Types

Some custom types exist that can be used for some fields within a VCFG.

Size

Size fields allow users to define large quantities of bytes in the VCFG.

Parsing

A Size field can be parsed as either a TOML Integer or String. If an Integer, or a String that can be parsed as an integer, the supplied number will be taken to be a number in bytes.

Gives as a String, the field may optionally contain letters representing common units of size. A best effort approach to interpreting the meaning will be applied. The interpreting logic understands the following units: “B”, “KiB”, “MiB”, and “GiB”. Combinations of units are not acceptable.

The interpreting logic it not strict: mixed case is tolerated, as is the ommision of the “i” (in “KiB”, for example). Note that although there is a scientific difference between “MiB” and “MB”, there is no difference in the VCFG and all units will be powers of two.

Examples

Used By

• vm.ram
• vm.disk-size

Timestamp

Timestamp fields allow users to define a specific date and time in the VCFG. Parsing

A Timestamp field can be parsed as either a TOML Integer or String. If an Integer the value will be taken as an epoch (Unix) time. As a String the field is quite flexible, recognizing many standardized timestamp formats as well as many common shorthand styles.

Supported standards:

• ANSIC
• RFC822
• RFC850
• RFC1123
• RFC3339

Examples

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