creating large empty files to reserve disk space

[ikeleong]

Hello;

for unix/hpux, how can you create large files to reserve disk space within a mountpoint/directory

I've had a brain fart and have forgotten what the command line is

[siva0123]

Hi,

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp bs=1024k count=650

Will create a empty file in /tmp dir with a size of 650*1024K

Thanks,
Siva

[Jeff_Traigle]

Or perhaps you are thinking of the prealloc command.

[Jim Mallett]

Take a look at the prealloc command.

man prealloc

[siva0123]

Hello,

It seems that your profile shows that you havent assigned points to any of your responses.(0 out of 27 responses)

Do assign some points for the people spending some time for you to keep the forum spirit going.

Thanks,
Siva