virt-sparsify:tldr:c4d1a

virt-sparsify: Sparsify an image in-place.

virt-sparsify

$ virt-sparsify --in-place ${path-to-image-img}

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The command virt-sparsify is used to reduce the disk space used by a virtual machine image. Here is an explanation of the command and its syntax:

virt-sparsify - This is the command itself.

--in-place - This option specifies that the sparse conversion should be done directly on the input file, instead of creating a new sparse file as output. It means that the original image file will be modified.

${path-to-image-img} - This is the path to the virtual machine image file that you want to sparsify. You need to replace ${path-to-image-img} with the actual path to the image file on your system.

In summary, this command will use virt-sparsify utility to reduce the disk space used by the virtual machine image file specified by ${path-to-image-img}. The original image file will be modified to make it sparser, resulting in saved disk space.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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