From: Radoslaw Smigielski <rsmigiel@redhat.com>

The '--dest' option of 'blockcopy' command specifies the path of the
copy to create.

Partially-fixes: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/work_items/9
Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Smigielski <rsmigiel@redhat.com>
---
 tools/virsh-domain.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index f466976931c6..e6f2ca3a449a 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_blockcopy[] = {
     {.name = "dest",
      .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .unwanted_positional = true,
+     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalExisting,
      .help = N_("path of the copy to create")
     },
     {.name = "bandwidth",
-- 
2.54.0

On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 15:00:58 +0200, Radosław Śmigielski via Devel wrote:
> From: Radoslaw Smigielski <rsmigiel@redhat.com>
> 
> The '--dest' option of 'blockcopy' command specifies the path of the
> copy to create.

Same as before, this file doesn't exist yet ....


> 
> Partially-fixes: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/work_items/9
> Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Smigielski <rsmigiel@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tools/virsh-domain.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
> index f466976931c6..e6f2ca3a449a 100644
> --- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
> +++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
> @@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_blockcopy[] = {
>      {.name = "dest",
>       .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
>       .unwanted_positional = true,
> +     .completer = vshCompletePathLocalExisting,


... so you shouldn't use the 'Existing' completer.

>       .help = N_("path of the copy to create")
>      },
>      {.name = "bandwidth",
> -- 
> 2.54.0
>