Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
well, i actually found this; http://ca-linux.org/?p=58 hope its helpful to others. its a bash script doing dd, but in a more friendly way. On Oct 5, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi Chris, >> >> I'm actually just needing to create files of various sizes,

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread Les Mikesell
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I'm actually just needing to create files of various sizes, not to be > used in Xen tho. > > More for testing I/O chars of various thing. Just recall your last dd command back to the command line (ctl-r dd) and edit the number you put at the end for

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
Hi Chris, I'm actually just needing to create files of various sizes, not to be used in Xen tho. More for testing I/O chars of various thing. On Oct 5, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Christoph Maser wrote: > Am Montag, den 05.10.2009, 20:22 +0200 schrieb Michel van Deventer: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 2009-10-0

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread Christoph Maser
Am Montag, den 05.10.2009, 20:22 +0200 schrieb Michel van Deventer: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 11:14 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Les, > > > > Yes, I do run dd to create Xen image files but was hoping to use a > > more elegant solution. > > > > Looks like I'll continue with dd but

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish - SOLVED

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
Hi all, As I sat down to write it and started to struggle a bit (of course), I found this, tested and it works. http://ca-linux.org/?p=58 Its a bash script for mkfile. I'm always testing fs/net perf and like the flex of having a simple command like mkfile. On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Mic

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
Hi Michel, Indeed, excellent idea! Thanks! On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Michel van Deventer wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 11:14 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi Les, >> >> Yes, I do run dd to create Xen image files but was hoping to use a >> more elegant solution. >> >> Looks li

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
Hi Tim, You know, I didn't even think of that one. Thanks for the idea. On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Tim Nelson wrote: > - aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hi Les, >> >> Yes, I do run dd to create Xen image files but was hoping to use a >> more elegant solution. >> >> Looks like I'll continue

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread Michel van Deventer
Hi, On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 11:14 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Les, > > Yes, I do run dd to create Xen image files but was hoping to use a > more elegant solution. > > Looks like I'll continue with dd but if any one else has some secrets, > please share. qemu-img create -f [size] i

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread Tim Nelson
- aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Les, > > Yes, I do run dd to create Xen image files but was hoping to use a > more elegant solution. > > Looks like I'll continue with dd but if any one else has some secrets, > > please share. > > Why not write a shell script called 'mkfile' that hand

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
Hi Les, Yes, I do run dd to create Xen image files but was hoping to use a more elegant solution. Looks like I'll continue with dd but if any one else has some secrets, please share. On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: >> I enjoy the convenience of

Re: [CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread Les Mikesell
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: > I enjoy the convenience of mkfile command found in Irix and BSD based > distros. > > This command allows me to make files of any size; > > usage: mkfile [-nv] size[b|k|m|g] filename ... > > I've looked here and there and can't seem to find it for Centos. > > Any o

[CentOS] bsd mkfile command in centos - a wish

2009-10-05 Thread aurfalien
I enjoy the convenience of mkfile command found in Irix and BSD based distros. This command allows me to make files of any size; usage: mkfile [-nv] size[b|k|m|g] filename ... I've looked here and there and can't seem to find it for Centos. Any one have ideas on were I can get at least the so