{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/issues/44","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/issues/44/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/issues/44/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/issues/44/events","html_url":"https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/issues/44","id":138515489,"number":44,"title":"extracting allocation information in binary format","user":{"login":"tmakatos","id":1736750,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1736750?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos","html_url":"https://github.com/tmakatos","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tmakatos/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-03-04T16:20:17Z","updated_at":"2016-03-04T16:20:17Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I need to supply the allocation information to an external application. ```thin_dump``` does provide this information however it's either in XML or human readable format, and converting this into a bitmap might take too long, especially if the the thin LV is fragmented. Is there some flag or tool that does this, or do I need to implement myself? If there isn't anything that does what I want, I suppose I need to start looking at ```thin_dump``` (add a ``` {-f|--format} {xml|human_readable|binary}``` option and implement the actual code)?"}}