input = "libguestfs-1.16.2.tar.gz"
output = "disk.img"
-g = guestfs.GuestFS ()
-
-f = open (output, "w")
-f.truncate (512 * 1024 * 1024)
-f.close ()
+os.system ("qemu-img create -f raw %s 512M >/dev/null 2>&1" %
+ output)
+g = guestfs.GuestFS ()
g.add_drive_opts (output, format = "raw", readonly = 0)
g.launch ()