New API: fallocate64 (replaces fallocate).

[libguestfs.git] / src / generator.ml

diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 305c4a4..96a5847 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
    "\
 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
 
    "\
 This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
 

-  ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [],
+  ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [DeprecatedBy "fallocate64"],

    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
       [["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
        ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
    [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
       [["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
        ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],


@@ -3797,8 +3797,8 @@ was built (see C<appliance/kmod.whitelist.in> in the source).");
     )],
    "echo arguments back to the client",
    "\
     )],
    "echo arguments back to the client",
    "\

-This command concatenate the list of C<words> passed with single spaces between
-them and returns the resulting string.
+This command concatenates the list of C<words> passed with single spaces
+between them and returns the resulting string.

 
 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
 
 
 You can use this command to test the connection through to the daemon.
 


@@ -4722,6 +4722,28 @@ returned list.
 
 See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
 
 
 See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
 

+  ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"]), 252, [],
+   [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+      [["fallocate64"; "/a"; "1000000"];
+       ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
+   "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
+   "\
+This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
+C<path> of size C<len> bytes.  If the file exists already, it
+is overwritten.
+
+Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
+To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
+
+The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
+but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
+to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
+of files created through that call to 1GB.
+
+Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
+C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
+a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
+

 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions
 ]
 
 let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions