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libqcow (libYAL QEMU QCOW image library)

Library and tooling to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image
format.

Read supported QCOW formats:
    version 1
    version 2
    version 3 (as of version 20141201)
Supported QCOW format features:
    compression
    encryption
QCOW format features not supported at the moment:
    backing file-based snapshots
    in-image snapshots
Work in progress:
    Python bindings
    Dokan library support
    Thread-safety in file API functions
Planned:
    Python 3 support