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qvm-add-appvm
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NAME
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qvm-add-appvm - add an already installed appvm to the Qubes DB

WARNING: Normally you would not need this command, and you would use qvm-create instead!

Date  
2012-04-10

SYNOPSIS
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qvm-add-appvm [options] \<appvm-name\> \<vm-template-name\>

OPTIONS
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-h, --help  
Show this help message and exit

-p DIR\_PATH, --path=DIR\_PATH  
Specify path to the template directory

-c CONF\_FILE, --conf=CONF\_FILE  
Specify the Xen VM .conf file to use(relative to the template dir path)

AUTHORS
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Joanna Rutkowska \<joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com\>
Rafal Wojtczuk \<rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com\>
Marek Marczykowski \<marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com\>