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RE: [Xen-devel] no digit beginning name?
| To: | "Tim Freeman" <tfreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | RE: [Xen-devel] no digit beginning name? |
| From: | "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:40:56 +0100 |
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| Thread-topic: | [Xen-devel] no digit beginning name? |
> In XendDomainInfo.py --> check_name() there is a restriction
> in place that a domain can not begin with a digit. If I
> comment out this check:
>
> if name[0] in string.digits:
> raise VmError('invalid vm name')
>
> ... I can start and stop a domain whose name starts with a
> digit just fine. Is there a reason this restriction is in place?
You can also manipulate domains by their domid, so I'm guess the test is
an attempt to avoid confusion. Preventing all-numeric names would be
more sensible -- can you post a fix.
Thanks.
Ian
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