/*
*
* 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 <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
/* 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> <name of file to create>\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);
}