[et-mgmt-tools] replacing a file under kvm

[Cole Robinson]

Bryan Kearney wrote:
> I know you should not do this, but I am just curious. Assume I have a 
> virtual machine running (git appliance) and I rebuild the image, thus 
> replacing on the file system the backing for the machine I see in 
> virt-manager. If I destroy the machine via virt-manager has it attempted 
> to write bits to the underliing file?
> 

I'm a bit confused.

What do you mean 'rebuild the image'? By 'backing' do you
mean the virtual machine's disk image? Can you give a 
sequence of steps or commands of what you are doing?

Thanks,
Cole