From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.thomas-krenn.com ([217.7.54.186]:53441 "EHLO mail.thomas-krenn.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752070Ab2EBJVT (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2012 05:21:19 -0400 Received: from iris.tks.local (iris.tks.local [192.168.10.63]) by mail.thomas-krenn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B26EBC2D3 for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 11:15:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (ate.tks.local [192.168.10.78]) by iris.tks.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1CB93FAAF for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 11:15:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.thomas-krenn.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ate.TKS.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WghiozTwQfeV for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 11:15:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.1.102.103] (unknown [91.223.201.22]) by mail.thomas-krenn.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 11:15:05 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4FA0FB19.6010506@thomas-krenn.com> Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 11:15:05 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Georg_Sch=F6nberger?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Tell fio to only lay out files Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: fio@vger.kernel.org To: fio@vger.kernel.org Hello Everyone, is it possible to tell fio to only lay out the data files and not carry out any tests? The thing is that I need to sync my Flashcache device after laying out the files and before starting the read tests. Therefore it would be helpful if I could do the following: -Start fio and tell him to only lay out data files -Sync my cache -Start fio again with the previous layed out files and do the tests Another option would be the parameter "filename", which tells fio to use that file. But what if I am using multiple processes, can I specify a file on command line for each process? Thanks, Georg