r = do_more (cmd, argc, argv);
else if (strcasecmp (cmd, "reopen") == 0)
r = do_reopen (cmd, argc, argv);
+ else if (strcasecmp (cmd, "sparse") == 0)
+ r = do_sparse (cmd, argc, argv);
else if (strcasecmp (cmd, "time") == 0)
r = do_time (cmd, argc, argv);
else
printf ("%-20s %s\n",
"reopen", _("close and reopen libguestfs handle"));
printf ("%-20s %s\n",
+ "sparse", _("allocate a sparse image file"));
+ printf ("%-20s %s\n",
"time", _("measure time taken to run command"));
/* actions are printed after this (see list_commands) */
" <nn>K or <nn>KB number of kilobytes\n"
" <nn>M or <nn>MB number of megabytes\n"
" <nn>G or <nn>GB number of gigabytes\n"
+ " <nn>T or <nn>TB number of terabytes\n"
+ " <nn>P or <nn>PB number of petabytes\n"
+ " <nn>E or <nn>EB number of exabytes\n"
" <nn>sects number of 512 byte sectors\n"));
else if (strcasecmp (cmd, "echo") == 0)
printf (_("echo - display a line of text\n"
"Close and reopen the libguestfs handle. It is not necessary to use\n"
"this normally, because the handle is closed properly when guestfish\n"
"exits. However this is occasionally useful for testing.\n"));
+ else if (strcasecmp (cmd, "sparse") == 0)
+ printf (_("sparse - allocate a sparse image file\n"
+ " sparse <filename> <size>\n"
+ "\n"
+ " This creates an empty sparse file of the given size,\n"
+ " and then adds so it can be further examined.\n"
+ "\n"
+ " In all respects it works the same as the 'alloc'\n"
+ " command, except that the image file is allocated\n"
+ " sparsely, which means that disk blocks are not assigned\n"
+ " to the file until they are needed. Sparse disk files\n"
+ " only use space when written to, but they are slower\n"
+ " and there is a danger you could run out of real disk\n"
+ " space during a write operation.\n"
+ "\n"
+ " For more advanced image creation, see qemu-img utility.\n"
+ "\n"
+ " Size can be specified (where <nn> means a number):\n"
+ " <nn> number of kilobytes\n"
+ " eg: 1440 standard 3.5\" floppy\n"
+ " <nn>K or <nn>KB number of kilobytes\n"
+ " <nn>M or <nn>MB number of megabytes\n"
+ " <nn>G or <nn>GB number of gigabytes\n"
+ " <nn>T or <nn>TB number of terabytes\n"
+ " <nn>P or <nn>PB number of petabytes\n"
+ " <nn>E or <nn>EB number of exabytes\n"
+ " <nn>sects number of 512 byte sectors\n"));
else if (strcasecmp (cmd, "time") == 0)
printf (_("time - measure time taken to run command\n"
" time <command> [<args> ...]\n"