[SunHELP] Create a file with a set size?

Will Mc Donald sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Tue Oct 30 06:49:03 CST 2001


I think you probably mean dd.

IIRC it's something like...

dd if=/dev/zero of=/file_you_want_to_create bs=1024 count=100000


----- Original Message -----
From: "Trond Eirik Aune" <trond.eirik.aune at ttyl.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:40 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] Create a file with a set size?


Hi

Can anyone help me remember the command to create a file with a specific
size. Let's say i want to make a file that is 100MB. How do i do it?


mvh,
Trond Eirik Aune
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