--- /dev/null
+/* This file is part of GNU tar test suite
+
+ Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
+ version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
+ Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+char *progname;
+char *buffer;
+size_t buffer_size;
+
+void
+die (char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+
+ fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", progname);
+ va_start (ap, fmt);
+ vfprintf (stderr, fmt, ap);
+ va_end (ap);
+ fprintf (stderr, "\n");
+}
+
+void
+mkhole (int fd, off_t displ)
+{
+ if (displ = lseek (fd, displ, SEEK_CUR) == -1)
+ {
+ perror ("lseek");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+ ftruncate (fd, lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR));
+}
+
+void
+mksparse (int fd, off_t displ, char *marks)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (; *marks; marks++)
+ {
+ memset (buffer, *marks, buffer_size);
+ if (write(fd, buffer, buffer_size) != buffer_size)
+ {
+ perror ("write");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ if (lseek (fd, displ, SEEK_CUR) == -1)
+ {
+ perror ("lseek");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+void
+usage ()
+{
+ printf ("Usage: mksparse filename blocksize disp letters [disp letters...] [disp]\n");
+ exit (1);
+}
+
+int
+xlat_suffix (off_t *vp, char *p)
+{
+ if (p[1])
+ return 1;
+ switch (p[0])
+ {
+ case 'g':
+ case 'G':
+ *vp *= 1024;
+
+ case 'm':
+ case 'M':
+ *vp *= 1024;
+
+ case 'k':
+ case 'K':
+ *vp *= 1024;
+ break;
+
+ default:
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int i;
+ int fd;
+ char *p;
+ off_t n;
+
+ progname = strrchr (argv[0], '/');
+ if (progname)
+ progname++;
+ else
+ progname = argv[0];
+
+ if (argc < 4)
+ usage ();
+
+ fd = open (argv[1], O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_RDWR, 0644);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ die ("cannot open %s", argv[1]);
+
+ n = strtoul (argv[2], &p, 0);
+ if (n <= 0 || (*p && xlat_suffix (&n, p)))
+ die ("Invalid buffer size: %s", argv[2]);
+ buffer_size = n;
+ buffer = malloc (buffer_size);
+ if (!buffer)
+ die ("Not enough memory");
+
+ for (i = 3; i < argc; i += 2)
+ {
+ off_t displ;
+
+ displ = strtoul (argv[i], &p, 0);
+ if (displ < 0 || (*p && xlat_suffix (&displ, p)))
+ die ("Invalid displacement: %s", argv[i]);
+
+ if (i == argc-1)
+ {
+ mkhole (fd, displ);
+ break;
+ }
+ else
+ mksparse (fd, displ, argv[i+1]);
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+ return 0;
+}