@@ -1338,11 +1338,24 @@ function upload_image() {

     # Create a directory for the downloaded image tarballs.

     mkdir -p $FILES/images

-    # Downloads the image (uec ami+aki style), then extracts it.

-    IMAGE_FNAME=`basename "$image_url"`

-    if [[ ! -f $FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME || "$(stat -c "%s" $FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME)" = "0" ]]; then

-        wget -c $image_url -O $FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME

-        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then

+    if [[ $image_url != file* ]]; then

+        # Downloads the image (uec ami+aki style), then extracts it.

+        IMAGE_FNAME=`basename "$image_url"`

+        if [[ ! -f $FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME || "$(stat -c "%s" $FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME)" = "0" ]]; then

+             wget -c $image_url -O $FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME

+             if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then

+                 echo "Not found: $image_url"

+                 return

+             fi

+        fi

+        IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

+    else

+        # File based URL (RFC 1738): file://host/path

+        # Remote files are not considered here.

+        # *nix: file:///home/user/path/file

+        # windows: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/user/path/file

+        IMAGE=$(echo $image_url | sed "s/^file:\/\///g")

+        if [[ ! -f $IMAGE || "$(stat -c "%s" $IMAGE)" == "0" ]]; then

             echo "Not found: $image_url"

             return

         fi

@@ -1350,7 +1363,6 @@ function upload_image() {

     # OpenVZ-format images are provided as .tar.gz, but not decompressed prior to loading

     if [[ "$image_url" =~ 'openvz' ]]; then

-        IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

         IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_FNAME%.tar.gz}"

         glance --os-auth-token $token --os-image-url http://$GLANCE_HOSTPORT image-create --name "$IMAGE_NAME" --is-public=True --container-format ami --disk-format ami < "${IMAGE}"

         return

@@ -1358,7 +1370,6 @@ function upload_image() {

     # vmdk format images

     if [[ "$image_url" =~ '.vmdk' ]]; then

-        IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

         IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_FNAME%.vmdk}"

         # Before we can upload vmdk type images to glance, we need to know it's

@@ -1409,7 +1420,6 @@ function upload_image() {

     # XenServer-vhd-ovf-format images are provided as .vhd.tgz

     # and should not be decompressed prior to loading

     if [[ "$image_url" =~ '.vhd.tgz' ]]; then

-        IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

         IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_FNAME%.vhd.tgz}"

         glance --os-auth-token $token --os-image-url http://$GLANCE_HOSTPORT image-create --name "$IMAGE_NAME" --is-public=True --container-format=ovf --disk-format=vhd < "${IMAGE}"

         return

@@ -1419,7 +1429,6 @@ function upload_image() {

     # and should not be decompressed prior to loading.

     # Setting metadata, so PV mode is used.

     if [[ "$image_url" =~ '.xen-raw.tgz' ]]; then

-        IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

         IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_FNAME%.xen-raw.tgz}"

         glance \

             --os-auth-token $token \

@@ -1457,7 +1466,6 @@ function upload_image() {

             fi

             ;;

         *.img)

-            IMAGE="$FILES/$IMAGE_FNAME";

             IMAGE_NAME=$(basename "$IMAGE" ".img")

             format=$(qemu-img info ${IMAGE} | awk '/^file format/ { print $3; exit }')

             if [[ ",qcow2,raw,vdi,vmdk,vpc," =~ ",$format," ]]; then

@@ -1468,20 +1476,17 @@ function upload_image() {

             CONTAINER_FORMAT=bare

             ;;

         *.img.gz)

-            IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

             IMAGE_NAME=$(basename "$IMAGE" ".img.gz")

             DISK_FORMAT=raw

             CONTAINER_FORMAT=bare

             UNPACK=zcat

             ;;

         *.qcow2)

-            IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

             IMAGE_NAME=$(basename "$IMAGE" ".qcow2")

             DISK_FORMAT=qcow2

             CONTAINER_FORMAT=bare

             ;;

         *.iso)

-            IMAGE="$FILES/${IMAGE_FNAME}"

             IMAGE_NAME=$(basename "$IMAGE" ".iso")

             DISK_FORMAT=iso

             CONTAINER_FORMAT=bare