[Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Tue Aug 21 08:21:36 EDT 2007


Steve Wray wrote:
> Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
>> Gregor Mosheh wrote:
>>  
>>> Steve Wray wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Steve Wray wrote:
>>>> There seems to be a slight inconsistency across the tool set here.
>>>> vzctl does respect the given 'name' however vzquota does not appear
>>>> to and seems to require the numeric id.
>>>>       
>>> Quite true. Did you check the bugtracker for the project, or log that
>>> as a bug? I'd love to see that fixed!
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> Can you tell me the use case for that? I mean, I never use vzquota
>> directly; it's vzctl that calls it whenever needed.
>>
>> I guess you use vzquota show or vzquota stat and want to use VE name
>> instead of ID, is that right?
>>   
>
> Well, on the basis that consistency is a Good Thing, yes.
>
> I'm only just getting started with OpenVZ so am unsure of the real use
> case for this. But I am busily finding the things that confuse,
> confound or seem inconsistent :)
>
OK, I filed a bug for vzquota with minor severity, it will eventually be
fixed:
http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668


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