Re: generating empty 1gb files
From: Matthias Tacke (Matthias_at_Tacke.de)
Date: 02/17/05
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:52:09 +0100
steve wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Can I use vbscript to generate an empty file that has a specified size?
>
> I know that you can do it by opening a file for writing and then writing
> characters into it until it reaches the desired size.
>
> But can you gneerate the file in some other way so that you can instantly
> generate the file?
>
> I need to generate dummy files that have a size of 1GB.
>
> thanks
>
>
If you are using xp, the fastest way is to use fsutil.exe
fsutil file createnew C:\testfile.txt 1000
where 1000 is filesize in decimal bytes, so if you interpret 1GB
as 1024 * 1024 * 1024 your number is 1073741824.
HTH
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