowtools 1.0.0-r6 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running qcowmount --help (exit 1). permalink

qcowmount 20181117

/usr/bin/qcowmount: invalid option -- '-'
Invalid argument: /usr/bin/qcowmount
Use qcowmount to mount a QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file

Usage: qcowmount [ -k keys ] [ -p password ] [ -X extended_options ] [ -hvV ]
                 image mount_point

	image:       a QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image file

	mount_point: the directory to serve as mount point

	-h:          shows this help
	-k:          the key formatted in base16
	-p:          specify the password/passphrase
	-v:          verbose output to stderr, while qcowmount will remain running in the
	             foreground
	-V:          print version
	-X:          extended options to pass to sub system
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hshows this helphelp
-kthe key formatted in base16help
-pspecify the password/passphrasehelp
-vverbose output to stderr, while qcowmount will remain running in the foregroundhelp
-Vprint versionhelp
-Xextended options to pass to sub systemhelp

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