mkfile on hpux 11.11

[David_711]

Somebody know if on hpux 11.11 i can use the command mkfile? if not, what command i can use?
Thanks

[Jeff_Traigle]

Not as easy to remember as mkfile, but the HP-UX equivalent is prealloc.

[Steven E. Protter]

David,

What are you trying to accomplish. I can't recall what mkfile is on any platform.

make or gmake is used to compile software. That is all that comes to mind.

Good Luck,

SEP

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

in Solaris the command
mkfile 100m filename
creates a file 'filename' of size 100MB.

The above mentioned HP-UX pendant would read as
prealloc filename $((100*1024*1024))

Guessed I right?

mfG Peter

[Giri Sekar.]

mkfile and truncate for Solaris. prealloc and truncate for HP-UX

Thanks

Giri Sekar

[Asif Sharif · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

The following example preallocates 50000 bytes for the file myfile:

#prealloc myfile 50000

http://docs.hp.com/en/B9106-90007/prealloc.1.html

Regards,
Asif Sharif