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Subject: Re: [PATCH] pattern.c: Add support for files in buffer_pattern
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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:20:28 -0600
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On 06/08/2017 09:19 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 06/08/2017 05:46 AM, sbates@raithlin.com wrote:
>> From: Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>
>>
>> It is useful to be able to initialize the buffer contents using an
>> input file (e.g. when testing certain pathological patterns for
>> compression). Add support to the buffer_pattern input argument for
>> reading data from a file via enclosing the filename in ``''``.
> 
> Nifty! Thanks Stephen, I'll add this.

Could I trouble you for an update to the fio.1 man page as well?

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Jens Axboe