Comments on: Create Arbitrarily Sized Files In Less Than 15 Lines of Ruby http://blog.jerodsanto.net/2009/05/create-arbitrarily-sized-files-in-less-than-15-lines-of-ruby/ with Jerod Santo Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:23:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jerod Santo http://blog.jerodsanto.net/2009/05/create-arbitrarily-sized-files-in-less-than-15-lines-of-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Jerod Santo Sat, 23 May 2009 04:54:20 +0000 http://blog.jerodsanto.net/?p=369#comment-417 You absolutely right, and <strong>dd</strong> is a powerful tool. The advantage of using this script instead is not having to remember which flags and settings to use to accomplish the task (plus the ones you listed).<br><br>Of course, you could always set up a shell function to wrap the <strong>dd</strong> command if you wanted. You absolutely right, and dd is a powerful tool. The advantage of using this script instead is not having to remember which flags and settings to use to accomplish the task (plus the ones you listed).

Of course, you could always set up a shell function to wrap the dd command if you wanted.

]]> By: joemi http://blog.jerodsanto.net/2009/05/create-arbitrarily-sized-files-in-less-than-15-lines-of-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-416 joemi Sat, 23 May 2009 04:47:30 +0000 http://blog.jerodsanto.net/?p=369#comment-416 Or, if you've got a unix-like terminal available, you could just use "dd if=/dev/zero of=FILENAME bs=1m count=1" on the command line and change the "1" in "count=1" to however many megs you want. Also, you can change "if=/dev/zero" to "if=/dev/urandom" to make the file be filled with random data instead of zeroes.<br><br>Granted, the Ruby method has some error control and automatic file naming, and it fills the file with a user-defined string, instead of just zeroes or just random numbers. Or, if you've got a unix-like terminal available, you could just use “dd if=/dev/zero of=FILENAME bs=1m count=1″ on the command line and change the “1″ in “count=1″ to however many megs you want. Also, you can change “if=/dev/zero” to “if=/dev/urandom” to make the file be filled with random data instead of zeroes.

Granted, the Ruby method has some error control and automatic file naming, and it fills the file with a user-defined string, instead of just zeroes or just random numbers.

]]> By: sant0sk1 http://blog.jerodsanto.net/2009/05/create-arbitrarily-sized-files-in-less-than-15-lines-of-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-220 sant0sk1 Fri, 22 May 2009 21:54:20 +0000 http://blog.jerodsanto.net/?p=369#comment-220 You absolutely right, and <strong>dd</strong> is a powerful tool. The advantage of using this script instead is not having to remember which flags and settings to use to accomplish the task (plus the ones you listed).<br><br>Of course, you could always set up a shell function to wrap the <strong>dd</strong> command if you wanted. You absolutely right, and dd is a powerful tool. The advantage of using this script instead is not having to remember which flags and settings to use to accomplish the task (plus the ones you listed).

Of course, you could always set up a shell function to wrap the dd command if you wanted.

]]> By: joemi http://blog.jerodsanto.net/2009/05/create-arbitrarily-sized-files-in-less-than-15-lines-of-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-218 joemi Fri, 22 May 2009 21:47:30 +0000 http://blog.jerodsanto.net/?p=369#comment-218 Or, if you've got a unix-like terminal available, you could just use "dd if=/dev/zero of=FILENAME bs=1m count=1" on the command line and change the "1" in "count=1" to however many megs you want. Also, you can change "if=/dev/zero" to "if=/dev/urandom" to make the file be filled with random data instead of zeroes.<br><br>Granted, the Ruby method has some error control and automatic file naming, and it fills the file with a user-defined string, instead of just zeroes or just random numbers. Or, if you've got a unix-like terminal available, you could just use “dd if=/dev/zero of=FILENAME bs=1m count=1″ on the command line and change the “1″ in “count=1″ to however many megs you want. Also, you can change “if=/dev/zero” to “if=/dev/urandom” to make the file be filled with random data instead of zeroes.

Granted, the Ruby method has some error control and automatic file naming, and it fills the file with a user-defined string, instead of just zeroes or just random numbers.

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