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pvesm: Add example & clarification for export

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The literal usage of "qcow2+size" as well as what the command is supposed to do
has confused users [0].

[0] https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/trying-to-convert-raw-disk-to-vmdk-using-pvesm.70046/
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@ -357,6 +357,14 @@ Show file system path for a volume
pvesm path <VOLUME_ID>
Exporting the volume `local:103/vm-103-disk-0.qcow2` to the file `target`.
This is mostly used internally with `pvesm import`.
The stream format qcow2+size is different to the qcow2 format.
Consequently, the exported file cannot simply be attached to a VM.
This also holds for the other formats.
pvesm export local:103/vm-103-disk-0.qcow2 qcow2+size target --with-snapshots 1
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