genfile: new option --quiet

* tests/genfile.c: New option --quite: suppress error exit if the
created file is not sparse.
* doc/genfile.texi: Document --quiet.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/genfile.texi b/doc/genfile.texi
index bd2e505..e35f34b 100644
--- a/doc/genfile.texi
+++ b/doc/genfile.texi
@@ -181,8 +181,14 @@ letters @samp{A}, @samp{B}, @samp{C} and @samp{D}.
 @item 1053184  @tab 2048000     @tab Zero bytes
 @end multitable
 
-    The exit code of @command{genfile --status} command is @code{0}
-only if created file is actually sparse.
+@cindex --quite, option
+    The exit code of @command{genfile --sparse} command is @code{0}
+only if created file is actually sparse.  If it is not, the
+appropriate error message is displayed and the command exists with
+code @code{1}.  The @option{--quite} (@option{-q}) option suppresses
+this behavior.  If @option{--quite} is given, @command{genfile
+--sparse} exits with code @code{0} if it was able to create the file,
+whether the resulting file is sparse or not.
 
 @node Status Mode
 @appendixsec Status Mode
diff --git a/tests/genfile.c b/tests/genfile.c
index 4699d21..336788f 100644
--- a/tests/genfile.c
+++ b/tests/genfile.c
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ struct timespec touch_time;
 /* Verbose mode */
 int verbose;
 
+/* Quiet mode */
+int quiet;
+
 const char *argp_program_version = "genfile (" PACKAGE ") " VERSION;
 const char *argp_program_bug_address = "<" PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ">";
 static char doc[] = N_("genfile manipulates data files for GNU paxutils test suite.\n"
@@ -145,7 +148,8 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
   {"seek", OPT_SEEK, N_("OFFSET"), 0,
    N_("Seek to the given offset before writing data"),
    GRP+1 },
-
+  {"quiet", 'q', NULL, 0,
+   N_("Suppress non-fatal diagnostic messages") },
 #undef GRP
 #define GRP 10
   {NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
@@ -266,11 +270,11 @@ verify_file (char *file_name)
 	error (0, errno, _("stat(%s) failed"), file_name);
 
       if (st.st_size != file_length + seek_offset)
-	error (1, 0, _("requested file length %lu, actual %lu"),
+	error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("requested file length %lu, actual %lu"),
 	       (unsigned long)st.st_size, (unsigned long)file_length);
 
-      if (mode == mode_sparse && !ST_IS_SPARSE (st))
-	error (1, 0, _("created file is not sparse"));
+      if (!quiet && mode == mode_sparse && !ST_IS_SPARSE (st))
+	error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("created file is not sparse"));
     }
 }
 
@@ -326,6 +330,10 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
       block_size = get_size (arg, 0);
       break;
 
+    case 'q':
+      quiet = 1;
+      break;
+      
     case 's':
       mode = mode_sparse;
       break;