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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 08:58:31 +0100
From: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>
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To: Nikhil Kekan <nikhil19kekan@gmail.com>
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Hi Nikhil,

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:24:01AM +0530, Nikhil Kekan wrote:
>
> If i want to perform io operations on a particular storage device, how
> can i specify that in my jobfile? which option should i use?
> Also if i want to perform io operations on a file,how can i specify
> that in my job file?

In both cases you can use the filename parameter:
http://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blob;f=HOWTO#l268 .

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