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CRFILE(1)							       CRFILE(1)

NAME
     crfile - Create arbitrary sized files

SYNOPSIS
     crfile -f filename -s size  [-w[len] | -n]

DESCRIPTION
     crfile  is  used to create a file of the specified size, filled with random
     ASCII characters.	The -n switch allows the creation of files  padded  with
     null characters (ie. containing large 'holes') that have an apparent length
     of the specified size, but contain only one random character.

OPTIONS
     -f filename
	    specifies  the  file to be created.  If the file exists, an error is
	    generated.

     -s size
	    size is the size of the file, in bytes

     -wlen  wrap each line of output at len characters.  If len omitted, wrap at
	    80 characters.

     -n     Pad the file with null characters  instead	of  random  ASCII  text.
	    This  allows for the rapid creation of large files (useful for veri-
	    fying that programs can deal with files > 2GB in size, for example).

AUTHOR
     Julian T. J. Midgley <jtjm@xenoclast.org>

				 March 20, 2001 		       CRFILE(1)

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