This will hint what to do when any argument of a command starts with a dash. --- fish/guestfish.pod | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/fish/guestfish.pod b/fish/guestfish.pod index ad98e975e..bbf43aad5 100644 --- a/fish/guestfish.pod +++ b/fish/guestfish.pod @@ -458,6 +458,13 @@ command that gives an error causes the whole shell to exit. In interactive mode (with a prompt) if a command fails, you can continue to enter commands. +Note that arguments of the commands will be considered as guestfish +options if they start with a dash (C<->): you can always separate the +guestfish options and the rest of the commands (with their arguments) +using a double dash (C<-->). For example: + + guestfish -- disk_create overlay.qcow2 qcow2 -1 backingfile:image.img + =head1 USING launch (OR run) As with L<guestfs(3)>, you must first configure your guest by adding