crfile

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 05 November 2008
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NAME

crfile - create a dump file with a certain size

 

SYNOPSIS

edrc/bin/crfile [ -h ]

crfile { -k | -m | -g } size -f filename

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

 

DESCRIPTION

Create a dump file with a size to be specified.

Ahead of writing the file, it is checked if the file size does not exceed the available space on the file system.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-k
file size specified in kilobytes.

-m
file size specified in megabytes.

-g
file size specified in gigabytes.

size
file size.

-f filename
name of the dump file to be created.

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

1
crfile cannot write to the file specified in the -f option.

2
operating system not supported, yet. See osid(3) if you get this error.

3
file size of dump file exceeds available filesystem space.

4
usage listed.

5
file creation aborted.

6
the size specified was not greater then 0.

7
file specified in the -f option already exists.

11
a temporary directory could not be claimed or created in /tmp. Check the system temporary directory /tmp if you get this error, it is an indicator of system intrusion.

 

FILES

-

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

bdf(1), df(1), edrcintro(1),

 

NOTES

-

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

crfile was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Christian Walther

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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