mkfile(1M)							    mkfile(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfile - create a file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/mkfile [-v] [-n] size[k|b|m|g] filename...

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfile creates one	or more	files.	The file is padded with	zeroes by
     default.  The default size	is in bytes, but it can	be flagged as
     kilobytes,	blocks,	megabytes, or gigabytes	with the k, b, m, or g
     suffixes, respectively.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

     -v	  Verbose.  Report the names and sizes of created files.

     -n	  No bytes.  Create a holey file, that is, do not write	out any	data,
	  just seek to end of file and write a block.  This is only supported
	  on filesystems that supports such files, such	as XFS.


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