/* * * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2003 * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See * the GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ /* * FILE : create_datafile.c * PURPOSE : Creates a file of specified size. * HISTORY : * 10/17/2003 Robbie Williamson * -Written */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include /* set write buffer size to whatever floats your boat. I usually use 1M */ #define BSIZE 1048576L int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { off_t i; long bufnum; char buf[BSIZE]; off_t fd; if (argc != 3 || atoi(argv[1]) < 1) { printf ("usage:\n\tcreate_file <# of %ld buffers to write> \n\t ex. # create_file 10 /tmp/testfile\n", BSIZE); exit(3); } bufnum = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0); printf("Started building a %lu megabyte file\n", bufnum); buf[0] = 'A'; for (i = 1; i < BSIZE; i++) buf[i] = buf[i - 1] + 1; buf[BSIZE - 1] = 'Z'; if ((fd = creat(argv[2], 0755)) == -1) perror("lftest: "); for (i = 0; i < bufnum; i++) { if (write(fd, buf, BSIZE) == -1) return -1; else { printf("."); fflush(stdout); } fsync(fd); } close(fd); printf("\nFinished building a %lu megabyte file\n", bufnum); return (0); }