[File] qemu disk file format
Steve Grubb
sgrubb at redhat.com
Mon Jan 17 18:23:44 UTC 2022
Hello,
I run across something that I'd like to report. On linux systems, libvirt is
the main way of running virtualized operating systems. It uses the qemu copy
on write file format (qcow2). If I point file at one of these images, I get
this:
# file /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel8.2-s390x.qcow2
/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel8.2-s390x.qcow2: QEMU QCOW2 Image (v3),
21474836480 bytes
Good. It understands what it's looking at. But checking the mime-type:
# file --mime-type /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel8.2-s390x.qcow2
/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel8.2-s390x.qcow2: application/octet-stream
It doesn't know what it's looking at. The text in magic/Magdir/virtual is
kind of complicated or I would take a stab at patching this. The shared-mime-
info package seems to think it should be application/x-qemu-disk.
Best Regards,
-Steve
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