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diff --git a/fish/fish.c b/fish/fish.c
index f6996032..2dfdfb92 100644
--- a/fish/fish.c
+++ b/fish/fish.c
@@ -874,6 +874,8 @@ issue_command (const char *cmd, char *argv[], const char *pipecmd)
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
@@ -927,6 +929,8 @@ list_builtin_commands (void)
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) */
@@ -1020,6 +1024,30 @@ display_builtin_command (const char *cmd)
"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>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"