---
name: "vhdiinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvhdi-utils"
version: "20240509-2+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vhdiinfo"
---

# vhdiinfo(1)

determines information about a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image file

## NAME

**vhdiinfo** – determines information about a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image file

## SYNOPSIS

**vhdiinfo** \[**-hvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**vhdiinfo** is a utility to determine information about a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image file

**vhdiinfo** is part of the **libvhdi** package. **libvhdi** is a library to access the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# vhdiinfo differential.vhd
vhdiinfo 20130512
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image information:
	Format:			1.0
	Disk type:		Differential
	Media size:		536870912 bytes
	Identifier:		5577d188-a753-4a80-800a-c627f764c304
	Parent identifier:	44421587-1b53-4972-9ceb-9a31e1618e5b
	Parent filename: 	dynamic.vhd
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libvhdi/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2012-2024, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>.

## SEE ALSO