Re: virt-sparsify changing the apparent-size of files

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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:57:43AM -0500, libvirt_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks for all the information, I think my last remaining question is
> why the image created with virt-install shows the full apparent size
> and the image from virt-sparsify does not?  (The image testimage1.qcow2
> created with default options).

I don't really know what you mean by "full apparent size".  If you are
talking about the output of "ls -l", then don't -- that number is
unrelated to the virtual size or the space consumed on disk.  Always
use "qemu-img info".

Rich.

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