Retrieving Image Information
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-To retrieve information from a particular image, execute the following,
-but replace ``{image-name}`` with the name for the image::
+To retrieve information from a particular image, run the following command, but
+replace ``{image-name}`` with the name for the image:
- rbd info {image-name}
+.. prompt:: bash $
+
+ rbd info {image-name}
-For example::
+For example:
- rbd info foo
+.. prompt:: bash $
+
+ rbd info foo
-To retrieve information from an image within a pool, execute the following,
-but replace ``{image-name}`` with the name of the image and replace ``{pool-name}``
-with the name of the pool::
+To retrieve information from an image within a pool, run the following command,
+but replace ``{image-name}`` with the name of the image and replace
+``{pool-name}`` with the name of the pool:
- rbd info {pool-name}/{image-name}
+.. prompt:: bash $
-For example::
+ rbd info {pool-name}/{image-name}
+
+For example:
+
+.. prompt:: bash $
+
+ rbd info swimmingpool/bar
- rbd info swimmingpool/bar
+.. note:: Other naming conventions are possible, and might conflict with the
+ naming convention described here. For example, ``userid/<uuid>`` is a
+ possible name for an RBD image, and such a name might (at the least) be
+ confusing. In the intrest of helping the reader of this documentation to
+ form a clear idea of the way that RBD images are named, we offer this
+ syntax: ``rbd -p {pool-name} | info {image-name}``.
Resizing a Block Device Image
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