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diff --git a/provision/write_zeroes.sh b/provision/write_zeroes.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/provision/write_zeroes.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+# Write zeros to improve virtual disk compaction.
+zerofile=$(/usr/bin/mktemp /zerofile.XXXXX)
+dd if=/dev/zero of="$zerofile" bs=1M || true
+rm -f "$zerofile"
+sync