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Old 02-24-2004, 10:10 PM   #1
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Question Can you create an empty file and specify the byte length?

I would like to create a dummy file for a CDRom distribution for some database software.

I was wondering if I could specifically create an empty 409,600 kb in length for CD verification.

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HarryO
 
Old 02-24-2004, 10:39 PM   #2
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Yeah - with 'dd' you can specify the 'bs' and 'count' options and write from /dev/zero.
 
Old 02-25-2004, 03:21 AM   #3
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Excellent, works a charm
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Old 02-25-2004, 10:01 PM   #4
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Glad it worked out for you. Cool tool, dd is.
 
  


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