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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import cliapp
+
+
+class MakeSparseFile(cliapp.Application):
+
+    def add_settings(self):
+        self.settings.add_bytesize_setting(['size'],
+                                           'size of whole to append to file')
+
+    def process_args(self, filenames):
+        if self.settings['size'] > 0:
+            for filename in filenames:
+                self.append_hole(filename, self.settings['size'])
+            
+    def append_hole(self, filename, size):
+        f = open(filename, 'r+b')
+        f.seek(size - 1, 2)
+        print 'pos:', f.tell()
+        f.write('\0')
+        f.close()
+    
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    MakeSparseFile().run()